Eagles Fall to Hokies 6-1

BLACKSBURG, Va. – The Eagles (5-12, 0-9 ACC) fall 6-1 to No. 58 Virginia Tech (10-8, 3-7 ACC) on Friday afternoon in Blacksburg, Va.

The Eagles would drop the first doubles match 6-0 to the Hokies. Boston College would bounce back with the doubles squad of #20 Juan Jose Bianchi and Jake Vassel defeating #76 Ryan Fishback and Maxime St. Hilaire of Virginia Tech 6-3. The Hokies would win the next doubles match 6-4 to earn the doubles point.

Boston College took the first match of singles with Jake Vassel defeating Shepheard of Virginia Tech in straight sets 6-0, 6-4. Caleb Saltz would hang closely with No. 89 Fishback of Virginia Tech in set one, but ultimately fell in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. The Hokies would go on to win two straight matches in straight sets, making the match score 4-1 Virginia Tech. Matt Campbell took Ix of Virginia Tech to a tiebreaker set in set one of their match, but Campbell was unable to defeat Ix and would ultimately fall in straight sets 7-6 (11-9), 6-4. Juan Jose Bianchi stood strong to wrap up the singles matches for the Eagles, taking set one against St. Hilaire of Virginia Tech 6-4. Bianchi and St. Hilaire would go into a tiebreaker in the next two sets with St. Hilaire winning both to defeat Bianchi 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-5).

UP NEXT
The Eagles will travel to Charlottesville, Va. to continue ACC play against No. 2 Virginia on April 7 at 12:00 p.m.

FULL SCORES

#58 Virginia Tech 6, Boston College 1

Doubles
1. #20 Juan Jose Bianchi/Jake Vassel (BC) def. #76 Ryan Fishback/Maxime St. Hilaire (VT) 6-3
2. Matt Harper/Alberto Orso (VT) def. Matt Campbell/Caleb Saltz (BC) 6-0
3. Hugo Maia/Manuel Goncalves (VT) def. Will Kasten/Matthew Overvelde (BC) 6-4

Singles
1. #89 Ryan Fishback (VT) def. Caleb Saltz (BC) 6-4, 6-1
2. Maxime St. Hilaire (VT) def. Juan Jose Bianchi (BC) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-5)
3. Jake Vassel (BC) def. Michael Shepheard (VT) 6-0, 6-4
4. Hugo Maia (VT) def. Mai Gao (BC) 6-1, 6-4
5. Alberto Orso (VT) def. Will Kasten (BC) 6-3, 7-5
6. Alex Ix (VT) def. Matt Campbell (BC) 7-6 (11-9), 6-4

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Team Stats

Players Mentioned

Juan Jose Bianchi

Matt Campbell

Mai Gao

Will Kasten

Matthew Overvelde

Caleb Saltz

Jake Vassel