NC State
Georgia Tech
No. 75 Wolfpack Narrowly Falls to No. 43 Yellow Jackets
3/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 7, 2004
Atlanta, Ga. - After losing a tough match to No. 12 Clemson on Saturday, No. 75 NC State responded in women's tennis with a gritty performance, almost upsetting No. 43 Georgia Tech (7-3, 2-0). The Wolfpack fell to (4-4, 0-2) with the 4-3 loss, as Jennifer Jassawalla of NC State and Sekita Grant of Georgia Tech played the decisive match to break a 3-3 tie. After Grant won the first set easily, 6-1, Jassawalla responded, winning 6-4. Jassawalla couldn't close it out, as Grant won by a single break, 6-4 to pull out the win for the Yellow Jackets.
The Wolfpack lost the doubles point after winning 8-6 at No. 3 and falling 8-2 at No. 1. The doubles contest between Lam/Apodaca of NC State and Shosho/Nieto went down to the wire, as the Yellow Jacket duo prevailed 8-6 at No. 2.
In singles, Barbara Orlay won at No. 1 singles in a three set battle, while Nandita Chandrasekar won again at No. 3 singles in three sets as well. Freshman Agustina Arechevaleta prevailed at No. 6 in three sets to garner the third point for NC State.
No. 43 Georgia Tech 4, No. 75 NC State 3 Doubles (Georgia Tech wins the point) No. 1 Anderson/Grant (GT) def. Orlay/Chandrasekar (NCSU), 8-2 No. 2 Shosho/Maria Nieto (GT) def. Lam/Apodaca (NCSU), 8-6* No. 3 Jassawalla/Arechevaleta (NCSU) def. Anson/Silverio (GT), 8-6Singles No. 1 Barbara Orlay (NCSU) def. Lyndsay Shosho (GT), 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (6) No. 2 Kelly Anderson (GT) def. Kristin Lam (NCSU), 6-1, 6-2 No. 3 Nandita Chandrasekar (NCSU) def. Lindsey Stauss (GT), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 No. 4 Alison Silverio (GT) def. Vania Apodaca (NCSU), 6-0, 6-4 No. 5 Sekita Grant (GT) def. Jennifer Jassawalla (NCSU), 6-1, 4-6, 6-4** No. 6 Agustina Arechevaleta (NCSU) def. Kacie Anson (GT), 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
*Clinched Doubles Match **Clinched Singles Match
