The Virginia men's tennis team lost at home for the first time in 94 matches Sunday, as the #2 Cavaliers fell 4-1 against #3 Ohio State in the semifinals of the ITA National Team Indoor championship at the Boar's Head Sports Club.
UVA was undefeated on its home court since April 7, 2007, and were aiming for an unprecedented fifth straight NTI championship.
The Buckeyes won the doubles point to go up 1-0, and Devin McCarthy beat Justin Shane 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 in #5 singles to give them a 2-0 lead.
Senior co-captain Drew Courtney won his #4 singles match 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 to draw Virginia within one.
Top-ranked freshman Mitchell Frank fell 7-5, 7-6 (8-6) in #3 singles, and Alex Domijan lost 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 in #2 singles to clinch the match for Ohio State.
Both Jarmere Jenkins and Julen Uriguen were leading in the third set of their matches when the Buckeyes clinched the victory.
Virginia returns to conference play next weekend, as the Cavaliers play at Virginia Tech Sunday at 1pm.
