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BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech men's tennis won in convincing fashion in the first match of the doubleheader against St. Bonaventure, 7-0.
Tech set the tone early with No. 13 Jordan Chrysostom and Ryan Fishback dominating on court one in a 6-1 victory. Alvaro Saez-Royuela Ariza and Scott Sculley won on court two, 6-4, to secure the doubles point.
No. 32 Ryan Fishback looked well on his way to bouncing back after a tough outing in Norfolk, winning the first set 6-1 before claiming the match due to retirement. Ryan Morgan had no issues on court four recording a win in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.
It was more of the same for Scott Sculley who won the match for Tech in another strong performance, 6-1, 6-3. The Hokies continued their good form with Hugo Maia and Matt Harper picking up two-set victories of their own, setting up a sweep to start the weekend.
The highlight of the match came on court six where Alex Ix defeated Luke Young to earn his first singles win of the season and notch Tech's first sweep of the season.
-- MATCH TWO --
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech men's tennis picked up right where they left off registering another sweep against Davidson.
In doubles, the Hokies made it look easy behind the dynamic duo of Fishback/Chysostom winning 6-1 followed by Matt Harper and Frank Thompson, 6-3.
Chrysostom got Tech on the board in singles adding his second win of the season, 6-1, 6-4. Maia dispatched his Wildcat challengers with ease in a 6-2, 6-2 victory on court three. Frank Thompson seemed to improve with each game winning 6-3, 6-0 and pushing Tech to 5-1.
On court five, it took a battle for the 10-point tiebreak before Sculley prevailed in another hard-fought victory, 4-6, 6-3, 110-04. Ariza and Fishback added impressive performances of their own winning 7-5, 6-0 and 6-2, 7-5, respectively.
UP NEXT
The Hokies will return to action on Sunday, February 5, hosting No. 5 Kentucky (11:00 AM) and George Mason (4:30 PM).
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Gallery: (2-3-2023) MTEN: vs. St. Bonaventure and Davidson