W Tennis: Cavs host FSU, Miami for Senior Weekend
By Ryan Taylor | April 18, 2013The No. 17 Virginia women’s tennis team will look to end its regular season on a high note this weekend when two ranked opponents come to Charlottesville.
The No. 17 Virginia women’s tennis team will look to end its regular season on a high note this weekend when two ranked opponents come to Charlottesville.
After extending their ACC win streak to triple digits last weekend, the Virginia tennis team is aiming for another milestone: an undefeated regular season.
The No. 17 Virginia women’s tennis team stretched its winning streak to six matches Saturday against No. 19 Georgia Tech in Atlanta before falling to No. 14 Clemson Sunday in South Carolina.
The Cavaliers will be in Atlanta Saturday looking to knock off No. 19 Georgia Tech before traveling to Clemson the following day to face No. 14 Clemson.
On April 23, 2006, the Virginia men’s tennis team lost in the ACC Championship match 4-3 to Duke. The team took the doubles point and two singles matches for a 3-0 lead, but the Blue Devils fought back for the conference title. Three weeks passed and the Cavaliers downed Wake Forest in the NCAA Round of 32 and today – nearly seven years later – they have yet to lose to a conference opponent.
The No. 18 Virginia women’s tennis team (13-7, 6-1 ACC) has been virtually unstoppable in recent weeks, going 10-1 since losing to third-ranked Texas A&M. Success has not come easy for the Cavaliers, though, as injuries have threatened to derail their stellar performance.
The No. 18 Virginia women’s team continued its strong run, winning all three of its weekend matches in Charlottesville to improve to 10-1 in its past 11 matches and extend its winning streak to five games.
Within the ACC, the No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team encounters few real threats. With the exception of their conference opener, a thrilling 4-3 win over No.
The scorching No. 18 Virginia women’s tennis team will look to continue its recently dominant play this weekend as it faces two conference foes in Wake Forest and No. 44 N.C. State, followed by one non-conference match against East Tennessee State.
Sophomore Mitchell Frank arrived in Charlottesville in 2011 as the No. 2 tennis recruit in the nation, and immediately began making noise.
The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis cruised through the first game of a three-match road stretch with a 7-0 victory at Boston College Saturday.
No. 7 Duke was able to halt the streaking Cavaliers’ 5-match winning streak by a tight 4-3 score Saturday, but Virginia quickly rebounded to knock off the nation’s top-ranked North Carolina squad 4-3 and trample North Carolina Central 6-0 the next day.
The Virginia men’s tennis team won its 96th consecutive conference match Thursday with a 7-0 demolition of No. 54 Virginia Tech. Though the Hokies could hardly be considered a serious threat to the top-ranked Cavaliers, a victory over their in-state rival was satisfying for the team nonetheless.
A thorough clobbering of No. 70 UNC followed Friday’s tight defeat of No. 8 Duke preserved the team’s undefeated record last weekend. The Cavaliers now look to continue the streak as they host No. 54 Virginia Tech Thursday.
The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team remained unbeaten over the weekend as it downed No. 8 Duke 4-3 and No. 70 North Carolina 6-1.
The No. 32 Virginia women’s tennis team continued to roll this weekend, easily defeating No. 72 Boston College and No. 55 Virginia Tech to stretch its win streak to four.
Virginia looks to extend its dominance to conference play as it hosts No. 8 Duke and No. 70 North Carolina this weekend.
After an exhausting stretch that spanned six matches in nine days, the No. 32 Virginia women’s tennis team returns home to host a pair of matches against No. 72 Boston College and No. 55 Virginia Tech this Friday and Saturday.
The no. 47 Virginia women’s tennis team had an action packed spring break, competing in six duals in the nine-day span.
The Virginia men’s tennis team concluded a productive spring break by blanking No. 15 Illinois 7-0 Sunday on the road, the eighth top-20 team to fall to the top-ranked Cavaliers. Virginia (11-0) took the doubles point with consecutive wins on the third and second courts against Illinois (7-5 ). At No.