No. 7 Virginia Hosts No. 10 South Carolina in NCAA Round of 16

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No. 7 Virginia men’s tennis team (24-5) hosts No. 10 South Carolina (23-6) in the Round of 16 of the 2022 NCAA Men’s Tennis Team Championship on Friday, May 13 at 3 p.m. at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.

The Charlottesville Super Regional winner will advance to the quarterfinals which will be held on Thursday, May 19, at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex in Champaign, Ill.

Friday’s match is scheduled to be played outdoors. Please monitor @VirginiaMensTennis social media accounts for weather-related updates.

CHARLOTTESVILLE SUPER REGIONALS SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, MAY 13 – Men
3 p.m.       (7) VIRGINIA vs (10) South Carolina

SATURDAY, MAY 14 –  Women
1 p.m.       (5) VIRGINIA vs. (12) Oklahoma State

HOW TO FOLLOW

• All matches will stream live on the TennisOne App
• Live scoring will be available through links posted on VirginiaSports.com

TICKET INFORMATION

• $5 for general admission and $3 for students with a valid ID per day
• Ages 2 and up are required to have a ticket
• Tickets will be available for purchase online, over the phone, or at the Bryant Hall ticket office and can be picked up at the courts

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

• The Cavaliers bring a 19-match win streak into the Super Regional
• Senior Ryan Goetz brings a 10-match win streak into the championship, including two wins in the ACC Championship. He is a perfect 9-0 at No. 4 singles this season
• Sophomore Jeffrey von der Schulenburg has won his last 12 completed matches. He is 8-0 at No. 3 singles
• Senior Gianni Ross is playing in his fourth NCAA Championship. He is 20-2 this season with 16 of those wins coming in dual matches. Ross has won his last eight matches and is 6-0 at No. 5 singles
• Sophomore Chris Rodesch earned the ACC’s automatic qualification into the NCAA Singles Championship as the highest-ranked singles player in the conference at No. 30. Rodesch has 15 wins this season against ranked opponents and is 9-1 in his last 10 singles matches
• Rodesch and Goetz were the ACC’s automatic qualifiers into the NCAA Doubles Championship but will not be playing together as a doubles team in the NCAA Team Championship
• Rodesch and Bar Botzer went 3-0 as a doubles team in the ACC Championship and 2-0 last week in the NCAA Regional

VIRGINIA & THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

• The ACC Champion Cavaliers earned the conference’s automatic qualification into the championship
• UVA is the No. 7 seed in the tournament
• Virginia has won four NCAA titles, including three-consecutive from 2015-17
• The Cavaliers have advanced to the quarterfinals in 14 of the last 16 championships, the semifinals in 10 of the past 14 and six of the last 10 finals
• Last season, UVA was the five-seed, falling in the Round of 16 against USC
• Virginia is the only school hosting both men’s and women’s Super Regionals this weekend
• UVA is one of six schools to have both men’s and women’s teams advance to the Round of 16 (North Carolina, NC State, Texas, Stanford and Florida are the others)
• Virginia is looking to advance its men’s and women’s teams to the quarterfinals for the third time in school history (2014 and 2016)

SCOUTING SOUTH CAROLINA

• This is the Gamecocks’ second straight trip to the Round of 16 and ninth overall. They fell in the Round of 16 during last year’s competition
• This is the team’s 15^th overall appearance in the 64-team championship format. South Carolina’s best finish was a semifinal appearance in 1989, which was also the last time the team advanced to the quarterfinals
• Daniel Rodrigues is ranked No. 1 in the ITA Singles rankings but is the No. 2 seed in the upcoming NCAA Singles Championship
• Rodrigues was the runner-up in last year’s singles championship. The junior is 25-4 this season in singles with a 22-3 mark in dual matches
• Toby Samuel, who plays at No. 2, has a 28-9 singles record and has won his last seven completed matches
• Raphael Lambling is 27-10 this season with a 17-5 record at No. 4. He has also won his last seven completed matches
• Connor Thomson at No. 3 leads the team with 31 singles wins this year including a 19-5 mark on his primary court
• Rodrigues and Samuel were named First-Team All-SEC while Thomson earned a spot on the second team
• Virginia leads the all-time series 13-10. The Gamecocks last win against UVA was in 1998

 ON THE HORIZON

• The men’s and women’s semifinals will take place on Saturday, May 21 in Champaign with the championship matches contested on Sunday, May 22
• NCAA Singles and Doubles will take place May 23-28 in that same location