This is another takeaway for the Virginia Cavaliers in the Commonwealth Clash. The No. 2 nationally ranked Virginia men's tennis team (17-4, 9-0 ACC) defeated Virginia Tech (9-8, 2-7, ACC) in Blacksburg Wednesday night in six games. I broke it in 1. The win gives the Cavaliers an extra point in the 2023-2024 Commonwealth Clash, with UVA leading 9-6.
In doubles, the University of Virginia's team of Chris Rodesch and Edoardo Graziani defeated Virginia Tech's Hugo Maia and Manuel Gonclavez 6-3 on court 3, but the Hokies also had Matt Harper and Alberto Orso on Jeffrey – Defeated von der Schulenburg and Dylan Dietrich 6-4. Point determination for doubles is left to Court 1. James Hopper and Inaki Montez defeated Ryan Fishback and Maxime St. Hilaire 6-4 to earn the Cavaliers the doubles point.
Virginia then went on to win the first five singles matches to seal the victory, but it wasn't so easy at first as three different Cavaliers dropped the first set. Alexander Kiefer finished first, defeating Benjamin Pomeranets 6-1, 6-1 on Court 5. Chris Rodesch defeated Ryan Fishback 6-3, 6-3 in the top court to make it 3-0 for the Cavaliers. lead.
After dropping the first set to Michael Shepard on Court 3, Dylan Dietrich rallied to win 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, securing Virginia's victory. On Court 2, Jeffrey von der Schulenburg also bounced back from a set one loss to defeat Maxime Saint-Hilaire 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Mance Dahlberg and Hugo Maia both went the distance in the first two sets on Court 4, with Dahlberg winning both tiebreaks 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (8 -6), making it 6 wins. -0.
Court 6 concluded the final match with an entertaining back-and-forth match between Edoardo Graziani and Alberto Olso, which was decided in a third set tie-break. In the end, Olso defeated Dahlberg 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (11-9), giving the Hokies their only points of the game.
Virginia returns home to host Boston College for Senior Day at Boar's Head on Sunday at 12 p.m.
