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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Virginia Tech men’s tennis team wrapped up the second day of competition at the Ivy Plus Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey.

Tech’s Edoardo Tessaro claimed a pair of wins in the back draw of the Tiger singles bracket, defeating Tennessee’s Luis Valero, 6-4, 7-5. Tessaro followed that up with a victory over Penn State’s Roman Trkulja in straight set scores of 6-3, 7-5.

Freddy Mesmer had a win over Penn’s Zach Lessen 6-2, 7-5, but fell in the next two matches to Brown’s Aaron Sandberg and Columbia’s Timothy Wang in the Pagoda Draw.

In the Whitman Draw, George Cartlege defeated Indiana’s Chris Essick 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday.

In doubles, Jason Kros and Cartledge paired up for two wins, defeating Michigan’s Myles Schalet and Gabe Tishman 8-3. The Hokies’ duo followed up for an 8-1 win over Penn’s Josh Pompan and Ismael Lahou.

The Hokies wrap up the Ivy Plus on Sunday.

Singles
Tiger Draw
Lucas Heihal (St. Johns) def. Edoardo Tessaro (VT) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Tessaro (VT) def. Luis Valero (Tenn.) 6-4, 7-5
Tessaro (VT) def. Roman Trkulja (Penn St.) 6-3, 7-5

Lenz Draw
Jean Thirouin (Harvard) def. Jason Kros (VT) 6-2, 7-5
Peter Tarwid (Brown) def. Kros (VT) 6-3, 6-1

Pagoda Draw
Freddy Mesmer (VT) def. Zach Lessen (Penn) 6-2, 7-5
Aaron Sandberg (Brown) def. Mesmer (VT) 7-5, 6-2
Timothy Wang (Columbia) def. Mesmer (VT) 6-3, 6-4

Whitman Draw
Charles Tan (Brown) def. George Cartledge (VT) 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (0)
Kevin Bondar (Miami) def. Cartledge (VT) 7-5, 6-3
Cartledge (VT) def. Chris Essick (Indiana) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
Kros/Cartledge (VT) Myles Schalet/Gabe Tishman (Mich.) 8-3
Kros/Cartledge (VT) def. Josh Pompan/Ismael Lahlou (Penn) 8-1
Diego Pedraza/Joey Haig (Dartmouth) def. Kros/Cartledge (VT) 8-3

Juan Matias Gonzalez/Carlos Bautista (Tulsa) def. Mesmer/Tessaro (VT) 8-6

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