Virginia Will Play Its Third Consecutive Opponent Ranked In The Top 15 This Weekend When The Team Takes The Road To Face Vcu This Afternoon. Virginia Will Finish The Weekend By Traveling To Tuscaloosa To Play No. 33 Alabama.after Winning Two Matches Handily At Home Over Ranked Teams Illinois And Notre Dame, Virginia Coach Brian Boland Is Not Worried About A Letdown From His Players This Weekend."this Is One Of The More Disciplined And Focused Teams That I've Ever Had The Opportunity To Coach." Boland Said. "i Think They'll Use The Momentum And Confidence They Have And Carry It Into The Weekend Which Is Going To Be A Challenge Against Vcu And Alabama."although Vcu Is Currently Ranked 12th, It Does Not Boast A Single Player Or Doubles Team That Is Ranked. Virginia Counters With Two Players Ranked In The Top 10, With Juniors Treat Huey And Somdev Devvarman Ranked 10th And 8th, Respectively.vcu Lost 5-2 Jan. 27 To Then No. 5 Duke. Vcu, However, Won The Doubles Point, And Senior Sergi Arumi Upset No. 100 Joey Atas. Arumi Will Play Either Devvarman Or Huey, But Another Upset Is Unlikely Considering Both Cavaliers Have A Much Higher Rank."i Think Vcu, The One And Two Guys I've Played Both Of Them In The Past, And They're Both Pretty Good Players." Devvarman Said.virginia's Strength So Far This Season Has Been Its Doubles Teams, Led By No. 7 Devvarman And Huey And Also The Surprising Team Of Freshmen Dominic Inglot And Houston Barrick. The Freshman Duo Is 3-0 So Far In Doubles Matches This Season And Knocked Off The No. 6 Team From Old Dominion In A Preseason Tournament."i Mean There's No Doubt They Can Compete With Doubles Teams In The Top 10." Boland Said. "i Think They Just Need A Little Bit More Time Together To Gel, And I Think Eventually They'll Be As Competitive A Doubles Team As Anyone In The Nation."alabama Comes Into Sunday's Match Untested This Season. In Its Only Two Matches, Alabama Defeated Troy 5-2 And Shut Out Jacksonville State 7-0. When Virginia Travels To Tuscaloosa, It Will Be A Significant Step Up In Competition For The Hosts.at Least One Player For Alabama Should Give The Cavaliers A Test This Weekend. Senior Joseph Jung Is Currently Ranked 43rd And Boasts A Win Over Former No. 1 Junior Marcos Bahgdahitis. Jung Should Present A Good Challenge For Devvarman On Sunday."i Think It's Joseph Jung Who I Might Be Playing," Devvarman Said "but They're All Pretty Good Players And At The Position I Play, You're Never Going To Have Too Many Easy Matches."in Doubles, No. 44 Jung And Freshman Saketh Myneni Will Likely Play Huey And Devvarman. The Cavaliers Are Favored To Come Through This Weekend With Two Wins To Run Their Perfect Record To 5-0 And Give The Team Momentum Going Forward Against An Incredibly Tough Schedule."we Need To Be In Tough Environments And We're Going To Have A Big Challenge On Our Hands Which Is Something We Need." Boland Said. "we'll Be Better At The End Of The Year For It"
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