Men’s National Team Indoor Championship Preview – Virginia vs. North Carolina

Recent H2H History:
Virginia def. North Carolina 4-0 – 4/25/15 – ACC Tourney Semifinals (Cary)
Virginia def. North Carolina 6-1 – 3/27/15 – Charlottesville
Virginia def. North Carolina 4-0 – 2/15/15 – National Indoors Consolation (Chicago)
Virginia def. North Carolina 4-0 – 4/27/14 – ACC Tourney Championship (Cary)
Virginia def. North Carolina 7-0 – 3/21/14 – Chapel Hill
Virginia def. North Carolina 4-0 – 4/26/13 – ACC Tourney Quarterfinals (Cary)
Virginia def. North Carolina 6-1 – 3/24/13 – Charlottesville

North Carolina leads all-time H2H 65-34

Virginia’s Road To The Finals:
def. [16] San Diego 4-0
def. [9] Wake Forest 4-3
def. [5] TCU 4-1

North Carolina’s Road To The Finals:
def. [14] Texas Tech 4-1
def. [6] Ohio State 4-2
def. [7] UCLA 4-2

[1] Virginia (8-0) vs. [3] North Carolina (9-0) – 11am est

2. #5 Mac Styslinger/Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVA) vs. Brayden Schnur/Jack Murray (UNC)
3. J.C. Aragone/Collin Altamirano (UVA) vs. Ronnie Schneider/Blaine Boyden (UNC)

NTI Results By Player:

#27 Ryan Shane:
lost to TCU’s #6 Cameron Norrie 7-5, 7-5
def. Wake’s #28 Skander Mansouri 6-3, 6-1
def. San Diego’s #20 Uros Petronijevic 7-5, 6-1

Brayden Schnur:
lost to UCLA’s #34 Mackenzie McDonald 6-3, 7-6(5)
unfinished vs. Ohio State’s #5 Mikael Torpegaard 7-6, 5-5
def. Texas Tech’s #11 Felipe Soares 6-2, 6-3
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#2 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski:
unfinished vs. TCU’s #122 Alex Rybakov 7-5, 4-5*
lost to Wake’s #125 Petros Chrysochos 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
unfinished vs. San Diego’s #24 Jordan Angus 6-4, 4-1

#23 Ronnie Schneider:
def. UCLA’s #80 Gage Brymer 6-0, 6-4
def. Ohio State’s #42 Chris Diaz 6-4, 6-4
def. Texas Tech’s #110 Hugo Dojas 6-4, 6-4
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Collin Altamirano:
def. TCU’s #38 Guillermo Nunez 6-1, 6-4
def. Wake’s #79 Jon Ho 6-2, 6-3
def. San Diego’s Filip Vittek 6-1, 6-2

#29 Brett Clark:
def. UCLA’s #37 Martin Redlicki 7-5, 6-4
lost to Ohio State’s #16 Hugo Di Feo 6-2, 7-6
unfinished vs. Texas Tech’s #61 Alex Sendegeya 5-7, 6-0
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#78 Mac Styslinger:
def. TCU’s Eduardo Nava 6-4, 6-4
lost to Wake’s Romain Bogaerts 6-4, 7-5
unfinished vs. San Diego’s #120 Romain Kalaydjian 7-6, 1-2*

#89 Jack Murray:
unfinished vs. UCLA’s Karue Sell 7-6(3), 4-6
def. Ohio State’s #18 Herkko Pollanen 6-2, 6-3
unfinished vs. Texas Tech’s Jolan Cailleau 6-1, 4-6, 1-0*
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JC Aragone:
unfinished vs. TCU’s Jerry Lopez 7-6(8), 2-5*
def. Wake’s Dennis Uspensky 6-1, 6-2
unfinished vs. San Diego’s Josh Page 7-5, 4-1

#62 Robert Kelly
def. UCLA’s Logan Staggs 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
def. Ohio State’s Ralf Steinbach 6-4, 6-1
def. Texas Tech’s Connor Curry 6-4, 7-6
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Henrik Wiersholm: 
def. TCU’s Trevor Johnson 6-0, 6-2
def. Wake’s Christian Seraphim 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
def. San Diego’s #98 Jaan Kononov 6-2, 6-1

Anu Kodali
def. UCLA’s Austin Rapp 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
lost to Ohio State’s Martin Joyce 6-2, 6-3
def. Texas Tech’s Bjorn Thomson 6-1, 6-3

H2H history by position:

#1 singles (Ryan Shane vs. Brayden Schnur):
Shane def. Schnur 6-1, 6-1 – 4/25/15 – ACC Tournament in Cary, NC

#2 singles (Thai-Son Kwiatkowski vs. Ronnie Schneider):
Schneider def. Kwiatkowski 6-3, 6-2 – 2011 Kalamazoo – Boys 16 Round of 16
Kwiatkowski def. Schneider 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 – April 2012 – Easter Bowl Quarterfinals
Kwiatkowski def. Schneider 6-3, 6-4 – July 2014 – Tulsa F20 Futures Round of 16

#3 singles (Altamirano vs. Clark):
Altamirano led Clark 6-4, 1-2 unf – 4/25/15 – ACC Tournament in Cary, NC

#4 singles (Styslinger vs. Murray):
None

#5 singles (Aragone vs. Kelly):
Aragone def. Kelly 6-1, 6-3 – 2/15/15 – National Team Indoors Consolation in Chicago

#6 singles (Wiersholm vs. Kodali):
Wiersholm def. Kodali 6-3, 6-3 – May 2013 – Plantation ITF Round of 64

1. Shane (4-2) vs. Schnur (2-4) – Shane is coming off a 7-5, 7-5 loss to TCU’s Cameron Norrie in a match where his serve let him down a bit while Schnur lost 6-3, 7-6 to UCLA’s Mackenzie McDonald. Schnur has played pretty good this week but I don’t think he can good enough to beat Shane. Prediction: Shane (UVA) in 2

2. Kwiatkowski (5-1) vs. Schneider (5-1) – Kwiatkowski is the only starter that hasn’t won a match this week (1 loss to Chrysochos & 2 DNFs though led in both matches) while Schneider is a perfect 3-0 with wins over Gage Brymer, Chris Diaz, and Hugo Dojas. This is a match that I could see going either way but I think Kwiatkowski finds a way to keep it together and gets the win. Prediction: Kwiatkowski (UVA) in 3

3. Altamirano (8-0) vs. Clark (6-1) – Altamirano is coming off a 6-1, 6-4 win over Guillermo Nunez and has only dropped 13 games in his last 3 matches while Clark is coming off an impressive 7-5, 6-4 win over Martin Redlicki. Clark will keep this one close but Altamirano still wins in 2. Prediction: Altamirano (UVA) in 2 

4. Styslinger (3-2) vs. Murray (6-0) – Styslinger clinched the win over TCU by beating Eduardo Nava 6-4, 6-4 while Murray split sets with UCLA’s Karue Sell. It’s tough to go against Styslinger after he had such a big win but Murray has been the steadier player this weekend. Prediction: Murray (UNC) in 2

5 – Aragone (6-0) vs. Kelly (8-0) – Aragone was pushed by TCU’s Jerry Lopez and but led 7-6, 2-5 when the team clinched while Kelly clinched UNC’s win over UCLA with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Logan Staggs. Aragone whipped Kelly a year ago at the NTIs but Kelly has been playing some great tennis this week. If this match finishes I think Kelly just might get him. Prediction: Kelly (UNC) in 3

6. Wiersholm (6-0) vs. Kodali (4-1) – Wiersholm is coming of a 6-0, 6-2 win over TCU’s Trevor Johnson while Kodali came from behind to beat UCLA’s Austin Rapp 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Kodali has won a couple of nice matches this week but I don’t see anyway he wins this one let alone take a set. Prediction: Wiersholm (UVA) in 2

I’m going to take North Carolina in doubles and at #4 and #5 but I’ve got Virginia at #1, #2, #3, and #6 with Kwiatkowski clinching the win. I will say this – if Ronnie Schneider can beat Thai-Son Kwiatkowski I think UNC wins the match. Prediction: Virginia 4-3