Friday, February 8
Charlottesville, VA
5:00 PM
Wake Forest University
2
at
5
Virginia
Photo by: Brian Westerholt/Sports On Film
No. 1 Deacs Fall to No. 13 Cavaliers on the Road
2/8/2019 8:21:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Wake Forest suffers its first loss of the season
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The top-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team fell for the first time this season, dropping a 5-2 decision to No. 13 Virginia Friday (Feb. 8) evening at the Boars Head Sports Club.
The match was played as a nonconference match with the two teams set to face off in ACC play on March 15 in Winston-Salem.
Wake Forest (6-1) opened the match by taking the doubles point over the Cavaliers (6-1). Within moments of each other, the Demon Deacon duos of Borna Gojo/Alan Gadjiev and Siddhant Banthia/Melios Efstathiou each claimed 6-4 wins at the No. 1 and 3 positions, respectively, to secure the doubles point.
The Cavaliers stormed back with three consecutive wins to jump ahead by a 3-1 margin. Petros Chrysochos cut the deficit to one at the No. 2 singles position, defeating Henrik Wiersholm, 7-6(4), 6-3.
The two remaining matches would each go into a third set after the Deacs had won the opening set in each match. Julian Zlobinsky dropped a 6-4, 4-6, 4-6 decision at the No. 6 spot, clinching the match for the Cavaliers, before Gojo fell in his No. 1 singles match, 6-4, 6-7(3), 1-6.
Wake Forest is back in action this Sunday, Feb. 10, with a doubleheader against Baylor and Tennessee Tech. The Deacs will face the ninth-ranked Bears at 1 p.m. before closing out the day with a 5 p.m. match against the Golden Eagles.
The match was played as a nonconference match with the two teams set to face off in ACC play on March 15 in Winston-Salem.
Wake Forest (6-1) opened the match by taking the doubles point over the Cavaliers (6-1). Within moments of each other, the Demon Deacon duos of Borna Gojo/Alan Gadjiev and Siddhant Banthia/Melios Efstathiou each claimed 6-4 wins at the No. 1 and 3 positions, respectively, to secure the doubles point.
The Cavaliers stormed back with three consecutive wins to jump ahead by a 3-1 margin. Petros Chrysochos cut the deficit to one at the No. 2 singles position, defeating Henrik Wiersholm, 7-6(4), 6-3.
The two remaining matches would each go into a third set after the Deacs had won the opening set in each match. Julian Zlobinsky dropped a 6-4, 4-6, 4-6 decision at the No. 6 spot, clinching the match for the Cavaliers, before Gojo fell in his No. 1 singles match, 6-4, 6-7(3), 1-6.
Wake Forest is back in action this Sunday, Feb. 10, with a doubleheader against Baylor and Tennessee Tech. The Deacs will face the ninth-ranked Bears at 1 p.m. before closing out the day with a 5 p.m. match against the Golden Eagles.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
#1 Singles Match
123
661
Carl Soderlund / 0 (119/-) [VA]
476
#2 Singles Match
12
76
Henrik Wiersholm / 0 [VA]
63
#3 Singles Match
12
43
Brandon Nakashima / 0 [VA]
66
#4 Singles Match
12
62
Gianni Ross / 0 (68/-) [VA]
76
#5 Singles Match
12
02
Ryan Goetz / 0 (72/-) [VA]
66
#6 Singles Match
123
644
Aswin Lizen / 0 [VA]
466
Order of Finish:
5,3,4,2,6,1
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