Men's Tennis ACCtion: Sunday, January 27 :: Georgia Tech sweeps doubleheader; Virginia tops Notre Dame; Wake Forest completes successful weekend.

Jan. 27, 2008

Jackets Sweep Season-Opening Doubleheader

ATLANTA - The Georgia Tech men's tennis team (2-0) opened its 2008 dual-match season with a pair of 7-0 wins over Lipscomb (0-3) and Gardner-Webb (0-1) at the Bill Moore Tennis Center Sunday afternoon.

The Yellow Jackets opened the day by sweeping the doubles matches against Lipscomb. Guillermo Gomez and George Gvelesiani finished their match first with an 8-2 win over Andy Mizell and Josh Cummings. Miguel Muguruza and Eliot Potvin were successful in their dual-match doubles debut, defeating Joe McArdle and Jeff West, 8-3, to give Tech a 1-0 lead over the Bison.

Freshman Ryan Smith opened singles play with a dominating 6-0, 6-1 win over James Murrell at the third position. Gomez gave the Jackets a 3-0 advantage after taking care of McArdle, 6-0, 6-2, in the top spot in the line-up. Senior Scott Blackmon sealed Tech's first victory of the season by defeating Daniel Hangstefer, 6-1, 6-3, from the No. 2 spot.

No. 1 Virginia Defeats No. 12 Notre Dame 5-2

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The top-ranked Virginia men's tennis team recorded its second road win of the weekend against a highly ranked opponent, downing No. 12 Notre Dame 5-2 at the Eck Tennis Pavilion. It marked the second top-12 opponent the Cavaliers have defeated away from home this season.

"Today we played a talented Notre Dame team right after an emotional win at Illinois on Friday," said Virginia head coach Brian Boland. "We have played some outstanding teams on the road early in the season. We are looking forward to getting home and having a few good days of practice and work on some things we know we can improve on. The goal is to just continue to improve each day and we now must prepare for another tough weekend against VCU and Michigan."

The Cavaliers (3-0) took the early advantage over the Fighting Irish (2-1) by sweeping all three doubles matches for a 1-0 lead. No. 25 ranked Dominic Inglot (London, England) and Houston Barrick (Brentwood, Tenn.) posted an 8-2 win over Andrew Roth and Stephen Havens at No. 2 doubles. At the No. 1 position, top-ranked Somdev Devvarman (Chennai, India) and Treat Huey (Alexandria, Va.) clinched the opening point for the Cavaliers with their 8-4 win over Sheeva Parbhu and Brett Helgeson. No. 17 ranked Ted Angelinos (Athens, Greece) and Lee Singer (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) completed the sweep with their 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles over Tyler Davis and Santiago Montoya.