NC State
Miami Spring Invite
Wolfpack Sees First Action of 2022 at Miami Spring Invite
1/14/2022 12:42:00 PM | Women's Tennis
RALEIGH – Before officially stepping into dual match play at home next weekend, the eighth-ranked NC State women's tennis team is set to make a weekend trip to Coral Gables, Fla., for the Miami Spring Invite from Jan. 15-17.
No. 1 Texas and Vanderbilt will also be competing at the event in addition to the No. 8 Wolfpack and host and 24th-ranked Miami. The tournament will be made up of individual head-to-head matches of both singles and doubles. The tentative schedule of play is as follows:
Saturday: Doubles vs. Vanderbilt (NB 11:30 a.m.), Singles vs. Texas (2 p.m.)
Sunday: Singles vs. Miami (9 a.m.), Doubles vs. Texas (NB 11:30 a.m.)
Monday: Doubles vs. Miami (8 a.m.), Singles vs. Vanderbilt (9 a.m.)
NC State heads into the 2022 campaign with a top-10 ranking for the third season in a row, with its No. 8 ranking tied as the best preseason standing for the program.
The Wolfpack is coming off its best season in program history during which during which it reached the 2021 NCAA Final Four and finished with its best-ever final national ranking of No. 6 at the conclusion of team play. NC State compiled a 20-6 record last season, with those victories ranking as the second-most in a single season in team history. Half of the team's wins were against nationally-ranked opponents, and four of those were versus top-10 squads. A program-best three players were named All-ACC honorees last season, and four Pack players earned All-America citations at the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships, also a program best.
The Wolfpack returns four players from that 2020-21 team, including ITA All-America honorees Jaeda Daniel and Alana Smith. Sophomore standouts Amelia Rajecki and Abigail Rencheli are also back with the squad, and the program welcomes a solid group of newcomers that includes transfers Sophie Abrams, Nell Miller and Sara Nayar and freshmen Priska Nugroho and Julia Abrams.
NC State has three players ranked in the national top 25 in singles following fall play. Daniel leads the way with a personal-best ranking of No. 8, Smith checked in at No. 24 and Rencheli also earned the highest singles ranking of her career at No. 25. NC State's three players in the top 25 ranks second in the nation. Daniel and Smith were also ranked in doubles as they were tabbed the nation's No. 21 duo.
Following the Miami Spring Invite, NC State returns home for back-to-back home matches against No. 23 Princeton (Jan. 22) and No. 10 Ohio State (Jan. 23).
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