NC State
Furman
Furman Slips By Wolfpack, 4-3
4/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 3, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. - The NC State women's tennis team dropped a very close 4-3 dual match to Furman Sunday afternoon at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. Forced to play indoors because of gusty winds, the Wolfpack honored its four seniors in a ceremony that preceeded the six hour match.
The Paladins won two of three doubles matches to capture the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead going into singles play. Elin Stahl Johansson teammed with Carmen Torres to beat Furman's No. 3 doubles team 8-3 before rallying to beat Shannon Moore in three sets at No. 3 singles.
Barbara Orlay and Julia Roach made quick of their visiting singles opponents, as Orlay won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 and Roach picked up a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 4. Stahl Johansson's marathon match at No. 3 gave the Wolfpack a 3-2 lead as singles matches 2 and 5 began at the four-court facility. With a straight set win at No. 2, Furman tied the match 3-3.
In the deciding match at No. 5 singles, Agustina Avechavaleta and Furman's Marti Morris split the first two sets 6-4, 2-6 and Morris took the third, 6-4, to secure the 4-3 victory in favor of the Paladins.
NC State slips to 8-10 with the loss while Furman improves to 13-3 with the win. The Wolfpack returns to action on Wednesday, April 6 when it hosts No. 16 North Carolina, 2:30 p.m. in the last home match of the season.
Furman 4, NC State 3
Doubles
1. Barbara Orlay (NCSU) def. Mary Neill Hagood (FU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Caroline Bentley (FU) def. Virginia Romero (NCSU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Elin Stahl Johansson (NCSU) def. Shannon Moore (FU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. Julia Roach (NCSU) def. Jacqueline Eckert (FU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Marti Morris (FU) def. Agustina Avechavaleta (NCSU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
6. Lauren Osborne (FU) def. Danielle Stadelman (NCSU) 6-1, 7-5
Doubles
1. Hagood/Bentley (FU) def. Orlay/Roach (NCSU) 8-2
2. Morris/Eckert (FU) def. Stadelman/Avechavaleta (NCSU) 9-8 (5)
3. Carmen Torres/Stahl Johansson (NCSU) def. Moore/Ogborne (FU) 8-3
