North Carolina State University Athletics
#38 Women's Tennis Set For ACC Championship at Cary Tennis Park
4/25/2018 11:41:00 AM | Women's Tennis
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RALEIGH- The #38 NC State women's team is set to compete at the 2018 ACC Championship held in Cary, North Carolina, at the Cary Tennis Park. The Championship will kick off Wednesday and run through Sunday, although the eighth-seed Wolfpack will begin play Thursday at 9 p.m. in the second round.Â
NC State will face No. 9 seed Clemson. The Pack met the Tigers most recently on Mar. 30 at the Halton-WagnerTennis Complex in Charlotte, narrowly falling 4-3.
From the Coach
"It's great to have the ACC Tournament back in Cary after a one-year hiatus," said head coach Simon Earnshaw. "We are really fortunate to have the event so close by and in a spot we are all very familiar with. Tomorrow's match with Clemson gives us a good opportunity to try and reverse one of the 4-3 matches that got away in the latter half of the season. Going into postseason play everyone has a lot at stake and I'm sure that will bring the best out of both teams. At this stage in the season there's really no secrets between the teams and I expect it to be an extremely competitive match from start to finish."
Season Rewind
NC State ended the regular season with a record of 16-13 overall and 7-7 in ACC play. It was featured in the Oracle/ITA team rankings each week of the season while Anna Rogers and Claudia Wiktorin maintained a top-30 doubles ranking each week Rogers, Wiktorin and Reami were also featured in the singles rankings throughout the season.
Taylor Bridges set a new program record for ACC singles wins in a season, winning her ninth ACC singles match of 2018 on Apr. 20 vs. Pittsburgh at the J.W. IsenhourTennis Center.Â
Pack in the Rankings
In the latest Oracle/ITA rankings the Pack landed at #38 in the nation. In singles, Rogers and Adriana Reami were tabbed at #89 and #103 while in doubles Rogers and junior Claudia Wiktorin were #26.
2017 ACC TournamentÂ
Last season the ACC Tournament was played in Rome, Georgia, and the team entered the tournament as the No. 5 seed. After earning a bye in the opening it round it met No. 12 seed Boston College in the second round, falling 4-1.
Scouting the Competition
Fifteen conference opponents will compete for the title, 10 of which currently rank in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national poll:
#2 North Carolina
#3 Duke
#4 Georgia Tech
#15 Miami
#17 Florida State
#20 Virginia
#27 SyracuseÂ
#34 Wake Forest
#38 NC State
#40 Clemson
To advance to the championship final, the Wolfpack would have to defeat Clemson then No. 1 seed Duke in the semifinal on Friday.
For detailed information on the schedule, coverage and how to purchase tickets please visit the ACC Women's Tennis Championship page. Fans are encouraged to follow and join the social media coverage by searching and using #ACCWTEN.
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