NC State
Virginia
No. 30 Pack Bested by No. 18 Virginia
4/8/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 8, 2011
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. --- Tatiana Illova scored a win for the Pack as 30th-ranked NC State women’s tennis fell 4-1 Friday at 18th-ranked Virginia.
NC State (11-7, 2-6 ACC) faced a stiff test against four ranked singles and two ranked doubles teams to begin its final road trip of the regular season.
Illova posted a win in the number three position over 84th-ranked Hana Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-1 for the Pack’s lone singles victory of the afternoon.
Joelle Kissell and Ashley Miller won a tiebreaker to notch a win over Virginia’s Fuccillo/Peretz team 9-8 (7-5). The Pack dropped the other two doubles to grant Virginia the point.
A pair of matches went undecided, as Lenka Hojckova and Sandhya Nagaraj both took draws. Hojckova trailed 7-5, 2-1, and Nagaraj trailed 6-4, 2-2 when the matches were abandoned.
RESULTS
#18 Virginia 4, #30 NC State 1
Singles
#54 Lindsey Hardenbergh def. #29 Sanaa Bhambri 6-1, 6-4
#53 Emily Fraser led #83 Sandhya Nagaraj 6-4, 2-2, DNF
Tatiana Illova def. #84 Hana Tomljanovic 6-4, 6-1
#99 Erin Vierra def. Joelle Kissell 6-0, 6-4
Caryssa Peretz led Lenka Hojckova 7-5, 2-1, DNF
Maria Fuccillo def. Chloe Smith 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
#56 Hardenbergh/Vierra def. #26 Nagaraj/Bhambri 9-7
#28 Fraser/Tomljanovic def. Hojckova/Illova 8-4
Kissell/Miller def. Fuccillo/Peretz 9-8 (7-5)
