No. 13 Virginia Plays at Louisville, Notre DameNo. 13 Virginia Plays at Louisville, Notre Dame

No. 13 Virginia Plays at Louisville, Notre Dame

The Cavaliers play at No. 26 Louisville on Friday at 4 p.m. and at Notre Dame on Sunday at 11:30 a.m.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The No.13 Virginia men’s tennis team (10-4, 2-0 ACC) hits the road for a pair of conference matches this weekend, playing at Louisville (9-4, 0-2 ACC) on Friday, March 10 at 4 p.m., and at Notre Dame (9-6, 0-2 ACC) on Sunday, March 12 at 11:30 a.m.

MATCH INFORMATION

  • Live scoring and live video will be available for both matches through links posted on VirginiaSports.com

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

  • Virginia rose eight spots in the ITA computerized team rankings this week to No. 13
  • Virginia opened conference play last weekend with a pair of 4-0 victories against Miami and No. 15 Florida State
  • Chris Rodesch was named the ACC Men’s Tennis Singles Player of the Week this week after a pair of ranked wins against No. 28 Chris Martin of Miami and No. 2 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc of Florida State
  • Rodesch moved up to No. 25 in the ITA Singles rankings. Jeffrey von der Schulenburg is No. 32 and Iñaki Montes is No. 37
  • Ryan Goetz and von der Schulenburg are both 9-2 in dual matches this season. Rodesch is 8-2 with a 6-0 mark at No. 1
  • Virginia has won 28 straight matches in ACC play and 35 straight matches against ACC opponents. UVA’s last loss against an ACC team was a 4-2 loss against North Carolina during the 2021 ITA National Team Indoor Championship. UVA’s last conference loss was a pre-pandemic 4-3 loss at Louisville on Jan. 18, 2020

NOTING LOUISVILLE AND NOTRE DAME

  • Louisville fell to No. 26 in the ITA team rankings after losses to North Carolina and Duke last weekend
  • The Cardinals have been ranked as high as No. 20 this season
  • Louisville has three singles players ranked in the top 60 led by Etienne Donnet at No. 36
  • Virginia is 12-2 all-time against Louisville
  • Notre Dame is No. 47 in this week’s ITA team rankings
  • Sebastian Dominko is the Irish’s lone ranked singles player at No. 43
  • Virginia is 18-2 all-time against Notre Dame

ON THE HORIZON

  • Virginia is back home next weekend, hosting No. 9 North Carolina on Friday, March 17 at 12:30 p.m. and No. 12 Duke on Sunday, March 19 at 2:30 p.m.