Duke Falls at No. 2 Virginia

Friday, March 13

Charlottesville, Va.

3 p.m.

Duke University

Virginia

Duke's Teddy Truwit, wearing a blue shirt, makes a fist and yells in celebration following a point scored.

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Duke Falls at No. 2 Virginia

3/13/2026 5:27:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score Box Score (PDF)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 49 Duke men's tennis team put up a stiff fight before falling 4-1 to No. 2 Virginia Friday at the Boyd Tinsley Courts inside the Boar's Head Sports Club.

The Blue Devils (7-8, 2-3 ACC) got a point from Teddy Truwit's straight-set win on court six. After falling behind 2-0, Duke captured its point, sent a match to a deciding third set and pushed another to the tiebreaker in the second set before the Cavaliers ended the contest.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Virginia earned the first doubles decision as No. 37 Jangjun Kim and Mans Dahlberg topped Gerard Planelles Ripoll and Dylan Long 6-2 on court two. The Cavaliers' pair took a 4-0 lead and did not look back.
On court three, Teddy Truwit and Saahith Jayaraman fell 6-3 against Andres Santamarta Roig and Keegan Rice as the Cavaliers took the doubles point. The two sides were even at 1-1, 2-2 and 3-3 before Virginia ran off the last three games for the match.
Virginia pushed its lead to 2-0 on court four, where Kim downed Long 6-2, 6-2. The first set was even at 2-2 before Kim ripped off eight consecutive games to take the first set and have control of the second.
Duke got its point in the sixth slot as Truwit defeated Stiles Brockett 6-0, 6-4. After breezing through the first set, Truwit fell behind 4-1 in the second. He mounted a match-ending rally by winning the final five games of the set. Truwit picked up his first ACC victory of the season.
As Truwit was closing out his match, Planelles Ripoll sent his into a deciding third set and Pedro Rodenas was heading towards a second set tiebreaker.
The country's No. 1 singles player, Dylan Dietrich, put UVA ahead 3-1 with a 6-2, 7-6 (2) win on the top court against No. 103 Rodenas. With a 2-2 tie in the first set, Rodenas was broken as Dietrich captured the final four games. Rodenas answered in the second set with a 3-1 early lead. Dietrich had an answer and knotted the set at 4-4. The action remained even at 5-5 and 6-6 to go to the tiebreaker, which Dietrich won 7-2.
The Cavaliers finished the match with a 6-1, 6-4 triumph by Dalhberg over Jayaraman on court five. With a 1-1 tie in the first set, Dahlberg took the final five games. Jayaraman returned the favor to start the second set by taking a 3-0 lead. Dahlberg rallied and won five straight to lead 5-3. Jayaraman got one game back but couldn't force the tie.

UP NEXT

The Blue Devils finish the Virginia road swing at Virginia Tech at 1 p.m. Sunday.

RESULTS
Doubles (2,3)
1. #11 Pedro Rodenas/Cooper Williams (DU) vs. #9 Dylan Dietrich/Stiles Brockett (UVA) 5-6, unfinished
2. #37 Jangjun Kim/Mans Dahlberg (UVA) def. Dylan Long/Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) 6-2
3. Andres Santamarta Roig/Keegan Rice (UVA) def. Teddy Truwit/Saahith Jayaraman (DU) 6-3

Singles (4,6,1,5)
1. #1 Dylan Dietrich (UVA) def. #103 Pedro Rodenas (DU) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
2. #62 Cooper Williams (DU) vs. #14 Keegan Rice (UVA) 2-6, 4-3 unfinished
3. #123 Gerard Planelles Ripoll (DU) vs. #28 Andres Santamarta Roig (UVA) 2-6, 6-3, 2-0 unfinished
4. #84 Jangjun Kim (UVA) def. Dylan Long (DU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Mans Dahlberg (UVA) def. Saahith Jayaraman (DU) 6-1, 6-4
6. Teddy Truwit (DU) def. Stiles Brockett (UVA) 6-0, 6-4

To stay up to date with Blue Devils men's tennis, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeMTEN".

#GoDuke