FSU Women's Tennis Knocks Off NC State, 6-1

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida State women's tennis team won its third match in a row Saturday, defeating No. 64 NC State by a score of 6-1. The win puts the Seminoles at 9-6 for the season and 1-0 in ACC action, while the Wolfpack drops to 5-7 overall and 1-2 in the ACC.

Florida State took the first point of the day by winning all three of the doubles matches. NC State freshman Jackie Leskovar and sophomore Loni Worsley once again played tough against a ranked opponent at No. 1 but fell 8-6 to Florida Stateâs Samantha Schoeffel and Jessica Balbuena, currently 38th in the ITA doubles rankings.

In singles action Pack junior Katrina Gildemeister defeated the Seminolesâ Christina Denny 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 for the only NC State point of the day.

The Wolfpack returns to action when they host the 35th ranked Miami Hurricanes on Monday at the NC State Tennis Complex at 1:30 p.m.

MATCH RESULTS:

Florida State 6, NC State 1

Singles Results:
No. 1 - #68 Alida Gallovits (FSU) d. Kristin Lam (NCS), 7-6, 6-3
No. 2 - Samantha Schoeffel (FSU) d. Jackie Leskovar (NCS), 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 - Katrina Gildemesiter (NCS) d. Christina Denny (FSU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
No. 4 - Jessica Balbuena (FSU) d. Kristen Nicholls (NCS), 0-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 - Nanette Duxin (FSU) d. Loni Worsley (NCS), 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 - Marina Raic (FSU) d. Myrna Bawono (NCS), 6-2, 6-0


Doubles Results:
No. 1 - (#38) Schoeffel/Balbuena (FSU) 
d. Leskovar/Worsley (NCSU) 8-6 


No. 2 - Duxin/Gallovits (FSU) 
d. Bawono/Gildemeister (NCSU) 8-2 


No. 3 - Raic/Natalie Carratala' (FSU) 
d. Jennifer Jassawalla/Nicholls (NCSU) 8-4

North Carolina State University Athletics

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