Virginia coach Brian Boland's team hosts a big ACC weekend this week.

The Virginia men's tennis team continued its extraordinary run in ACC competition with a thrilling come-from-behind victory at Florida State on Sunday. The Hoos rallied from a 3-0 deficit to take down No. 25 Florida State, 4-3.

That win improved the Cavaliers to 9-0 in ACC play, marking the third straight season that the program reached the league record of 9 wins (Virginia finished 9-0 in 2005 and 9-2 in 2006). With two matches remaining this weekend at home, UVa could set a new single season record for ACC victories. The Hoos host No. 16 Duke on Friday at 3 p.m. and No. 5 North Carolina, the only other undefeated team in ACC play, on Sunday at 1 p.m.

In this continuing series of Sabre articles, UVa coach Brian Boland joins us to answer your questions. Coach Boland will answer a recent question about his coaching influences and mentors down the road, but he tackles three interesting questions below:

Question 1 (dfwhoo) Recap: With the increase of international recruiting in tennis, there seems to be a shortage of D-1 opportunities for American recruits. Do you see this as a trend? Does it concern you? What does this say about the state of tennis as a whole in the U.S.?

Coach Boland: Actually I do not see this trend continuing. Let me start by saying that I think the state of American tennis is actually quite strong. However, tennis is truly an international sport and there are many great foreign players who would like to play college tennis. That certainly does limit some of the opportunities for U.S. juniors but at the same time, I believe it enhances the experience and improves the competition for those juniors who are fortunate enough to play at the D-I level.

The NCAA has now improved the amateurism rules and I believe less foreign players (especially older players) will be permitted to play D-I tennis. This will increase the need for U.S. juniors and provide them more opportunities.

Question 2 (2CentsWorth) Recap: Is there an NCAA rule that prohibits line-up shuffling during the NCAA Tournament (i.e. No. 3 in the first round becomes No. 5 for the third round) with an exception for injuries? If so, is there a similar rule for the ACC Tournament? Does the same rule apply to doubles and individual doubles partners? Finally, with such a rule in place, would you give consideration to blending your singles/doubles line-ups in the NCAA Tournament with the intent of keeping players fresh for the long haul/two matches in one day/etc.?

Coach Boland: The rules for the ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament are the same. Every team submits a line-up prior to the tournament. This line-up must be used for every match. If a player is injured or you wish to pull a player from the line-up, you can do so but everyone must move up one position - no line-up shuffling is permitted.

Once the ACC and NCAA Tournaments roll around, we will do very little in the way of line-up shuffling. We take great pride in being one of if not the best conditioned teams in the country and I really don't see playing 3 or 4 days in a row posing much of a problem for our team. The only time we would make a line-up change would be because of an injury during the ACC or NCAA Tournament.

Question 3 (Kris) Recap: When you looked at taking the coaching job at Virginia, something obviously stood out to you that made UVa an attractive job. What potential did you see in the program? Did you think you would reach the current heights as quickly as you have?

Coach Boland: When I first looked at the Virginia coaching job, I saw enormous potential. Virginia is one of the top academic schools in the country, something which is highly appealing to many tennis players. At the same time, the athletic resources are outstanding and the ACC has now become the best tennis conference in the country for both men and women. Prior to my arrival, Virginia always had some great individual players (Brian Vahaly, Huntley Montgomery) so the potential was there but there was never much depth.

As far as accomplishing what we have this quickly I did think it was possible. We felt that the type of kids we recruited combined with the work we put in had enormous potential. I do think at times we may have overachieved, but the opportunity and potential were there. I think Virginia Tennis is now in a stage where it can be looked at as one of the power houses of college tennis and should be viewed as a National Championship contender every year.

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