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No. 10 Men's Tennis tops Virginia Tech, 4-3
02.04.2017 | Men's Tennis
Longhorns welcome Purdue and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 12.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 10 Texas (7-1) won the doubles point and three singles contests and emerged with a 4-3 victory over visiting Virginia Tech (0-3) Saturday afternoon at UT's Edgar O. and Melanie A. Weller Tennis Center.
Texas won two of three doubles contests to claim the doubles point. Sophomores Julian Zlobinsky and Harrison Scott led off with a 6-3 win over Henrick Korsgaard and Jason Kros at third doubles. The Hokies responded with a 6-3 victory at second doubles, but Texas claimed the final decision at first doubles to win the doubles point. The clincher came from sophomore Leonardo Telles and senior George Goldhoff, who posted a 6-4 win over Jai Corbett and Abraham Asaba.
Junior John Mee pushed the Longhorns' lead to 2-0 behind his 6-1, 6-0 victory over George Cartledge at sixth singles. Scott secured his seventh straight singles win and gave Texas a 3-0 lead with his 6-3, 7-5 win over Mitch Harper at third singles.
Sophomore Leonardo Telles clinched the team win for Texas with his 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Kros at fifth singles. Virginia Tech won the remaining singles courts to complete the final 4-3 decision in favor of Texas.
The Longhorns return to action on Sunday, Feb. 12 when they host Purdue and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in a day-night doubleheader indoors at Weller Tennis Center.
POST-MATCH COMMENTS
Texas head coach Michael Center
On doubles
The guys have been working hard on first shots and serving a little higher percentage, but we made some service errors. They fought back, though, and that turned out to be a big point. That was a good effort on their part.
On Harrison Scott's progress, having won seven straight singles matches
He's practicing really hard. Harrison has a very dynamic game, and he hits the ball heavy. He's always prepared. He is fit and is moving well. Harrison is tough to handle out there right now.
No. 10 Texas 4, Virginia Tech 3
Doubles – Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
1 Leo Telles/George Goldhoff (UT) def. Jai Corbett/Abraham Asaba (VT), 6-4
2 Mitch Harper/Alexandre Ribeiro (VT) def. Colin Markes/Christian Sigsgaard (UT), 6-3
3 Julian Zlobinsky/Harrison Scott (UT) def. Henrick Korsgaard/Jason Kros (VT), 6-3
Singles – Order of Finish: 6, 3, 5, 4, 2, 1
1 Jai Corbett (VT) def. No. 6 Christian Sigsgaard (UT), 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
2 Alexandre Ribeiro (VT) def. George Goldhoff (UT), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (10)
3 Harrison Scott (UT) def. Mitch Harper (VT), 6-3, 7-5
4 Henrick Korsgaard (VT) def. Yuya Ito (UT), 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-3
5 Leo Telles (UT) def. Jason Kros (VT), 7-6 (4), 6-2
6 John Mee (UT) def. George Cartledge (VT), 6-1, 6-0
