Location: Blacksburg, Va.

The Short Story: VCU Men's Tennis wrapped up their fall season at Virginia Tech Dynamic Duo's event. Alfred Almasi, German Samofalov, and Kostiantyn Mantach faced off against players from Virginia Tech, Radford, Purdue, East Tennessee State, and Division III's Washington and Lee

OPENING SERVE

• The Black and Gold won all but two of their matches on Day Two, dropping one singles match and one doubles match
• German Samofalov went undefeated in singles over the weekend 
• VCU finished the weekend with an overall record of 11-8 over singles and doubles action.

Virginia Tech Dynamic Duos
DAY ONE
Singles
German Samofalov (VCU) def. Ilyas Fahim (Virginia Tech) 6-4, 7-6 (5)
Julian Lozano (Virginia Tech) def. Alfred Almasi (VCU) 6-4, 6-4
Alberto Orso (Virginia Tech) def. Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (4)

Doubles
Ilyas Fahim/Julian Lozano (Virginia Tech) def. German Samofalov/Alfred Almasi (VCU) 8-7 (4)
Matt Harper/Alberto Orso (Virginia Tech) def. Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU)/Evan Erb (Washington and Lee) 8-2
Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU)/Evan Erb (Washington and Lee) def. Evans Edwards/Philippe-Elliott Bigonesse (Radford) 8-3

DAY TWO
Singles
German Samofalov (VCU) def. Manfredi Vergine (Radford) 6-1, 6-2
Alfred Almasi (VCU) def. Tom Saporta (Radford) 2-6, 6-1, 10-4
Evan Edwards (Radford) def. Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU) 6-3, 2-6, 10-4
German Samofalov (VCU) def. Francisco Lamas (ETSU) 4-2 (Retired)
Alfred Almasi (VCU) def. Martin Garcia-Ripoll (ETSU) 6-4, 6-2
Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU) def. Ryan Morgan (Virginia Tech) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
Francisco Lamas/Martin Garcia-Ripoll (ETSU) def. German Samofalov/Alfred Almasi (VCU) 8-1
Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU)/Evan Erb (Washington and Lee) def. Diego Cueto/Ryan Morgan (Virginia Tech) 8-7 (5)

DAY THREE
Singles
German Samofalov (VCU) def. Aleksa Krivokapic (Purdue) 6-4, 0-6, 7-5
Alfred Almasi (VCU) def. Maj Premszl (Purdue) 6-3, 6-3
Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU) def. Evan Erb (Washington and Lee) 6-0, 6-3

Doubles
Aleksa Krivokapic/Maj Premszl (Purdue) def. German Samofalov/Alfred Almasi (VCU) 8-3
Evan Erb/Will Kistler (Washington and Lee) def. Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU)/Mujtaba Ali-Khan (Purdue) 8-6

UP NEXT:
The Rams will kick off their spring season when they face Virginia Tech on Jan. 18th at home at the Thalhimer Tennis Center