The 67th ranked Boston College Tennis Team had ACC showdowns with both Duke and UNC this past weekend. After starting off 0-2 in conference play, the Eagles looked to improve upon their ACC standings, but failed to do so. Despite being what coach Scott Wilkins says is the best tennis team he has seen at BC, they are now 0-4 in conference play after having an incredible pre-league start.

They are the first BC tennis team to ever be nationally ranked. Even more impressive is the doubles team consisting of senior captain Thomas Nolan and Erik Kreutzer, who are currently ranked 21st in the nation.

The team’s record was 16-2 heading into ACC play with losses to only Yale and Columbia.  Virginia, the number one team in the nation, handed the Eagles their first ACC loss.

A tennis match between two schools is won in a team effort through several individual matches.  A day of tennis competition consists of three doubles matches and six singles matches, each number 1 player competing against the opposing number 1, 2 against 2 and so on.  The team that wins 2 out of 3 of the doubles matches earns a point, and a point is gained for each singles match that is one. The first team to four points wins.

Tennis is largely known as an individual sport, but the team consisting of only 13 athletes competes as one team, as well as individually and in doubles.  There are three national championship tournaments at the end of the tennis season: a team, doubles, and singles tournament. The team’s goal this year is to make it to the NCAA men’s national championship tournament, which can be achieved either by winning the ACC straight out, or by having a good enough record to be added into the tournament by a NCAA committee.

As of now, it looks as though Nolan and Kreutzer’s doubles team has the best shot at competing in an NCAA national championship.  Other standouts on the team that have been contributing to the tennis team’s success are John Schroeder, a newly acquired transfer from Indiana, and Akash Mutiddi.

The team looks to turn their ACC play around by getting their first ACC win this Friday against Clemson.

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