Virginia Rallies Past Men’s Tennis

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Falling by a tight margin in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, No. 21 Stanford men's tennis was rallied past by No. 5 Virginia, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon.
 
The Cardinal led early after a pair of doubles wins on courts two and three. Trailing 1-0, Stanford got 6-4 wins from the pairs of Tristan Boyer and Timothy Sah and Arthur Fery and Alexandre Rotsaert to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
 
Virginia shifted momentum in singles play with wins on courts 4-6 to take a 3-1 lead. Axel Geller fended off his opponent in a tiebreaker on court one to keep Stanford alive, and Arthur Fery scored a three-set, come from behind victory at No. 2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
 
Facing another tiebreaker, Boyer came just short of tying the match, falling 7-5 in his third set.
 

No. 5 Virginia 4, No. 21 Stanford 2

DOUBLES
1) No. 14 Soderlund/William Woodall (UVA) d. Geller/Tomas Kopczynski (STAN), 6-3
2) Boyer/Sah (STAN) d. No. 89 Goetz/Rodesch (UVA), 6-4
3) Fery/Rotsaert (STAN) d. Montes/Schulenburg (UVA), 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

SINGLES
1) No. 104 Axel Geller (STAN) v. No. 7 Carl Soderlund (UVA), 4-6, 7-6 (4), 0-3 susp.
2) No. 78 Arthur Fery (STAN) d. No. 44 Jeffrey von der Schulenburg (UVA), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
3) Chris Rodesch (UVA) d. Tristan Boyer (STAN), 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
4) No. 61 Inaki Montes de la Torre (UVA) d. Alexandre Rotsaert (STAN), 6-4, 6-4
5) No. 106 Ryan Goetz (UVA) d. Timothy Sah (STAN), 6-1, 6-4
6) Gianni Ross (UVA) d. Neel Rajesh (STAN), 7-6 (7), 6-2
Order of Finish: 5, 4, 6, 2, 3