Score: Virginia Tech 7, VCU 0
Location: Blacksburg, Va.
Records: VCU 4-5 (2-0 Atlantic 10), Virginia Tech 3-5
 
The Short Story: The Rams suffered a 7-0 loss at Virginia Tech on Sunday afternoon.
 
Quote from Coach Kutrovsky: "Tough match today, we still have a lot to learn. School is back in session and continuing to take it one lesson at a time."
 
Opening Serve

• Both VCU and Virginia Tech entered the match with 2-2 records over their previous four contests. The Rams most recently dropped matches to St. John's and Gardner-Webb after earning Atlantic 10 victories over Richmond and Davidson, while the Hokies secured wins over Davidson and Bellarmine and suffered losses to Old Dominion and Middle Tennessee during that same stretch.

Doubles

• Doubles action was as tight as it gets, coming down to the wire in a back-and-forth battle for the opening point. On court one, Erwann Bouchet and Mats Bredschneijder delivered a 6-3 win over Virginia Tech's Blake Hilsen and Eyal Shumilov to even things up after Nicolo Consonni and Gevorg Mnatsakanyan fell on court two. The deciding match came on court three, where Leon Zaorski and Patrik Petera were edged in a narrow decision, securing the doubles point for the Hokies.

Singles

• In singles action, Erwann Bouchet and Gevorg Mnatsakanyan fought on courts three and four, respectively, but were narrowly defeated. Mnatsakanyan fell in three sets, while Bouchet was defeated in a third-set tiebreak.

Singles results
1. Ilyas Fahim (VT) def. Mats Bredschneijder (VCU) 6-3, 3-0 (WR)
2. Patrik Jurina (VT) def. Nicolo Consonni (VCU) 7-5, 6-3
3. Eyal Shumilov (VT) def. Erwann Bouchet (VCU) 6-7(8), 6-3, [10-8]
4. Julian Lozano (VT) def. Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VCU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
5. Drew Fishback (VT) def. Leon Zaorski (VCU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Blake Hilsen (VT) def. Patrik Petera (VCU) 6-3, 6-2
 
Doubles results
1. Erwann Bouchet / Mats Bredschneijder (VCU) def. Blake Hilsen / Eyal Shumilov (VT) 6-3
2. Ilyas Fahim / Patrik Jurina (VT) def. Nicolo Consonni / Gevorg Mnatsakanyan (VCU) 6-0
3. Frank Thompson / Drew Fishback (VT) def. Leon Zaorski / Patrik Petera (VCU) 7-5
 
Order of Finish: Doubles: 2, 1, 3   Singles: 1, 5, 6, 2, 4, 3
 
Up Next: The Rams return home this Friday, Feb. 28, to host Cornell at 11 a.m.