Atlantic 10 Championship Match
Score: #2 George Washington 4, #1 VCU 3
Location: Charlottesville, Va. (Boar's Head Sports Club)
Records: VCU 18-8, George Washington 14-8
The short story: VCU did not go quietly. The Rams rallied late to push George Washington to the limit, but the Colonials held off the Black and Gold to capture the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament Championship Sunday in Charlottesville.
FIRST SERVE
- VCU dropped the doubles point and eventually found itself in a 3-1 hole before staging a dramatic comeback.
- Freshman Vitor Lima kept the Rams alive on the No. 2 court with a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 come-from-behind win over Danil Zelenkov.
- Moments later, junior Catalin Fifea knocked off Chris Fletcher on the No. 4 6-2, 7-6 (6) to even the match at 3-all.
- But George Washington's Cahit Kapukiran overcame an early deficit and clinched the match for the Colonials with a 1-6, 6-1, 6-2 win over Arvid Noren on the No. 5 court.
- VCU and George Washington have met in the A-10 title match each of the past four years.
- The Rams have reached their conference's championship match each of the last nine seasons and in 20 of the last 21 years.
RESULTS
#2 George Washington 4, #1 VCU 3
Singles
1-Julius Tverijonas (GW) def. Michal Voscek, 6-3, 6-4
2. Vitor Lima (VCU) def. Danil Zelenkov, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
3. Chris Reynolds (GW) def. Daryl Monfils, 6-3, 6-4
4. Catalin Fifea (VCU) def. Chris Fletcher, 6-2, 7-6(6)
5. Cahit Kapukiran (GW) def. Arvid Noren, 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
6. Louis Ishizaka (VCU) def. Christos Hadjigeorgiou, 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 6, 2, 4, 5
Doubles
1-Tverijonas/Zelenkov(GW)def. Lima/Monfils(VCU), 6-3
2. Kapukiran/Reynolds (GW) def. Noren/Ishizaka, 7-5
3. Voscek/Fifea (VCU) def. Fletcher/Fernando Sala, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
