No. 4 Virginia Opens Conference Slate at Boston College
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team (6-2, 0-0 ACC) opens Atlantic Coast Conference play when it faces Boston College (0-0, 0-0 ACC) on Friday, Feb. 19 at 3 p.m. at the Weymouth Club in Weymouth, Mass.
MATCH DETAILS
- Live scoring will be available through links on VirginiaSports.com. Live video is not available for the match
NOTING THE CAVALIERS
- Virginia moved up to No. 4 in this week’s ITA team rankings after beginning the season ranked No. 22. Individual singles and doubles rankings have not been updated since the preseason
- The Cavaliers are coming off a run to the semifinals at the ITA National Team Indoors Championships, highlighted by a 4-3 win over No. 3 TCU
- Freshmen Iñaki Montes (Pamplona, Spain) and Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (Zurich, Switzerland) were named to the ITA All-Tournament Team at No. 3 doubles. They are 5-2 this season at that slot
- Grad student Carl Söderlund (Stockholm, Sweden) was named to the All-Tournament team at No. 1 singles. Söderlund is the last Cavalier to be undefeated in singles, posting a 4-0 record
- von der Schulenburg suffered his first singles loss at Indoors, being edged 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3 by Illinois’ Zeke Clark. He started his collegiate career with seven-straight singles victories, including three wins over ranked opponents
NOTING BOSTON COLLEGE
- Boston College went 2-5 in seven matches before the remainder of the 2019-20 season was canceled due to COVID-19, registering wins against Charlotte on the road and Merrimack at home
- Virginia is 19-0 against Boston College, including a 6-1 victory last season
ON THE HORIZON
- Virginia will be on the road again next weekend, playing at No. 17 NC State on Friday, Feb. 26 and No. 13 Wake Forest on Sunday, Feb. 28
- UVA’s next home match is scheduled for Monday, March 8 when it hosts Florida State