UVA

Well, we lost 4-3 to the undefeated, #1 ranked team in the country INDOORS. I guess we are supposed to be happy with that result. I mean, we were playing with an injured Carleton and without Wietoska and THE SCORE WAS 4-3 WITH THE #1 RANKED TEAM...INDOORS!!! I say INDOORS because UVA doesn't lose indoors. 

Should we be happy? That's a tough question. A lot of teams would be happy with this result and there is no fault in that. We took the doubles point (DP) from a team that has lost only 1 previous DP all year. They arguably have the best DP in the country and we took it from them with two of our doubles players sitting. Needless to say, we played well with the make-shift teams that we put out there. 

Overall, I think we realized how good we can be and how far we have come and it gave us a benchmark for where we need to go. We didn't know how close or how far we were from it. Now we know. We are getting closer but there is still a lot of work to be done.

So yes, I am happy about the match but I am not happy about the loss.

Some quick facts:

-We had wins over two of the top-ranked doubles teams in the country, #6 and #14.  

-Dylan Arnould beat the #20 ranked player in the country in straight sets (highest ranked win in dual season play by a Duke player). 

-David Holland stepped up and played his best match all year

-Best of all is that he didn't do anything special. He just realized that he was good enough and trusted himself.

Thanks for Reading!