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IRISH FALL JUST SHY OF UPSET OF #1 VIRGINIA: Notre Dame nearly registered a historic upset over the nation's top-ranked team on Jan. 27, but could not convert on a 3-2 advantage, losing 4-3 to Virginia in the Country Club of Richmond. The Irish needed just one win from the top two matches, which were the final ones remaining on the court. At No. 2, Virginia senior Doug Stewart got a late service break at 4-4 in the third set to top 14th-ranked sophomore Sheeva Parbhu (Omaha, Neb./Millard North H.S.) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 and knot the score at 3-3. At No. 1, junior Stephen Bass (Bronxville, N.Y./Iona Preparatory School), ranked #8 in the nation, was serving up a break at 4-3 in the third, but saw 10th-ranked Somdev Devvarman win three straight games for a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 triumph to save the Cavaliers. It would have been Notre Dame's first-ever regular-season upset of the #1-ranked team in college tennis, though the Irish beat top-ranked USC in the semifinals of the 1992 NCAA tournament.