Courtesy: Matt Riley / UVa Media Relations Sanam Singh

ATLANTA – The Virginia men’s tennis team recorded its fourth consecutive shutout, defeating No. 41 Georgia Tech 7-0 Friday afternoon at the Bill Moore Tennis Center. The Cavaliers improve to 18-0 overall this season and 4-0 in the ACC.

Virginia took a 1-0 lead in the match by taking the doubles point. Ted Angelinos (Athens, Greece) and Lee Singer (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) cruised to an 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles over Eliot Potvin and Miguel Muguruza. The Cavaliers clinched the opening point as Somdev Devvarman (Chennai, India) and Treat Huey (Alexandria, Va.) topped Scott Blackmon and Ryan Smith at the No. 1 position.

In singles, the Cavaliers won all six matches, five in straight sets. Sanam Singh (Chandigarh, India) needed little time to record his 17th consecutive singles win, defeating Blackmon 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles. Angelinos won his 15th consecutive singles match with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Doug Kenny at No. 6 singles. The dual match was clinched at No. 2 singles where Huey topped Smith 7-5, 6-3. Michael Shabaz (Fairfax, Va.) downed Potvin at No. 4 singles and Houston Barrick (Brentwood, Tenn.) defeated Muguruza at No. 5 singles to make the score 6-0.

The only match to go three sets was at No. 1 singles, the only match to feature a pair of nationally ranked players. No. 1 Devvarman rallied from losing the first set to No. 72 Guillermo Gomez for a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win. The victory was Devvarman’s 20th consecutive singles win, tying Brian Vahaly and Rylan Rizza’s school record for consecutive singles wins in a season. Devvarman holds the overall school record for singles wins at 24 straight, spanning the end of the 2007 season and the start of the 2007-08 season. 

The Cavaliers will conclude their four-match road trip on Sunday as they visit Clemson.

No. 1 Virginia 7, No. 41 Georgia Tech 0

Doubles:
1. #1 Devvarman/Huey (UVa) def. Blackmon/Smith (GT) 8-3
2. Gomez/Gvelesiani (GT) def. #38 Singh/Shabaz (GT) 8-6
3. Angelinos/Singer (UVa) def. Potvin/Muguruza (GT) 8-1

Singles:
1. #1 Somdev Devvarman (UVa) def. #72 Guillermo Gomez (GT) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
2. #28 Treat Huey def. Ryan Smith (GT) 7-5, 6-3
3. #97 Sanam Singh (UVa) def, Scott Blackmon (GT) 6-0, 6-1
4. Michael Shabaz (UVa) def. Eliot Potvin (GT) 7-5, 6-3   
5. #125 Houston Barrick (UVa) def. Miguel Muguruza (GT) 6-1, 7-5
6. Ted Angelinos (UVa) def. Doug Kenny (GT) 6-3, 6-1

Order of Finish: Doubles- 3,1,2 • Singles- 3,6,2,4,5,1
Records: Virginia (18-0, 4-0), GeorgiaTech (11-6, 1-3)