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NC State Upends Coastal Carolina, 4-3
2/8/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 8, 2003
Raleigh, N.C. - NC State edged Coastal Carolina in regional tennis action Saturday, with a 4-3 win at the Chapel Hill Tennis Club. The Wolfpack advances to 2-0 with the win, the Chanticleers fall to 2-1 on the season.
The Pack struck early, taking two of the three doubles matches to score the early, and eventual deciding point of the day. Loni Worsley and Carmen Torres (#3) claimed the first win for the Wolfpack, downing Rosemary Younger and Stephanie Koot in less than 30 minutes, 8-0.
Next off the court were Myrna Bawono and Kristin Lam in the #1 doubles match. The tandem put together a brilliantly played match and defeated Medina Bajrambasic and Marie Matrka. Bajrambasic and Matrka are currently ranked No. 10 in the Southeast Region by the ITA. The Wolfpack pair opened 2-0 before the Chants made their first move. They teams traded games before Bawono and Lam went up 5-3 on a slammed floater by Lam. The Pack pair's fifth point was hard fought. Down 30-Love, Lam hit an over-handed rocket down the center-court line to turn the momentum. An error by Matrka on a short-handed cross-court volley tied the game. The Chants double-faulted the next serve, then struck back with an ace by Bajrambasic. In the game-winning point, Lam served back-to-back aces to take the match.
The #2 match went to Coastal Carolina. The team of Dana Goffin and Petra Jantti opened 4-1 on Jennifer Jassawalla and Danielle Stadelmann. Jassawalla and Stadelmann put up a strong fight, and pushed the match to an hour and a half. The teams went back and forth before tying it up at eight-all. Stadelmann and Jassawalla took the first point of the tiebreaker, but it was all Coastal Carolina from that point, earing the win 9-8(1).
Singles action was just as close for the two teams. Coastal's Bajrambasic, ranked No. 29 in the region, nearly shut out Worsley in the first set, but Worsley came storming back in the second and opened the set by taking an uncontested first point. Bajrambasic took three of the next five games, but once Worsley got a 4-3 advantage in the set, she finished it off with a 7-5 win in the second. Worsley took the first point in the third set, winning the point on a beautiful ace in the corner of the box. Bajrambasic prevailed in the end, winning 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.
Bawono walked away from the #2 match with an win over Goffin. Bawono took the match 6-3, 6-3. On the #3 court, a rematch was pitted by Jassawalla and Matrka. The two met in the #4 match a year ago, with Jassawalla providing a win. This time around Matrka had her way and took a tough 7-6, 4-6, 6-1 win.
Virginia Romero got her first action of the season with the Wolfpack in the #4 match against Stephanie Koot. Romero took an early lead, grabbing the first set, 7-6. Koot fought back in the second, downing Romero, 4-6. The third was all Romero, as she finished a 7-6, 4-6, 6-1 victor.
With two matches remaining to be played, the Pack led 3-2, one match would give NC State its second win of the season. Torres wasted no time to give the Pack the win, taking the first set over Younger, 6-1, then shutting her out in the second.
Petra Jantti ended things on a high note for the Chanticleers, getting a win over Stadelmann. Jantti took the first set 6-4, and looked to take the second with ease, but Stadelmann fought back and pushed a tiebreaker. Stadelmann took six of the points in the tiebreaker, but it wasn't enough as Jantti prevailed 6-4, 7-6(6).
NC State travels to Richmond, Va. on Wednesday to face a hot Virginia Commonwealth team. The Rams are currently ranked No. 25 in the nation and stand at 4-0 on the season. Action is slated to begin at 2 p.m. at the Thalhimer Tennis Center.
Results
Singles
#1 - Medina Bajrambasic (CC) d. Loni Worsley (NCSU), 6-1, 5-7, 6-4
#2 - Myrna Bawono (NCSU) d. Dana Goffin (CC), 6-3, 6-3
#3 - Marie Matrka (CC) d. Jennifer Jassawalla (NCSU), 7-6, 4-6, 6-1
#4 - Virginia Romero (NCSU) d. Stephanie Koot (CC), 7-6, 4-6, 6-1
#5 - Petra Jantti (CC) d. Danielle Stadelmann (NCSU), 4-6, 6-7 (6)
# 6 - Carmen Torres (NCSU) d. Rosemary Younger (CC), 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
#1 - Bawono/Lam (NCSU) d. Bajrambasic/Matrka (CC), 8-4
#2 - Goffin/ Jantti (CC) d. Jassawalla/Stadelmann (NCSU), 9-8(1)
#3 - Worsley/Torres (NCSU) d. Koot/Younger(CC), 8-0
