No. 5 Virginia Hosts NCAA Regional Matches Saturday and Sunday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. –  The Virginia men’s tennis team (24-4) opens play at the 2023 NCAA Men’s Tennis Team Championship by hosting the Charlottesville Regional Saturday and Sunday, May 6-7, at the Virginia Tennis Facility at the Boar’s Head Resort.

The matches are scheduled to be played outdoors. Please monitor Virginia’s social media accounts for any weather-related changes.

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

2023 CHARLOTTESVILLE REGIONAL SCHEDULE
SATURDAY, MAY 6 (MEN)
10 a.m.     Ole Miss vs. VCU
1 p.m.       (5) VIRGINIA vs. Navy

SATURDAY, MAY 6 (WOMEN)
4 p.m.       Second Round Match

SUNDAY, MAY 7 (MEN)
1 p.m.       Second Round Match

MATCH INFORMATION

• The matches will be covered in the Cracked Racquets Cross Court Cast on their YouTube Channel
• Individual court streams will also be available on VirginiaSports.com
• Live scoring will be available for all of the matches

NOTING THE CAVALIERS

• Virginia brings a 16-match win streak into the tournament. Last year, the Cavaliers had won 17 matches in a row heading into the NCAA tournament
• Virginia has not lost an outdoor match this season
• This is the third straight year that UVA earned the ACC’s automatic qualification into the championship
• Chris Rodesch has won his last 10 singles matches. The MVP of the ACC Championship is 24-6 in singles this season with a 15-1 record on the No. 1 court. He has four victories this year against players ranked in the top five of the singles rankings
• Rodesch earned a 9-16 seed in the NCAA Singles championship, his first time being seeded in the tournament and his second time earning a spot in the field. He is No. 9 in the updated singles rankings
• Iñaki Montes earned invitations to compete in both the doubles and singles championships. Montes and Ryan Goetz earned a 5-8 seed in the doubles tournament and are No. 8 in this week’s rankings
• Montes is ranked No. 26 in the ITA singles rankings
• Goetz won the clinching points for the Cavaliers in both the ACC semifinal and championship matches. Goetz is 8-1 in his last 10 singles matches with a 24-5 singles record. He picked up his 20^th dual match win of the year, posting a 20-3 record this spring
• Goetz has 20 wins in singles and doubles, going 21-7 in the latter including a 17-6 record in dual matches
• Jeffrey von der Schulenburg is 11-1 in his last 12 singles matches (all completed). He is 26-7 overall in singles with a 21-4 record in dual matches
• von der Schulenburg earned his third invitation to compete in the NCAA Singles Championship. He is the only current player to play in three straight NCAA individual championships. He is No. 49 in the latest ITA singles rankings
• Alex Kiefer went 10-0 in singles in conference play
• Måns Dahlberg is 7-2 in his last 10 matches
• The Cavaliers have a combined record of 104-26 in singles in dual matches this spring for an .800 win percentage

VIRGINIA & NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

• The reigning NCAA Champions are looking for their sixth NCAA title
• This is Virginia’s 19th-consecutive NCAA Championship appearance and the 18th time hosting a regional
• The Cavaliers have advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 in 16 of the last 17 championships, the quarterfinals in 15 of the last 17, the semifinals in 11 of the past 15 and seven of the last 11 finals
• Virginia is the five seed in this year’s championship. The Cavaliers were the seven seed last year when they won the title

SCOUTING OLE MISS, VCU & NAVY

• Ole Miss (17-9) advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC Championship before falling 4-0 against Tennessee. They are making their 29^th straight appearance in the NCAA Championship
• Ole Miss is No. 26 in the latest ITA team rankings
• The Rebels were in Charlottesville in January for ITA Kickoff matches, falling 4-1 to Princeton in the opener before topping Nevada 4-0 in the consolation match
• VCU (20-5) won its sixth consecutive Atlantic 10 championship and is No. 40 in the latest ITA team rankings
• Charles Bertimon earned the A10’s automatic berth in the NCAA Singles Championship. He is 28-8 overall with a 16-4 record in dual matches. He is ranked No. 83 in the latest ITA Singles rankings
• This is the second straight year the Rams will play in the Charlottesville regional. Last season, the Rams won their first-round match against Penn before falling 4-0 against UVA
• Navy (23-19) won their fifth-straight Patriot League championship. The Midshipmen are in the postseason for the 11th time in 15 tournaments and for a Patriot League-best 15th time since the field was expanded to 64 teams in 1999
• Sasha Panyan was named the Patriot League Player of the Year. He has a 16-6 record in dual matches at No. 1
• Panyan and Luke Garner are 21-2 in dual matches at No. 1 doubles
• Navy previously played Virginia in the first round of the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Tournaments.  The Cavaliers won both matches