No. 7 Deacs Trounce No. 26 Irish, 4-1

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Inside Courtney Tennis Center Friday afternoon, the No. 7 Wake Forest men's tennis team set the tone early with dominant doubles play in a 4-1 victory over No. 26 Notre Dame.

The win gave Wake Forest (23-5, 6-1 ACC) its 10th consecutive win over Notre Dame (14-9, 4-5 ACC).

Quotable
"I thought this weekend was really productive for everyone. I thought we learned a lot about ourselves. We learned a lot about overcoming adversity and what it's going to take to be successful as we get deeper and deeper into the season, with the ultimate goal being success in the postseason. Given where we are, I'm hoping we can use this weekend against Notre Dame and Louisville to really get us going in a positive direction." - Coach Bresky

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How It Happened
The match clinch for Wake Forest came from junior Taha Baadi, who now picked up his 10th dual singles win this season. Baadi toppled Braeden Ho of the Irish, 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 at the No. 5 singles slot.

To begin the match, the Deacs took the doubles point, with wins on courts two and three. Wake Forest's 36th-ranked doubles pairing of Siddhant Banthia and Jurabek Karimov took the win on court two to open proceedings. They won, 6-2.

Then, Matthew Thomson and Jakob Schnaitter on court three earned a break early in the match and later won, 6-3.

In singles, Wake Forest took four first sets en route to a 4-1 win, with two of Wake Forest's three singles triumphs over the Irish coming in straight sets.

Schnaitter trounced Jameson Corsillo in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3 on court six to make it 2-0.

Notre Dame picked up a win on court three cutting the lead in half. On court five, No. 34 Nava overpowered the Irish's Aditya Vashistha, 6-3, 7-6. This gave the Deacs a 3-1 lead.

Seniors Melios Efstathiou and Banthia saw their singles matches go unfinished, on courts two and four, respectively.

Singles Results
1. Eduardo Nava (WAKE) def. Aditya Vashistha (ND-M) 6-3, 7-6 (0-3)
2. Matthew Che (ND-M) vs. Melios Efstathiou (WAKE) 6-3, 7-6, 0-3, unfinished
3. Connor Fu (ND-M) def. Rrezart Congu (WAKE) 6-3, 6-3
4. Jean-Marc Malkowski (ND-M) vs. Siddhant Banthia (WAKE) 7-5, 4-6, 5-5, unfinished
5. Taha Baadi (WAKE) def. Braeden Ho (ND-M) 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (0-3)
6. Jakob Schnaitter (WAKE) def. Jameson Corsillo (ND-M) 6-2, 6-3saf3w

Doubles Results
1. Matthew Halpin/Jean-Marc Malkowski (ND-M) vs. Eduardo Nava/Ben Draper (WAKE) 5-3, unfinished
2. Jurabek Karimov/Siddhant Banthia (WAKE) def. Matthew Che/Connor Fu (ND-M) 6-2
3. Matthew Thomson/Jakob Schnaitter (WAKE) def. Aditya Vashistha/Jameson Corsillo (ND-M) 6-3

Up Next
The Deacs round out the weekend road trip at Louisville on Sunday. They will play the Cardinals on Sunday, April 5 at 1 p.m.

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Taha Baadi

Siddhant Banthia

Ben Draper

Melios Efstathiou

Jurabek Karimov

Eduardo Nava

Jakob Schnaitter

Matthew Thomson