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June 2015

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moment in my life." There would be more to come. Virginia entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 3 seed. UVa defeated St. John's and Minnesota by identical 4-0 scores at the Snyder Tennis Center before traveling to Waco for the rest of the tour- nament. In the Round of 16, Virginia beat Columbia, 4-0. UVa followed with yet another 4-0 win over Texas A&M in the quarterfinals. That set the stage for a rematch with second- seeded Baylor in the quarterfinals. Having already beaten UVa twice and playing on their own home court, the Bears had a lot of confidence. Even more so after they won the opening dou- bles point to take a 1-0 lead. However, Virginia stormed back by winning four of five singles matches en route to a 4-2 victory. "Our guys just kept battling, and that is some- thing they have done well all season," Boland said after the match. "This wasn't the first time we faced some adversity this year. "This team has a lot of toughness, and they showed it today." Virginia still had the loss to Oklahoma to avenge. The Cavaliers opened the match strong, win- ning the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead. Second- year Luca Corinteli and third-year Ryan Shane gave Virginia the edge with an 8-4 win at No. 1 over Andrew Harris and Alex Ghilea. The other two matches finished simultane- ously, giving Virginia a doubles sweep. First-year Collin Altamrirano and second-year J.C. Aragone finished an 8-5 win just seconds before second- year Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and third-year Mac

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