SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Sunday afternoon was a back and forth day for the Fighting Irish as they took on #35 ranked Georgia Tech. The match started outside on the Courtney Tennis Courts on a blustery and cloudy day. The University of Notre Dame took the early lead with a win of the doubles point. Nil Giraldez and Chase Thompson took a quick lead in their match and got the 6-2 victory at the #2 position. Shortly after, Evan Lee and Yu Zhang would follow suit with a 6-2 victory to clinch the early 1-0 lead while Sebastian Dominko and Jean-Marc Malkowski would abandon their set at 5-5 against their ranked opponents.
The beginning singles would start outside with all first sets being completed before rain began to fall and the match moved inside to the Eck Tennis Pavilion. After a 30 minute delay while teams and officials moved in, play resumed without the windy conditions and cool temps. The pendulum would quickly swing in favor of the Yellow Jackets as they took matches at #3 and #1 singles shortly after play resumed.
Jamie Corsillo would bring the home team back even with a straight set win at #4 singles. After taking the first set 6-3 outside, it would take a second set tiebreak for the Irish junior to seal the win. Georgia Tech would take the next two matches however and clinch the team win with tight matches at #2 and #5. With the team match decided, the remaining contest at #6 singles would be played out. Zhang, after splitting mirrored 7-5 sets, would take the third 6-3 to end the day undefeated.
Up Next:
The final home match of the season will take place on Wednesday at 4 p.m. against the #42 ranked Louisville Cardinals. Then on Friday, the final match of the regular season will be on the road as the Irish will take on Boston College.
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Sunday Box Score
#54 Notre Dame 3 – #35 Georgia Tech 4
Doubles
- #13 Dominko/Malkowski(ND) vs. #48 Chopra/McDaniel(GT) 5-5 DNF
- Giraldez/Thompson(ND) def. Martin/Arora(GT) 6-2
- Lee/Zhang(ND) def. Biagiotti/Sachdev(GT) 6-2
Order of Finish(2, 3)
Singles
- #16 Martin(GT) def. #46 Dominko(ND) 6-3, 7-5
- #104 Chopra(GT) def. Giraldez(ND) 7-5, 7-6
- McDaniel(GT) def. Thompson(ND) 6-1, 6-4
- Corsillo(ND) def. Biagiotti(GT) 6-3, 7-6(2)
- Arora(GT) def. Magimay(ND) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
- Zhang(ND) def. Sachdev(GT) 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
Order of Finish(3, 1, 4, 2, 5, 6)