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When Virginia and North Carolina step on the court at 11am it’ll be the first time ever that a pair of ACC schools will play for the Men’s National Team Indoor Championship. It’s North Carolina first appearance in the finals while Virginia will be making its sixth final in the last eight years and seventh overall.
Virginia has owned North Carolina over the last 10 years winning the last 15 matches with North Carolina’s last win coming back on April 14th, 2006 (4-3 at UNC). Of course to be fair I have to mention that Virginia has won 140 straight matches against ACC schools with its last loss coming to Duke at the ACC Tournament in April of 2006. 
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

Overall Record: Virginia 8-0, North Carolina 9-0
Indoors Record: Virginia 8-0, North Carolina 9-0

Doubles Record: Virginia 7-1, North Carolina 6-3

Projected Singles Lineup w UTR in ( ):
1. #27 Ryan Shane (UVA 14.68) vs. Brayden Schnur (UNC 14.09)
2. #2 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (UVA 14.68) vs. #23 Ronnie Schneider (UNC 14.01)
3. Collin Altamirano (UVA 14.25) vs. #29 Brett Clark (UNC 13.77)
4. #78 Mac Styslinger (UVA 13.91) vs. #89 Jack Murray (UNC 13.77)
5. JC Aragone (UVA 13.86) vs. #62 Robert Kelly (UNC 13.85)
6. Henrik Wiersholm (UVA 14.36) vs. Anu Kodali (UNC 13.21)

Projected Doubles Lineup:
1. #42 Ryan Shane/Luca Corinteli (UVA) vs. #3 Robert Kelly/Brett Clark (UNC)

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