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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech has earned the No. 2 seed for the 2015 ACC Men's Tennis Championship, which begins on Thursday, April 23 at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, North Carolina. The Hokies earn an opening round bye after finishing the season 19-3, 10-2 in the ACC.

The Hokies will face the winner of No. 7 Notre Dame (14-10, 6-6 ACC) and No. 10 Georgia Tech (12-11, 4-8 ACC) in the quarterfinal round on Friday, April 24 at 9 a.m. Virginia Tech defeated the Irish 4-3 during the regular season and claimed a 6-1 decision over Georgia Tech.

Virginia (20-3, 12-0 ACC) earns the No. 1 seed and will play the winner of No. 8 Florida State (18-9, 6-6) versus No. 9 NC State (17-10, 5-7). UVA has won the last eight championships and ten of the previous 11.

Other first round matchups include No. 5 Duke (21-5, 8-4) taking on No. 12 Miami (7-16, 1-11), No. 4 North Carolina (19-9, 8-4) battling No. 13 Boston College (5-16, 0-12) and No. 6 Louisville (23-7, 7-5) squaring off against No. 11 Clemson (11-15, 2-10).

In addition to UVA and the Hokies, No. 3 Wake Forest (20-6, 9-3) will also receive a first round bye.

Action in the 2015 ACC Men’s Tennis Championship is set to start at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning and will conclude on Sunday, April 26 at 10 a.m. with the championship match.

A live video stream will be available on ESPN3 for the Saturday men’s semifinal that has the highest remaining seed and Sunday’s championship match, with Shawn Kenney handling play-by-play and Brian Clark adding analysis.

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