NC State
#21 Harvard
#22 Pack Men’s Tennis Faces #21 Harvard at Home On Tuesday
1/20/2025 3:46:00 PM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, N.C. – 22nd-ranked NC State men's tennis welcomes 21st-ranked Harvard for its first ranked match-up of the spring season. The dual-match is slated for a 4 p.m. start on Tuesday, January 21, at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
Dual-Match Info
• All tennis matches are played at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center on NC State's campus in Raleigh and are free of charge for fans to attends - this match is set to be played indoors.
• Parking for fans is available at West Deck off of Western Blvd across the street.
• Start times for the matches is slated for 4 p.m.
• Chick-Fil-A desserts will be given away (while supplies last) and the first 50 fans will able to claim a free t-shirt.
Series History with Harvard (trails 0-3)
• Tuesday's dual-match marks the fourth meeting between the Wolfpack and the Crimson. Harvard leads the series over NC State by three victories.
• The two faced each other this past season (January of 2024) in Cambridge in that resulted in a 1-6 loss for the Wolfpack. The season before (January of 2023) was a much closer result between the two, resulting in only a 3-4 loss for the Pack.
Last Time Out
NC State defeated Campbell and NC Central with a complete sweep, winning all completed doubles matches and all singles matches in two-straight sets.
Quick Notes
• The ACC holds six teams ranked nationally, three of which are now inside the top-10 (No. 4 Wake Forest, No. 5 Virginia, No. 9 Florida State, No. 12 Duke, No. 17 Stanford, and No. 22 NC State).
• NC State is scheduled to play eight teams featured in the ITA preseason rankings (No. 4 Wake Forest, No. 5 Virginia, No. 8 Columbia, No. 9 Florida State, No. 12 Duke, No. 17 Stanford, No. 21 Harvard, and No. 25 Michigan)
• The Pack holds three players ranked in singles (No. 17 Braden Shick, No. 26 Martin Borisiouk, and No. 97 Luca Staeheli) and one pair ranked in doubles (No. 102 Braden Shick & Fons Van Sambeek).
• Head coach Kyle Spencer enters his eighth season at helm of the Wolfpack.
• The program welcomes three freshmen to their first collegiate spring season - local product from Chapel Hill, Cody Benton, Netherlands native, Noah Gabriel, and Bulgaria native Nikolay Nedelchev.
• A doubleheader win to open the season this past Saturday made the Pack 8-0 in winning season premiere matches with head coach Kyle Spencer at the helm of the program.
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