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No. 7 Virginia Falls 4-2 at No. 3 Baylor

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WACO, Texas –  The No. 7 Virginia men’s tennis team (5-2) suffered a 4-2 loss against No. 3 Baylor (10-0) on Saturday at the Hawkins Indoor Tennis Center in Waco, Texas.

Baylor took the doubles point and won on singles courts five and six to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Sophomore Jeffrey von der Schulenburg got the Cavaliers on the scoreboard with a 6-3, 6-3 win against Marko Miladinović on court four. Sophomore Chris Rodesch won 7-6 (5), 6-3 against Matias Soto on court two to make it 3-2.

Senior Ryan Goetz battled Sven Lah on court three. Goetz was edged 7-5 in his first set but came fighting back with a 6-0 victory in the second set to force a third. Lah won 6-1 the final set to clinch the match.

Sophomore Iñaki Montes was up 5-2 in a tiebreaker to decide his second set against Adrian Boitan on court one when play was halted. Montes had won his first set 6-4.

FROM HEAD COACH ANDRES PEDROSO
“I was proud of the way our team competed today. The Bears were just a little better today. They’re a great team and there’s a very good chance we will see them again down the road. We look forward to that opportunity but now we are totally focused on tomorrow’s match versus TCU.”

ON THE HORIZON

  • The Cavaliers take on No. 4 TCU tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 13) at 1 p.m. ET in Fort Worth, Texas

#3 Baylor 4, #7 Virginia 2

Singles competition

  1. Adrian Boitan (BU) vs. #30 Inaki Montes (VA) 4-6, 6-6, unfinished
  2. #17 Chris Rodesch (VA) def. Matias Soto (BU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
  3. #123 Sven Lah (BU) def. #29 Ryan Goetz (VA) 7-5, 0-6, 6-1
  4. #82 J vd Schulenburg (VA) def. Marko Miladinovic (BU) 6-3, 6-3
  5. Finn Bass (BU) def. Jackson Allen (VA) 6-3, 7-5
  6. Juampi Mazzuchi (BU) def. Alexander Kiefer (VA) 6-0, 6-4

Doubles competition

  1. Finn Bass/Sven Lah (BU) vs. Inaki Montes/Ryan Goetz (VA) 5-4, unfinished
  2. Juampi Mazzuchi/Matias Soto (BU) def. #22 Chris Rodesch/William Woodall (VA) 7-5
  3. Adrian Boitan/Tadeas Paroulek (BU) def. J vd Schulenburg/Jackson Allen (VA) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (6,5,4,2,3)
A-403 T: 2:55

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