Zapp Clinches MTEN ACC Quarterfinal Win Over Hokies

Friday, April 23

Rome, GA

5 PM

North Carolina

Virginia Tech (Quarterfinal)

Logan Zapp ACC Tournament vs. Virginia Tech

Logan Zapp won the clincher on Friday.

Photo by: ACC

April 23, 2021 | Men's Tennis

Box Score Final Stats (.pdf)

ROME, GA.— Freshman Logan Zapp's three-set win provided the winning margin as third-seeded North Carolina edged No. 6 seed Virginia Tech, 4-2, in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Tennis Championships.

With UNC leading, 3-2, Zapp beat Hugo Maia, 6-3, in the first set at No. 5 singles, only to see Maia win the second, 7-5. Zapp rallied to win the third set, 6-4, giving Carolina the victory.

The Tar Heels (18-2) advance to Saturday's ACC semifinal round to face No. 2 seed Wake Forest, which beat Duke, 4-0, on Friday.

Rain put the tournament behind schedule in the morning, causing a two-hour delay before UNC took the doubles point to start the evening. Benjamin Sigouin and Rinky Hijikata beat Mitch Harper and Alex Ribeiro, 6-1, at No. 2 before No. 35 Jordan Chrysostom and Ryan Fishback beat Carolina's No. 79 Simon Soendergaard and Mac Kiger at No. 1.

Brian Cernoch and Peter Murphy, playing at No. 3 doubles, won the clinching doubles matchup, 6-3, over Carlo Donato and Alvaro Ariza.

The Tar Heels played without No. 1 singles player William Blumberg, and Hijikata saw only doubles action on Friday.

The Hokies took the first singles match when Harper beat Sigouin, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 1 in place of Blumberg. Cernoch responded and gave the Tar Heels a 2-1 lead with a 6-1, 6-4 win over No. 79 Ribeiro.

Senior Josh Peck won in three sets (6-2, 5-7, 6-1) at No. 3 singles for a 3-1 Carolina advantage. The Hokies went on to beat Kiger at No. 6 singles before Zapp won the clincher at No. 5.

Soendergaard's match at No. 4 singles went unfinished.

Final Score UNC 4 VT 2 Logan Zapp clinches 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 #ACCTennis QF pic.twitter.com/T1a5TBJdLW
— UNC Men's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@carolinatennis) April 24, 2021

UNC 3 VT 2 Josh Peck d. Ross 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 #ACCTennis QF pic.twitter.com/3MslyqmWfI
— UNC Men's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@carolinatennis) April 24, 2021

UNC 2 VT 1 Cernoch d. Ribeiro 6-1, 6-4 #ACCTennis QF's pic.twitter.com/q07Z8yg9eI
— UNC Men's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@carolinatennis) April 24, 2021

Tennis Match Results
Virginia Tech vs North Carolina
Apr 23, 2021 at Rome, GA
(Rome Tennis Center at Berry College)

#4 North Carolina 4, #35 Virginia Tech 2

Singles competition
1. Mitch Harper (VT) def. #65 Benjamin Sigouin (NC) 6-2, 6-0
2. #59 Brian Cernoch (NC) def. #72 Alex Ribeiro (VT) 6-1, 6-4
3. Josh Peck (NC) def. #97 Matthis Ross (VT) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
4. #112 Simon Soendergaard (NC) vs. Carlo Donato (VT) 1-6, 6-4, 5-5, unfinished
5. Logan Zapp (NC) def. Hugo Maia (VT) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
6. Ryan Fishback (VT) def. Mac Kiger (NC) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #35 Jordan Chrysostom/Ryan Fishback (VT) def. #79 Simon Soendergaard/Mac Kiger (NC) 6-1
2. Benjamin Sigouin/Rinky Hijikata (NC) def. Mitch Harper/Alex Ribeiro (VT) 6-1
3. Peter Murphy/Brian Cernoch (NC) def. Carlo Donato/Alvaro Ariza (VT) 6-3

Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,2,6,3,5)