Score: #36 VCU 4, #35 Tulane 3
Location: San Diego, Ca.
Records: VCU 12-3, Tulane 9-6
 
The Short Story: VCU got back on track by defeating Tulane in a close match in the first day of the Ed Collins Spring Classic
 
OPENING SERVE

• VCU claimed the doubles point with victories on courts two and three
• Graduate student Charles Bertimon and senior Max Bertimon coninuted their success together, winning on court one 6-2 
• Sophomore Joaquim Almeida and freshman Romain Gales won on court three, 6-3
• C. Bertimon led the Rams on court one against no. 80 Flynn Kuenkler, coming back for his win, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
• Graduate student Rayane Stable got VCU a point on court four with a dominant 6-4, 6-3 win
• Junior Matisse Bobichon secured a win on court two, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 which clicnched VCU's win

 
THE RESULTS
 
DOUBLES:
1. Charlie Barry/Benji Jacobson (MTLN) vs. Matisse Bobichon/Rayane Stable (VCU) 4-4, unfinished
2. Maxence Bertimon/Charles Bertimon (VCU) def. Fynn Kuenkler/Luka Petrovic (MTLN) 6-2
3. Romain Gales/Joaquim Almeida (VCU) def. Billy Suarez/Rafael de Alba (MTLN) 6-3

Order of finish: 2,3
 
SINGLES:
 1. Charles Bertimon (VCU) def. Fynn Kuenkler (MTLN) 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0
2. Matisse Bobichon (VCU) def. Luka Petrovic (MTLN) 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
3. Billy Suarez (MTLN) def. Maxence Bertimon (VCU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Rayane Stable (VCU) def. Luc Hoeijmans (MTLN) 6-4, 6-3
5. Alex Bancila (MTLN) def. Joaquim Almeida (VCU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Rafael de Alba (MTLN) def. Romain Gales (VCU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1

Order of finish: 5,4,3,6,1,2

 
UP NEXT

The Rams take on no. 7 Harvard on Saturday, March 18 at 6 p.m. (EST).