ETSU outlasts Hokies, 4-3

Tech wins three singles matches

January 29, 2017

LOS ANGELES – The Virginia Tech men’s tennis team faltered against ETSU, 4-3 on Sunday morning in the ITA Kickoff Weekend at Marks Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif.

Henrik Korsgaard and Jason Kros got the Hokies (0-2) off to a solid start, winning the No. 3 doubles match 6-1 over Wenceslao Albin and Juan Lugo, but the Bucs won the other two to claim the point and take a 1-0 lead heading into singles.

The Bucs went on top 2-0 with a win at five, but Korsgaard got the Hokies on the board on court four where he defeated Miguel Este 6-3, 6-3. Tech evened it up at 2-2 with Jai Corbett’s win at one. Corbett dropped the first set 6-1, but came back to knock off 43rd-ranked David Biosca with scores of 6-3 in the second and third sets.

Kros put the Hokies up 3-2 in the match with a win at six, defeating Albin 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. ETSU knotted it back up on court two with the Bucs’ 65th-ranked Diego Nunez holding off Alexandre Ribeiro 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. The Bucs clinched the match at three with Robert Herrera rallying to defeat Mitch Harper 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

The Hokies will be back on the court Saturday, Feb. 4 at Texas.

SINGLES
1. Jai Corbett (VT) def. #43 David Biosca (ETSU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. #65 Diego Nunez (ETSU) def. Alexandre Ribeiro (VT) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
3. Robert Herrera (ETSU) def. Mitch Harper (VT) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
4. Henrik Korsgaard (VT) def. Miguel Este (ETSU) 6-3, 6-3
5. David Gonzalez (ETSU) def. Abraham Asaba (VT) 6-1, 6-4
6. Jason Kros (VT) def. Wenceslao Albin (ETSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Order of finish: 5, 4, 1, 6, 2, 3*

DOUBLES
1. Nunez/Herrera (ETSU) def. Asaba/Corbett (VT) 6-3
2. Biosca/Este (ETSU) def. Harper/Ribeiro (VT) 6-4
3. Korsgaard/Jason Kros (VT) def. Albin/Juan Lugo (ETSU) 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

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