February 24, 2007

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Maryland won two, three-set singles matches and a narrow victory in doubles to upset Virginia Tech, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at the Tennis Center at College Park. The Terrapins, ranked No. 73 nationally, improved to 5-0 and 1-0 in the ACC while the Hokies, ranked No. 55, fell to 7-3 and 1-1 in conference action.

Maryland won an extremely tight doubles competition for the first point of the day then the deciding point came down to the No. 4 singles contest. The Terps Scott Fink narrowly defeated Pedro Graber (Fr., Santiago, Chile), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 to clinch the victory. Tech won three singles matches as Nicolas Delgado (So, Madrid, Spain) defeated David Kwon, 6-4, 6-3, at No. 2, Brandon Corace (So., Naples, Fla.) won at No. 5 with a tight 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, victory over Boris Fetbroyt, and Alexie Sergeev (Sr., Moscow, Russia) defeated Aaron Carr in the No. 6 match, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.

Maryland's other singles wins were at No. 3 as Nickolai Nielsen defeated Tech's Yoann Re (Fr., Verdun, Quebec), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, and Andrew Orban won at No. 1 against 39^th-ranked Arvid Puranen (Sr., Lulea), 1-0, as Puranen was forced to retire due to illness.

In doubles, the Terps won at No. 3 as Fetbroyt/Kwon def. Corace/Sergeev, 8-3, but the Hokies leveled the competition as 26^th-ranked Nicolas Delgado/Graber defeated Fink/Orban, 8-6, at No. 1. The doubles point was decided as L. Lavallee/Nielsen won a tight 9-8 No. 2 match over Tech's Larregola/Re.

Tech returns to action on Sunday, Mar. 4, when the Hokies travel to State College, Pa. for an 11 a.m. match against No. 44 Penn State.

No. 73 Maryland 4, No. 55 Virginia Tech 3

Singles
1. Andrew Orban (UMD) def. #39 Arvid Puranen (VT) 1-0 ret.
2. Nicolas Delgado (VT) def. David Kwon (UMD) 6-4, 6-3
3. Nickolai Nielsen (UMD) def. Yoann Re (VT) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
4. Scott Fink (UMD) def. Pedro Graber (VT) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
5. Brandon Corace (VT) def. Boris Fetbroyt (UMD) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
6. Alexei Sergeev (VT) def. Aaron Carr (UMD) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4

Doubles
1. #26 Nicolas Delgado/Graber (VT) def. Fink/Orban (UMD) 8-6
2. L. Lavallee/Nielsen (UMD) def. Larregola/Re (VT) 9-8 (6)
3. Fetbroyt/Kwon (UMD) def. Corace/Sergeev (VT) 8-3