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NCAA Men’s
Tennis 2nd Round: #4 Georgia Beats #26
Va. Tech 4-2, Advances to Round of 16
Georgia Sports Communications
For Immediate Release
May 9, 2009
ATHENS-----The fourth-ranked Georgia
men’s tennis team advanced to the Round
of 16 of the NCAA Championships with a
4-1 win over 26th-ranked Virginia Tech
here Saturday.
The two-time defending NCAA champion
Bulldogs (24-4) capped an undefeated
season at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex,
going 15-0 while extending their home
winning streak to 62 matches. Also,
Georgia has won 14 straight NCAA matches
in the tournament dating back to 2007.
They will be back in action on May 14 at
10 a.m. ET.
In doubles Saturday, Georgia’s
fifth-ranked duo of Jamie Hunt and Nate
Schnugg posted a quick 8-3 win over
Patrick Daciek and Nicolas Delgado de
Robles in the No. 1 match. They improved
to 28-11 as a tandem including 19-6 at
No. 1 Then, the No. 2 team of Borja Malo
and Christian Vitulli clinched the point
with an 8-6 win over Brandon Corace and
Pedro Graber. Georgia led 7-5 at No. 3
when play was suspended with the team
point determined.
Hunt gave the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead with a
win at No. 3, defeating Graber 6-2,6-0.
He is now 28-11 on the year. Georgia
went up 3-0 when 12th-ranked Schnugg
registered a 7-5,6-4 win at No. 1 over
55th-ranked Yoann Re. Schnugg is 34-13
overall now and said he was aware of the
battle going on every court.
“It’s always good to win the doubles,
and I like to know the score on all the
courts in singles,” said Schnugg. “I
like to see what’s going on with
everybody’s match, and I have a lot of
confidence in my teammates.”
The Hokies collected their first point
with a win at No. 5 as Sebastien Jacques
beat sophomore Drake Bernstein 6-3,6-3.
Vitulli then clinched the Bulldog win
with a 7-5,6-3 victory over Corace at
No. 6.
“We are excited to be in the final 16
again, our team came out and played very
focused,” said Georgia coach Manuel
Diaz. “Virginia Tech was very good in
all six spots in the singles and made us
play a lot of tennis. We had to fight to
get three wins. I’m proud of how we
played, we were better today compared to
yesterday, and I know we’re getting
closer to where we want to be.”
NCAA Men’s Tennis 2nd Round: Athens, Ga.
Dan Magill Tennis Complex
#4 Georgia 4 #26 Virginia Tech 1
Doubles
1. #5 Jamie Hunt/Nate Schnugg def.
Patrick Daciek/Nicolas Delgado de Robles
(VT) 8-3
2. Borja Malo/Christian Vitulli (UGA)
def. Brandon Corace/Pedro Graber (VT)
8-6
3. Drake Bernstein/Javier Garrapiz (UGA)
vs. Sebastien Jacques/Yoann Re (VT) UGA
led 7-5, susp.
Singles
1. #12 Nate Schnugg (UGA) def. #55 Yoann
Re (VT) 7-5,6-4
2. #62 Javier Garrapiz (UGA) vs. #94
Nicolas Delgado de Robles (VT) 7-6(2),
1-1, suspended
3. #75 Jamie Hunt (UGA) def. Pedro
Graber (VT) 6-2,6-0
4. Josh Varela (UGA) vs. Luka Somen (VT)
1-6,7-6(3), suspended
5. Sebastien Jacques (VT) def. Drake
Bernstein (UGA) 6-3,6-3
6. Christian Vitulli (UGA) def. Brandon
Corace (VT) 7-5,6-3
Order of Finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles
(3,1,5,6)
#4 Georgia now 24-3; #26 Va. Tech now
15-8
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