Score: No. 41 VCU 4, No. 70 Charlotte 3
Location: Richmond, Va. (Thalhimer Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 8-9 (1-0 Atlantic 10) , Charlotte 11-6

The Short Story: Despite dropping the doubles point and getting down 3-0, VCU rallied in its last four singles to clinch the contest on Sunday afternoon in Richmond.

Opening Serve

• The match began in dramatic fashion, with the doubles point end in two 7-5 wins for the 49ers on courts three and one
• Charlotte continued with its foot on the gas in singles play and got out to a 3-0 lead with victories on courts six and four
• Oscar Pinto Sansano got VCU on the board with a solid win in two sets on court two
• Following a strong first set in his match on court one, Mathis Bondaz staved off a comeback in the second set to win his singles and make it 3-2 Charlotte
• Then Matisse Bobichon earned a tough win on court three in two sets to tie up the match. Bobichon won the second set in a tiebreaker
• Shortly after, Hamza El Amine won his singles in a match he found himself down 4-1 in the first set to complete the comeback and seal the win for VCU

Singles Results

1. #92 Mathis Bondaz (VCU) def. Spencer Gray (CLT) 6-1, 7-5
2. Oscar Pinto Sansano (VCU) def. Frederic Schlossmann (CLT) 6-3, 6-4
3. #86 Matisse Bobichon (VCU) def. Matias Iturbe (CLT) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
4. Vasco Prata (CLT) def. #120 Romain Gales (VCU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Hamza El Amine (VCU) def. Coy Simon (CLT) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
6. Ivan Dreycopp (CLT) def. Tristan Piombo (VCU) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles results

1. Matias Iturbe/Vasco Prata (CLT) def. #45 German Samofalov/Oscar Pinto Sansano (VCU) 7-5
2. Romain Gales/Hamza El Amine (VCU) def. Spencer Gray/Alex Richards (CLT) 6-1
3. Frederic Schlossmann/Coy Simon (CLT) def. Matisse Bobichon/Mathis Bondaz (VCU) 7-5

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,4,2,1,3,5)

Notable: 

• The win snaps VCU's four-game skid

Up next: The Rams play their last contest on the road next Sunday against South Florida at 1:30 p.m.