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BLACKSBURG – The 44^th-ranked Virginia Tech men’s tennis team dropped the doubles point but won four straight singles matches to clinch the victory over Notre Dame, 4-3, on Friday afternoon at Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center on the Virginia Tech campus. Tech begins its conference play with a strong home victory.

The Hokies put up a tough fight for the doubles point, with courts two and three going into tiebreaks. Amerigo Contini and Andreas Bjerrehus started strong as they defeated 19th-ranked Eddy Covalschi and Josh Hagar, 8-4.

On court two, Joao Monteiro and Jai Corbett took the match to a tiebreak against Alex Lawson and Quentin Monaghan, but came up short losing 8-7 (7-1). Hunter Koontz and Florian Nicoud also battled to a tiebreak on court three, eventually losing to Dougie Barnard and Billy Pecor 8-7 (7-3).

Tech overcame the doubles loss and won four of six singles matches. Edoardo Tessaro evened the score 1-1 with his win over Lawson 7-6 (6-2), 6-2 on court five. Koontz defeated Pecor 6-2, 7-6 (6-4) in the No. 4 to give the Hokies a 2-1 advantage.

Seventy-fourth ranked Bjerrehus defeated No. 102 ranked Hagar on court two, 6-2, 6-3, to build Tech’s lead to 3-1. Corbett clinched the team win for the Hokies as he defeated Nicolas Montoya 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 at No. 6.

On court one, No. 24 ranked Monaghan defeated No. 49 ranked Contini 7-6 (6-3), 6-4 giving Notre Dame their second point of the day. At No. 3, Covalschi defeated Monteiro 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 to bring the overall score to 4-3 in favor of the Hokies.

Virginia Tech returns to action on Sunday, March 8 at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center. The Hokies continue ACC play, taking on No. 2 Duke at 11:00 a.m.

Singles (5,4,2,6*,1,3)

1) #24 Quentin Monaghan (ND) def. #49 Amerigo Contini (VT) 7-6 (6-3), 6-4
2) #74 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) def. #102 Josh Hagar (ND) 6-3, 6-3
3) Eddy Covalschi (ND) def. Joao Monteiro (VT) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
4) Hunter Koontz (VT) def. Billy Pecor (ND)6-2, 7-6 (6-4)
5) Edoardo Tessaro (VT) def. Alex Lawson (ND) 7-6 (6-2), 6-2
6) Jai Corbett (VT) def. Nicolas Montoya (ND) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3

Doubles (1,2,3):

1) A. Contini/A. Bjerrehus (VT) def. #19 E. Covalschi/J. Hagar (ND) 8-4
2) A. Lawson/Q. Monaghan (ND) def. J. Monteiro/J. Corbett (VT) 8-7 (7-1)
3) D. Bernard/B. Pecor (ND) def. H. Koontz/F. Nicoud (VT) 8-7 (7-3)

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