Virginia Tech men’s tennis players Blake Hilsen and Eyal Shumilov finished as runners-up in doubles at the ITA Atlantic Regional Championship in Blacksburg, Virginia Tech Athletics said in an Oct. 13 announcement. The pair reached the final Monday before losing in three sets.
Virginia Tech Athletics said Hilsen and Shumilov won the first-set tiebreak 7-3 against Virginia’s No. 29-ranked pair, Jangjun Kim and Andres Santamarta Roig. Virginia took the second set 6-4, then won the deciding super tiebreak 10-8, according to the announcement.
The Hokies reached the final with a 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 14-12 semifinal victory over Virginia’s Stiles Brockett and Luca Preda on Sunday, Virginia Tech Athletics said. The announcement said the team’s next opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships is at ITA Sectionals, scheduled for Nov. 5-8.
