Three Blue Raiders capture wins against No. 34 Virginia Tech

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Marlon Brand, Matthew Langley and Ettore Zito each earned singles victories on Saturday in the Larsen Bowker Invite hosted by Virginia Tech at Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center. After dropping the first set 5-7, Langley defeated 71st-ranked Lucas Oliveira, 6-4, 6-1.

Christoph Lang and Ben Davis each suffered losses in their singles matches, but earned an 8-4 doubles victory over the No. 51 VT tandem of Somen and Tocci.

In Flight A, Zito captured the first set 6-4 and was leading 2-1 in the second set when Patrick Daciek suffered an injury, giving Zito the win.

Brand fell, 1-6, in the first set and battled back for a 6-4 win in the second set before taking the match with an 11-9 victory in the super tiebreaker.

SATURDAY RESULTS
Singles
Flight A
No. 58 Luka Somen (VT) def. Ben Davis (MTSU) 6-3, 6-3
Ettore Zito (MTSU) def. Patrick Daciek (VT) 6-4, 2-1 inj.

Flight B
Matthew Langley (MTSU) def. No. 71 Lucas Oliveira (VT) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
Mauricio Antun (VT) def. Christoph Lang (MTSU) 6-2, 6-4

Flight C
Trpimir Kujundzic (VT) def. Dimitri Pippos (MTSU) 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
Corrado Degl’ Incerti Tocci (VT) def. Cameron Dickerson (MTSU) 6-3, 6-4
Marlon Brand (MTSU) def. Marko Lovrinovic (VT) 1-6, 6-4, 11-9

Doubles
Flight A
Davis/Lang (MTSU) def. No. 51 Somen/Tocci (VT) 8-4
Oliveira/Hunter Koontz (VT) def. Brand/Dickerson (MTSU) 8-6

Flight B
Kujundzic/Antun (VT) def. Zito/Langley (MTSU) 9-8

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