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his past season served as a rebuilding year for the Virginia Tech men’s tennis program, and
with young players like Mitch Harper returning for two more seasons, the future appears bright.
Harper led the Hokies with 14 victories in singles action during the 2016-17 season,
going 14-9 while playing mostly in the No. 2 and No. 3 spots in the lineup. In fact, he
went 5-3 at No. 2 and 7-6 at No. 3, so he certainly faced his fair share of quality
competition. He also teamed with Alexandre Ribeiro to fare well in doubles, as the duo
went 8-6.
Harper’s best wins in singles came against two players from Tobacco Road. He
knocked of NC State’s Nick Horton 7-6 (5), 6-2 at the ACC Championships
when Horton came in ranked No. 74 in the Intercollege Tennis Association’s
men’s rankings. He also downed North Carolina’s Robert Kelly by a score of
6-4, 7-6 (4) in a match on March 19. Kelly was ranked No. 123 by the ITA
at the time.
Tech lost just one senior off this past season’s team, and Harper leads
a contingent of promising young players ready to make noise in the
ACC next season.