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BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech men’s tennis team continued its strong play on Saturday, moving on in singles and doubles at the 2015 ITA Atlantic Region Championships at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Tech started the day with two doubles teams advancing to tomorrow’s quarterfinals. Second-seeded Andreas Bjerrehus and Joao Monteiro knocked off George Washington’s pair of Cahit Kapukiran and Chris Reynolds 8-4. In the next round Bjerrehus and Monteiro claimed an 8-6 decision over JMU’s Rob Stirling and Miljan Ruzic.

The Hokies’ fifth-seeded pair of Amerigo Contini and Edoardo Tessaro defeated Richmond’s Caleb Troy and Brice Polendar. Contini and Tessaro secured the 8-4 win over UMBC’s Eliott Loubatie and Biyik Akinshemoyin to in the round of 16 to move into the quarterfinals.

In singles action, top-seeded Bjerrehus rolled past Norfolk State’s Antonio Pejic 6-1, 6-1 to move on to Sunday’s Round of 32. Fourth-seeded Monteiro also cruised to a win, defeating Temple’s Santiago Canete 6-0, 6-3.

Tech’s Edoardo Tessaro, seeded sixth, took a 6-4 first set win over William & Mary’s Alec Miller, but the Tribe’s player kept it close in the second set with the two tied at 6-6. Tessaro secured the win in the tiebreak 7-2.

The Hokies’ 16th-seeded Aaron Gomez took down Temple’s Nicolas Paulus to advance. In the first set, the two battled with Gomez winning it in a tiebreak 7-6(4). Gomez won the match with a 6-3 decision in the second set.

In the consolation draw, George Cartledge defeated Richmond’s Brice Polender in straight sets 6-3, 6-2.

Virginia Tech will be back on the court starting at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday morning in doubles. Two rounds of singles will follow.

Singles
[1] Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) def. Antonio Pejic (NSU) 6-1, 6-1
[4] Joao Monteiro (VT) def. Santiago Canete (Temple) 6-0 6-3
[6] Edoardo Tessaro (VT) def. Alec Miller (W&M) 6-4, 7-6(2)
[16] Aaron Gomez (VT) def. Nicolas Paulus (Temple) 7-6(4), 6-3

[5] Nick Bybel (Bucknell) def. Jason Kros (VT) 6-4, 7-5
Ben Lieb (PSU) def. Freddy Mesmer (VT) 6-3, 7-6(5)
Jacob Nicolussi (ODU) def. [2] Amerigo Contini (VT) 6-2, 7-6(5)

Consolation
George Cartledge (VT) def. Brice Polender (Richmond) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
[2] Bjerrehus/Monteiro (VT) def. Cahit Kapukiran/Chris Reynolds (GW) 8-4
[2] Bjerrehus/Monteiro (VT) def. Rob Stirling/Miljan Ruzic (JMU) 8-6

[5] Contini/Tessaro (VT) def. Caleb Troy/Brice Polendar (UR) 8-3
[5] Contini/Tessaro (VT) def. Eliott Loubatie/Biyik Akinshemoyin (UMBC) 8-4

[9-16] Jacob Nicolussi/Michael Weindl (ODU) def. Gomez/Mesmer (VT) 8-2

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