A rematch of last year’s NCAA Tournament finals on Sunday at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in Chapel Hill saw the fifth-ranked UNC men’s tennis exact revenge with a 6-1 victory over the Virginia Cavaliers.

The Tar Heels (14-4, 4-1 ACC) started off the match by winning the doubles point, before winning the next five consecutive singles matches to clinch the easy victory.

UNC’s only loss of the entire day was a three-set match on Court Three where No. 32 ranked Aswin Lizen defeated the Tar Heels’ Simon Soendergaard 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.

It was only the second three-set match of the day, as the Tar Heels won in straight sets in all of the other four.

With the loss, Virginia dropped to 11-7 this season with a 4-3 record against ACC opponents.

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UNC will now move on to face Louisville this Friday at 3 p.m.

 

 

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