Amped Up

Note: Long time, no see. So my wife, Mira, and I had a baby boy, Antoni, February 21! I took some much-needed time off from the blog to learn the ropes of being a daddy. Not sure at what capacity the blog will return, but I at least came off hiatus to write about the UVa men's tennis team's fifth national championship. Enjoy! The Virginia men's tennis team celebrates winning the national championship. Coach Andres Pedroso is at bottom. (Screenshot of Virginia Sports highlights) The Virginia men’s tennis team won its fifth national championship in nine years May 22, defeating No. 8 seed Kentucky 4-0 in Champaign, Illinois. The Cavaliers, the No. 7 seed, finished the season 28-5, winning their last 23 matches. Remarkably, they dropped just one point in the entire NCAA tournament, when they defeated No. 2 seed Florida 4-1 in the quarterfinals. UVa’s five losses all came consecutively in February, perhaps a rarity for most any collegiate championship-winning team. One of those