Georgia Falls to No. 5 Virginia, 5-2

Friday, February 7

Athens, Ga.

6:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Virginia

The University of Georgia men's tennis team before a match against Georgia Tech in the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025.

Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA

February 07, 2025 | Men's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia men's tennis team fell to No. 5 Virginia on Friday evening, 5-2, at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility.

*FULL RESULTS AVAILABLE HERE

FAST FACTS:

Virginia clinched the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead. No. 75 Dylan Dietrich/Mans Dahlberg defeated No. 15 Thomas Paulsell/Ryan Colby 6-2 on court two before No. 65 James Hopper/Keegan Rice defeated Miguel Perez Peña/Niels Ratiu 6-3 on court one.
Georgia evened the match at 1-1 after Ratiu took court four 6-4, 6-1 over No. 103 Rice.
The Cavaliers took a 2-1 lead after No. 44 Rafael Jodar defeated No. 23 Thomas Paulsell 6-3, 6-2.
Virginia's lead grew to 3-1 after a 6-3, 6-4 win over Gabriele Vulpitta on court six.
The Cavaliers clinched the win after No. 26 Dylan Dietrich defeated No. 36 Colby 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) on court one.
No. 46 Perez Peña defeated James Hopper on court three to set a new career-best start to dual-match play (6-0).
With today's result, the Bulldogs slid to 14-5 all-time versus the ACC opponent.

KEY QUOTES: "Credit to Virginia," said head coach Jamie Hunt. "They came in here and played a good match. I thought they served and returned well in doubles. Got off to a good start at one and two, and we kind of made our push there and got back into it and just came up a little short. In singles, really proud of Niels and Miguel. I thought they played tremendous and gave us the opportunity to be in the match. We almost turned it around. Fought incredibly well down here at five which ultimately went to a 10-point breaker. Ryan pushing that second set to a tie breaker gave us an opportunity to really be in the second sets and flip some of those. And unfortunately, we just came up a little bit short. But, really proud of the fight we showed."

UP NEXT:
Georgia wraps up its four-match home stand on Sunday with a double header. The Bulldogs welcome UNC to the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility at 1:00 p.m. E.T. before Alabama State at 5:00 p.m. E.T.

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