Hokies fall to No. 25 Clemson in close-fought matchHokies fall to No. 25 Clemson in close-fought match
Men's Tennis

Hokies fall to No. 25 Clemson in close-fought match

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BLACKSBURG – Tech drops Sunday afternoon match to ACC opponent Clemson. 

The doubles decision was a narrow one, with Courts No. 1 and 3 both heading to a tiebreaker. Clemson ultimately clinched on Court No. 3, 7-6 (8-6). Though Matt Harper and Alberto Orso fought back from being down 2-4 to make it 6-6, their match halted when Clemson clinched the point during the tiebreaker.

The Hokies didn’t go down without a fight in singles, three of which were taken to the third set. Ilyas Fahim was tied 2-2 in the third set after each of his first two sets ended in a tiebreaker. 

Alberto Orso was close to victory on Court No. 4 when the match was clinched. He ended a game short, going 6-0, 2-6, 5-4. 

The Tigers clinched the match with three singles victories, winning 4-0. 

UP NEXT: The Hokies play in their final home match of the season on Sunday April 6, for Senior Day in Blacksburg at noon. The seniors will be honored at 11:30 a.m.

Results:

Singles competition:

  1. Maxime St. Hilaire (VT) vs. #46 Noa Vukadin (CU) 6-7 (7-9), 6-5, unfinished
  2. Ilyas Fahim (VT) vs. Viktor Markov (CU) 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (7-4), 2-2, unfinished 
  3. Romain Gales (CU) def. Scott Sculley (VT) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 
  4. Alberto Orso (VT) vs. Marko Mesarovic (CU) 6-0, 2-6, 5-4, unfinished 
  5. Max Smith (CU) def. Eyal Shumilov (VT) 7-6 (9-7), 6-2 
  6. Edoardo Ligniere (CU) def. Matt Harper (VT) 7-5, 7-5 

Doubles competition:

  1. #65 Alberto Orso/Matt Harper (VT) vs. #48 Noa Vukadin/Max Smith (CU) 6-6 (1-4), unfinished 2. #85 Max Damm/Romain Gales (CU) def. Scott Sculley/Ilyas Fahim (VT) 6-3 
  2. Viktor Markov/Nathan Pitts (CU) def. Maxime St. Hilaire/Frank Thompson (VT) 7-6 (8-6) 

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (3,5,6)