North Carolina State University Athletics
No. 45 Women's Tennis Falls to No. 11 Miami
4/12/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Raleigh, N.C. - The No. 45 women’s tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 11 Miami on Saturday afternoon at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. The loss drops the Pack to 11-9 overall and 4-6 in league competition. Miami improved their record to 14-4 on the year and 7-2 in the conference.
The Pack got off to a rough start to begin the match as they narrowly dropped the doubles point. Catherine Grotz and Lenka Hojckova fell at No. 1 doubles, 8-1, to the No. 15 doubles team in the nation. Neils Barringer and Julia Roach won at No. 3 doubles in impressive fashion, 8-0, to tie the doubles point. Miami was able to secure the doubles point as Daria Petrovic and Berkeley Brock fell in a close match. After being down 5-2, the duo fought back to tie the game at 5 but fell 8-5 in the end.
The Hurricanes carried their momentum into the singles matches. No. 80 Romy Farah defeated Lenka Hojckova at No. 3 singles 6-2, 6-2. At No. 1 singles Berkeley Brock fell to No. 20 Laura Vallverdu 6-2, 6-1.
Bianca Eichkorn clinched the win for the Canes as she defeated Julia Roach 6-2, 6-3. Daria Petrovic fought back from losing the first set to No. 53 Michaela Kissell to force a third set tiebreaker. Petrovic was victorious in the tiebreaker 10-8 to claim NC State’s only point of the day.
Catherine Grotz dropped a 6-2, 6-2 decision at No. 5 singles against Caren Seenauth before Neils Barringer lost a heartbreaker at No. 6 singles. After losing the first set in a tiebreaker , 7-4, Barringer fought back in the second set to force another tiebreaker, only to lose 7-5 in the tiebreaker.
The Pack will return to action tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m. as they host No. 19 Florida State at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in the final match of the regular season. The match will also be Senior Day for Julia Roach.
No. 11 Miami 6, No. 45 N.C. State 1
DOUBLES
1. No. 15 Farah/Vallverdu (UM) def. Grotz/Hojckova (NCSU) 8-1
2. Eichkorn/Seenauth (UM) def. Petrovic/Brock (NCSU) 8-5
3. Barringer/Roach (NCSU) def. Kissell/Sabatino (UM) 8-0
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
1. No. 20 Laura Vallverdu (UM) def. Berkeley Brock (NCSU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Daria Petrovic (NCSU) def. No. 53 Michaela Kissell (UM) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 1-0 (8)
3. No. 80 Romy Farah (UM) def. Lenka Hojckova (NCSU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Bianca Eichkorn (UM) def. Julia Roach (NCSU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Caren Seenauth (UM) def. Catherine Grotz (NCSU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Claudia Wasilewski (UM) def. Neils Barringer (NCSU) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5)
Order of finish: 3, 1, 4*, 2, 5, 6
