Men’s Tennis: No. 8 Virginia prevails at No. 22 NC State, 4-2

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 8 Virginia men’s tennis team closed out its weekend road trip with a 4-2 victory at No. 22 NC State on Sunday at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C.

The Cavaliers (19-4, 10-0 ACC) won the doubles point and straight-set victories on the top three singles courts. Iñaki Montes clinched the victory with a win on court two.

The victory was the Cavaliers’ 11th win in a row and third-straight match playing at a top-25 opponent.

Ryan Goetz and Alex Kiefer opened the match with a 6-2 victory on doubles court three. Montes and William Woodall clinched the point with a 6-3 win against No. 15 Robin Catry and Luca Staehli on the top court.

In singles, Jeffrey von der Schulenburg downed Braden Shick 6-3, 6-0 to put the Cavaliers ahead 2-0. After Catry earned a point for NC State (13-8, 7-3) on court four, Chris Rodesch closed out a 6-4, 6-4 win on court one. NC State’s Fona van Sambeek countered with a 6-2, 7-5 win on court five to make it 3-2 before Montes ended the match with a 7-5, 6-2 victory on court two against No. 61 Raafa Izquierdo Luque.

MATCH NOTES

• Virginia has won 36 straight matches in ACC play and 43 straight matches against ACC opponents

ON THE HORIZON

Virginia will close out the regular season at home with matches on Friday at 5 p.m. against Clemson and Sunday at noon against Georgia Tech. The 10-year anniversary of the program’s first NCAA team championship will be celebrated at the Clemson match with members of the 2013 team being honored between doubles and singles. The Georgia Tech match will be the Cavaliers’ senior day with fifth-year student-athletes Ryan Goetz and William Woodall being honored in a pre-match ceremony

NO. 8 VIRGINIA 4, NO. 22 NC STATE 2

Singles
1. #14 Chris Rodesch (VA) def. #70 Luca Staeheli (NCST) 6-4, 6-4
2. #23 Iñaki Montes (VA) def. #61 Rafa Izquierdo Luque (NCST) 7-5, 6-2
3. #39 Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (VA) def. Braden Shick (NCST) 6-3, 6-0
4. Robin Catry (NCST) def. #104 Ryan Goetz (VA) 6-4, 6-3
5. Fona van Sambeek (NCST) def.  Mans Dahlberg (VA) 6-2, 7-5
6. Joseph Wayland (NCST) vs. Alexander Kiefer (VA) 6-4, 6-6, unfinished

Doubles
1. Iñaki Montes/William Woodall (VA) def. #15 Robin Catry/Luca Staeheli (NCST) 6-3
2. #24 Rafa Izquierdo Luque/Joseph Wayand vs. Chris Rodesch/Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (VA) 5-4, unfinished
3. Ryan Goetz/Alexander Kiefer (VA) def. Braden Shick/Fons van Sambeek (NCST) 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (3,4,1,5,2)