Score: No. 40 VCU 4, No. 32 Princeton 2
Location: Charlottesville, Va.
Records: VCU 16-9, Princeton 22-8

The Short Story: No. 40 VCU rallied after going down 2-0 early in the match to advance to the NCAA Second Round for the second time in three seasons.

Opening Serve

• VCU made its 27^th overall appearance in the NCAA Tournament
• No. 57 Mathis Bondaz knocked off No. 27 Paul Inchauspe in a come-from-behind thriller. Bondaz lost the first set 1-6 before rallying to win the second set 6-1 and the third set 7-6 (5) in a tiebreaker
• The Rams fell behind 2-0 after Princeton won two of the three doubles matches
• VCU earned its first point on court two as No. 120 Matisse Bobichon won 6-3, 7-5 to make it 2-1
• The Black and Gold tied the match at 2-2 on court four as Romain Gales won 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
• VCU took the lead at 3-2 after Bondaz's win on court one
• Oscar Pinto Sansano clinched the match for the Rams, winning 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-2

SINGLES
1. #57 MATHIS BONDAZ (VCU) def. #27 Paul Inchauspe (PRIN) 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
2. #120 MATISSE BOBICHON (VCU) def. Fnu Nidunjianzan (PRIN) 6-3, 7-5
3. OSCAR PINTO SANSANO (VCU) def. Sebastian Sec (PRIN) 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2
4. ROMAIN GALES (VCU) def. Landon Ardila (PRIN) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
5. Ellis Short (PRIN) def. HAMZA EL AMINE (VCU) 6-3, 6-1
6. Aleksandar Mitric (PRIN) vs. GERMAN SAMOFALOV (VCU) 7-5, 5-7, 1-4, unfinished
 
Order of finish: (5, 2, 4, 1, 3) 

DOUBLES
1. #32 Paul Inchauspe/Filippos Astreinidis (PRIN) def. #47 GERMAN SAMOFALOV/OSCAR PINTO SANSANO (VCU) 6-4
2. MATISSE BOBICHON/HAMZA EL AMINE (VCU) def. Fnu Nidunjianzan/Landon Ardila (PRIN) 7-5
3. Sebastian Sec/Alan Kam (PRIN) def. MATHIS BONDAZ/ROMAIN GALES (VCU) 6-2 
 
Order of finish: Doubles (3, 2, 1)

UP NEXT
VCU faces No. 3 overall seed Virginia on Saturday, May 4 at 4 p.m. in Charlottesville. The match will be played at the Boar's Head Resort.