Sunday, February 23
Louisville, KY
12 PM
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#4 NC State Closes ACC Road Trip with 2-0 Record
2/23/2020 3:21:00 PM | Women's Tennis
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The No. 4 NC State women's tennis team completed its conference-opening weekend with a perfect record after defeating Louisville on the road, 5-2, on Sunday.
The win marks just the fourth time in program history the team has started ACC play 2-0 (1995, 1998, 2018). NC State moves to 15-2 on the season, and Louisville drops to 8-2.
In doubles, the Pack trailed early on all three courts, 2-1. Second-ranked Anna Rogers and Alana Smith would come back to take a 6-4 decision on court one over Jelena Vujanic and Rhea Verma. Courts two (Lexi Keberle and Lana Mavor) and three (Liz Norman and Marta Gonzalez-Ballbe) were unable to get the job done, dropping 6-3 and 6-4 decisions, respectively.
Sunday's match marked just the third dropped doubles point of the season.
Keberle continued her strong weekend after clinching Friday's match with a decisive 6-0, 6-1 win over Jelena Vujanic on court three. Freshman Mavor gave NC State its first lead of the day, defeating Diana Wong on court six (6-2, 6-0). She has only needed two sets to claim victory in each of her last three singles matches.
Jaeda Daniel, competing on court four, continued the straight-set trend on her way to a 6-2, 6-3 win against Nikolina Jovic. Her win set up courts one, two or four to clinch the match.
No. 32 Rogers would close the deal for NC State with a 6-4, 7-5 decision on court two over Rhea Verma.
No. 16 Smith tacked on an extra point for the squad on court one after Rogers had already clinched the match.
NC STATE 5, LOUISVILLE 2
DOUBLES
Order of finish: 1,2,3
#2 Anna Rogers / Alana Smith def. Jelena Vijanic / Rhea Verma: 6-4
Diana Wong / Raven Neely def. Lexi Keberle / Lana Mavor: 6-3
Nikolina Jovic / Dina Chaika def. Liz Norman / Marta Gonzalez-Ballbe: 6-4
SINGLES
Order of finish: 3,6,4,2,1,5
#16 Alana Smith def. Raven Neely: 6-7, 6-1, 1-0 (3)
#34 Anna Rogers def. Rhea Verma: 6-4, 7-5
Lexi Keberle def. Jelena Vujanic: 6-0, 6-1
Jaeda Daniel def. Nikolina Jovic: 6-2, 6-3
Dina Chaika def. #98 Liz Norman: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Lana Mavor def. Diana Wong: 6-2, 6-0
Up Next:
The Pack returns home for a pair of ranked conference matches next weekend as it takes on No. 19 Wake Forest (Feb. 28) and No. 9 Virginia (March 1) at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
#GoPack | @PackWTennis
The win marks just the fourth time in program history the team has started ACC play 2-0 (1995, 1998, 2018). NC State moves to 15-2 on the season, and Louisville drops to 8-2.
In doubles, the Pack trailed early on all three courts, 2-1. Second-ranked Anna Rogers and Alana Smith would come back to take a 6-4 decision on court one over Jelena Vujanic and Rhea Verma. Courts two (Lexi Keberle and Lana Mavor) and three (Liz Norman and Marta Gonzalez-Ballbe) were unable to get the job done, dropping 6-3 and 6-4 decisions, respectively.
Sunday's match marked just the third dropped doubles point of the season.
Keberle continued her strong weekend after clinching Friday's match with a decisive 6-0, 6-1 win over Jelena Vujanic on court three. Freshman Mavor gave NC State its first lead of the day, defeating Diana Wong on court six (6-2, 6-0). She has only needed two sets to claim victory in each of her last three singles matches.
Jaeda Daniel, competing on court four, continued the straight-set trend on her way to a 6-2, 6-3 win against Nikolina Jovic. Her win set up courts one, two or four to clinch the match.
No. 32 Rogers would close the deal for NC State with a 6-4, 7-5 decision on court two over Rhea Verma.
No. 16 Smith tacked on an extra point for the squad on court one after Rogers had already clinched the match.
NC STATE 5, LOUISVILLE 2
DOUBLES
Order of finish: 1,2,3
#2 Anna Rogers / Alana Smith def. Jelena Vijanic / Rhea Verma: 6-4
Diana Wong / Raven Neely def. Lexi Keberle / Lana Mavor: 6-3
Nikolina Jovic / Dina Chaika def. Liz Norman / Marta Gonzalez-Ballbe: 6-4
SINGLES
Order of finish: 3,6,4,2,1,5
#16 Alana Smith def. Raven Neely: 6-7, 6-1, 1-0 (3)
#34 Anna Rogers def. Rhea Verma: 6-4, 7-5
Lexi Keberle def. Jelena Vujanic: 6-0, 6-1
Jaeda Daniel def. Nikolina Jovic: 6-2, 6-3
Dina Chaika def. #98 Liz Norman: 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
Lana Mavor def. Diana Wong: 6-2, 6-0
Up Next:
The Pack returns home for a pair of ranked conference matches next weekend as it takes on No. 19 Wake Forest (Feb. 28) and No. 9 Virginia (March 1) at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
#GoPack | @PackWTennis
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