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Virginia Plays at No. 6 Wake Forest on Sunday

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The Virginia men’s tennis team (5-3) plays at No. 6 Wake Forest (5-1) on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. at the Wake Forest Tennis Center in Winston-Salem, N.C.
 
MATCH DETAILS

  • Live streaming video and live scoring will be available through links on VirginiaSports.com
  • This is the first of two regular-season meetings between the teams. This contest is considered to be a non-conference match with the March 22nd meeting in Charlottesville designated the ACC match

 
NOTING THE CAVALIERS

  • Virginia is coming off a 4-1 win over No. 11 TCU on Thursday at the Boar’s Head Sports Club
  • Wake Forest is UVA’s second-straight match against a ranked opponent
  • UCF, which was unranked when they played UVA two weeks ago, is now ranked No. 24
  • Sophomore William Woodall (Washington, D.C) rallied in a second-set tiebreak to clinch the victory
  • The doubles team of senior Carl Soderlund (Stockholm, Sweden) and junior Matthew Lord (Bloomfield, Conn.) remain undefeated in the dual season, improving to 4-0 after the win on court one in the match with TCU. They are ranked No. 35 in the latest ITA Doubles rankings
  • Sophomore Ryan Goetz (Greenlawn, N.Y.) is 16-6 in singles this season. He is ranked No. 81 in the singles rankings

 
NOTING WAKE FOREST

  • Wake Forest is coming off a 5-2 loss at No. 12 Baylor on Thursday. The Demon Deacons’ Eduardo Nava won in straight sets on court five. The other point came from a retirement on court three
  • Bar Botzer is playing No. 1 singles for the Demon Decons this season. He is currently ranked No. 44 in the singles rankings and has a 5-6 overall record and a 3-2 mark in dual matches
  • Virginia leads the all-time series 62-24. The two teams split a pair of regular-season matches, with UVA winning 5-2 in Charlottesville and falling 6-1 at Wake. The Demon Deacons topped the Cavaliers 4-2 in the ACC Championship final and won 4-2 in the Elite Eight of the 2019 NCAA Tournament

 
ON THE HORIZON

  • The Cavaliers play their second ranked opponent of the week, heading to Winston-Salem to take on No. 7 Wake Forest (5-0) on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m.
  • This is the first of two meetings between the two teams scheduled for this season. Sunday’s match is considered a non-conference contest. The ACC match between the Demon Deacons and the Cavaliers will take place on Sunday, March 22 in Charlottesville
  • After the Wake Forest match, Virginia will have a 17-day break before hosting a doubleheader on Thursday, Feb. 27 against George Mason (11 a.m.) and Norfolk State (4:30 p.m.) outdoors at the Snyder Tennis Center

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