February 5, 2012

The second-ranked Virginia men's tennis team completed a big weekend as it topped No. 11 Texas A&M 6-1 on Sunday. The Cavaliers, who blanked No. 15 Texas 7-0 on Friday night, and beat No. 5 Florida 6-1 on Saturday, improved to 4-0 on the season.

"We're on the right path. I'm excited about what I see," UVa Head Coach Brian Boland said. "To bring in three top-15 teams with the caliber of tennis they can play, it was a very impressive weekend."

The Cavaliers opened the match by winning the doubles point, which was played using an alternative format. The teams played four doubles matches in the match, and each team won two. Virginia got wins from Drew Courtney and Jarmere Jenkins at No. 1 and Philippe Oudshoorn and Justin Shane at No. 2, while the Aggies won at No. 3 and No. 4. The tiebreaker consisted of playing 10-point tiebreakers at the No. 1, 2 and 3 positions. The Cavalier team of Alex Domijan and Steven Rooda won at No. 3, while Texas A&M won at No. 2. The point came down to No. 1, where Jenkins/Courtney edged Junior Ore and Jackson Withrow 12-10 to clinch the point for Virginia.

In singles, Virginia won in straight sets at the top five positions to seal the win. Shane cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4 over Jeremy Efferding, while Oudshoorn downed Withrow 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 to make the score 3-0. Domijan clinched the win with a 6-2, 7-6 victory over Colin Hoover at the No. 2 position. Courtney topped Ore at No. 3 and Jenkins defeated Alexis Klegou at No. 1 to make the score 6-0 before John Lewis defeated Santiago Villegas in three sets at No. 6 for the Aggies’ lone point.

The win extended Virginia’s school-record home winning streak to 92 consecutive matches.

"Yeah it was a huge weekend. Coach wanted to put the schedule together so we can get used to playing in big tournaments so we can get that kind of practice and the guys took it well. We handled each match in time," Jarmere Jenkins said.