Feb. 14, 2009

Virginia Men’s Tennis Rallies for 4-3 Win Over UCLA
CHICAGO – The No. 5 Virginia men’s tennis team used a comeback in singles to score a 4-3 win over No. 4 UCLA in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships at the Midtown Tennis Club. The Cavaliers lost the doubles point and four of six first sets in singles, but rallied for a win that sent them into the tournament’s semifinals for the fourth time in the past five years.

Virginia, the reigning ITA National Indoor Champions, fell behind 1-0 as it lost the doubles point for the first time this season. Nick Meister and Michael Look defeated Drew Courtney (Clifton, Va.) and Lee Singer (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) 8-5 at No. 3 doubles and Matt Brooklyn and Harel Srugo topped Dominic Inglot (London, England) and Michael Shabaz (Fairfax, Va.) 8-4 at No. 2 doubles.

No. 21 Wake Forest Downs VCU 4-2
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The No. 21 Wake Forest men's tennis team defeated Virginia Commonwealth 4-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center. The Demon Deacons are now 5-2 with the win and the Rams are 8-3.

Wake Forest changed up the doubles lineup, splitting up sixth-ranked duo Cory Parr and Steve Forman. Forman and Jon Wolff had the only doubles win of the day, defeating Bobo Delmark and Jordan Dyke 8-5. David Hopkins and Andrew Brasseaux played at No. 1 where the tandem stayed just one game behind but was broken by Benjamin Bouhana/Emil Lindgren at the end of the pro-set to fall 8-6. Cory Parr and Jason Morgenstern dropped a close 9-8 match at No. 2.

No. 16 Florida State Men's Tennis Falls 4-1 To No. 9 Mississippi
CHICAGO, Ill. - The No. 16-ranked Florida State men's tennis team lost 4-1 to No. 9 Mississippi in the consolation round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Chicago, Ill.

In doubles FSU and Ole Miss split the first two matches with senior Chirs Cloer and junior Vahid Mirzadeh defeating Devin Britton and Otto Sauer on court three 8-3. On court one the 23rd-ranked duo of junior Jean-Yves Aubone and sophomore Clint Bowles were upended by the No. 1-ranked team in the country Jonas Berg and Bram ten Berge 8-4. The Rebels took a 1-0 lead when Christoph and Marcel Thiemann defeated seniors Drew Bailey and Maciek Sykut on court two 8-6.

Boston College Men's Tennis Loses to Columbia at ECAC Indoors
Cambridge, Mass. - The Boston College men's tennis team dropped their first match of the season, losing 5-0 to Columbia at the ECAC Men's Indoor Championships on Saturday afternoon.

The Eagles will face Yale in the consolation semifinals on Sunday morning.