Boston College
University of Miami
Men's Tennis Falls Short in ACC Tournament
April 17, 2024 | Men's Tennis
CARY, N.C. – The Boston College men's tennis team faced elimination in the opening round of the ACC Tournament, dropping a 4-0 decision to 12-seeded Miami on Wednesday.
BC surrendered the doubles point to open the match, falling short 6-2, 6-3 in the second and third doubles matches respectively. No. 20 Juan Jose Bianchi/Jake Vassel were tied at 4-4 against No. 43 Adrien Burdet/Vladislav Melnic in the first doubles match, but went unfinished after Miami clinched the point.
Bianchi and Caleb Saltz fought valiantly in singles competition against top-125 opponents, falling short 6-3, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-3 respectively. Mai Gao also put together a competitive match at the no. 4 singles match, but was unable to overcome a 6-3, 6-4 decision.
Vassel won his first set in the no. 3 singles match, going unfinished at 6-4, 1-6. Matthew Overvelde took a 5-2 lead in the second set after dropping his first 6-1, but also went unfinished as Miami already clinched the match. Will Kasten's match went unfinished in the second set as the senior trailed 3-1.
FULL SCORES
#60 University of Miami 4, Boston College 0
Singles
1. #92 Martin Katz (UM) def. Juan Jose Bianchi (BC) 6-3, 6-1
2. #125 Antonio Prat (UM) def. Caleb Saltz (BC) 6-1, 6-3
3. Vladislav Melnic (UM) vs. Jake Vassel (BC) 4-6, 6-1, unfinished
4. Adrien Burdet (UM) def. Mai Gao (BC) 6-3, 6-4
5. Nacho Serra Sanchez (UM) vs. Will Kasten (BC) 6-4, 3-1, unfinished
6. Alejandro Arraya (UM) vs. Matthew Overvelde (BC) 6-1, 2-5, unfinished
Doubles
1. Vladislav Melnic/Adrien Burdet (UM) vs. Juan Jose Bianchi/Jake Vassel (BC) 4-4, unfinished
2. Martin Katz/Antonio Prat (UM) def. Will Kasten/Matthew Overvelde (BC) 6-2
3. Nacho Serra Sanchez/Yannik Rahman (UM) def. Bennett Turner/Caleb Saltz (BC) 6-3
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