No. 4 Virginia wins 5-2 at No. 13 Wake Forest

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team (9-2, 3-0 ACC) picked up its second win over a ranked opponent this weekend when it defeated No. 13 Wake Forest (11-3, 3-1 ACC) by a 5-2 score on Sunday (Feb. 28) in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Virginia won the doubles point and built up a 5-0 lead before Wake recorded its first point.

Grad student Carl Söderlund (Stockholm, Sweden) and junior William Woodall (Washington, D.C.) cruised to a 6-1 win on the top doubles court to begin the match. Freshmen Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (Zurich, Switzerland) and Iñaki Montes (Pamplona, Spain) clinched the point with a 6-3 win on court three.

In singles, Söderlund, Montes and von der Schulenburg won in straight sets on the top three courts to clinch the victory for the Cavaliers. Junior Ryan Goetz (Greenlawn, N.Y.) added a 7-6 (1), 6-1 victory over Filippo Moroni on court five to push the Cavaliers out to a 5-0 lead. The Deacons won third-set super tiebreakers on courts four and six to earn their two points.

#4 Virginia 5, #13 Wake Forest 2

Singles competition

1. #29 Carl Soderlund (VA) def. Henri Squire (WF) 6-3, 6-4
2. Inaki Montes (VA) def. Eduardo Nava (WF) 6-3, 6-3
3. #105 J vd Schulenburg (VA) def. #107 Taha Baadi (WF) 6-3, 6-2
4. Melios Efstathiou (WF) def. Chris Rodesch (VA) 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 1-0 (10-4)
5. Ryan Goetz (VA) def. Filippo Moroni (WF) 7-6 (7-1), 6-1
6. #92 Rrezart Cungu (WF) def. Alexander Kiefer (VA) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)

Doubles competition

1. Carl Soderlund/William Woodall (VA) def. #18 Henri Squire/Eduardo Nava (WF) 6-1
2. Siddhant Banthia/Matthew Thomson (WF) vs. Chris Rodesch/Ryan Goetz (VA) 6-5, unfinished
3. J vd Schulenburg/Inaki Montes (VA) def. Taha Baadi/Melios Efstathiou (WF) 6-3

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (2,3,1,5,6,4)