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No. 22 Men’s Tennis Travels to ITA Kickoff at Mississippi State
1/24/2025 11:57:00 AM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, N.C. – 22nd-ranked NC State men's tennis hits the road for the first time this season to participate in the annual ITA Kickoff tournament. The Pack, in addition to LSU and Pepperdine, will be hosted by Mississippi State in Starkville, Miss.
Dual-Match Info
• Matches hosted by Mississippi State will be available on live stream and live scores here.
• All information on ITA Kickoff Weekend for men's and women's teams can be found here.
• NC State will play against LSU on Saturday at 2 p.m., a win or a loss on day Saturday will determine Sunday's match-up.
Weekend Schedule
Saturday, January 25, 11 a.m. - #9 Mississippi State vs. Pepperdine
Saturday, January 25, 2 p.m. - #22 NC State vs. LSU
Sunday, January 26 - Winners of Match 1 & 2
Sunday, January 26 - Losers of Match 1 & 2
Last Time Out
NC State is coming off of a 2-5 loss to 21st-ranked Harvard at home on Tuesday evening.
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). There are seven teams total with wrestling programs in the ACC.
• 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 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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