Men’s Tennis: No. 6 Virginia falls 4-0 at No. 5 Ohio State

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 6 Virginia men’s tennis team (5-1) suffered its first loss of the season, falling 4-0 at No. 5 Ohio State (7-0) on Sunday at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center in Columbus, Ohio

The Buckeyes won the doubles point with 6-3 wins on courts one and three. Court two was on-serve at 4-4 when abandoned.

Ohio State clinched the victory with straight-set wins on singles courts one, two and four.

Sophomore Iñaki Montes won his first set on singles court three against Jake Van Emburgh by taking a tiebreaker 7-2. They were on-serve at 2-2 when the match was abandoned.

Senior Gianni Ross won his first set 6-3 against Robert Cash and was also on serve in the second set at the end of play.

UVA head coach Andres Pedroso

“The Bucks were too good today. Credit to their coaches, players and fans. Our team will learn some important lessons from this match that will only make us better in the future. We are already looking to the next two battles in Texas next weekend.”

#5 Ohio State 4, #6 Virginia 0

Singles competition

1. #21 Cannon Kingsley (OSU) def. #13 Chris Rodesch (VA) 6-3, 6-2
2. #5 Matej Vocel (OSU) def. #71 Bar Botzer (VA) 6-3, 6-3
3. Jake Van Emburgh (OSU) vs. #52 Inaki Montes (VA) 6-7 (2-7), 2-2, unfinished
4. #42 James Trotter (OSU) def. #66 J vd Schulenburg (VA) 6-3, 6-2
5. #14 JJ Tracy (OSU) vs. #27 Ryan Goetz (VA) 7-5, 5-0, unfinished
6. Robert Cash (OSU) vs. Gianni Ross (VA) 6-3, 5-4, unfinished

Doubles competition

1. #1 Matej Vocel/Robert Cash (OSU) def. Chris Rodesch/William Woodall (VA) 6-3
2. #2 James Trotter/Justin Boulais (OSU) vs. Inaki Montes/Ryan Goetz (VA) 4-4, unfinished
3. Cannon Kingsley/JJ Tracy (OSU) def. J vd Schulenburg/Bar Botzer (VA) 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (4,1,2)

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