North Carolina State University Athletics
No. 26 W. Tennis Falls to No. 9 Clemson
3/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Clemson, S.C. - The No. 26 NC State women's tennis team fell to No. 9 Clemson 7-0 on Saturday, March 27. The Pack drops to 9-5 and 1-3 in the ACC, while the Tigers move to 15-3 and 3-1 in the ACC.
The Wolfpack battled hard during doubles play, but fell short. Lenka Hojckova and Daria Petrovic got things started with an 8-5 win over Estefania Balda and Nelly Ciolkowski. No. 42 Berkeley Brock and Sandhya Nagaraj couldn't get past No. 17 Josipa Bek and Ina Hadziselimovic, losing 9-7. Diana Mortlock and Chloe Smith lost a close match 9-8 (6) to Caroline Magnusson and Keri Wong to give the Tigers the point.
In singles No. 64 Nagaraj lost to No. 22 Bek, 6-4, 6-1. Brock was defeated 6-3, 6-2 by Hadziselimovic. Petrovic fell to No. 73 Ciolkowski to give Clemson the win.
Smith was beaten by Magnusson, 6-0, 6-2. Mortlock lost 7-6 (4), 6-2 to Balda. Hojckova was the last to go down, losing 7-6 (4), 6-4 to No. 59 Wong.
The Pack travels to No. 13 Georgia Tech tomorrow, with the match set to begin at noon.
Result: No. 9 Clemson 7, No. 26 NC State 0
Doubles:
1. No. 17 Bek/Hadziselimovic (CU) d. No. 42 Nagaraj/Brock (NCSU), 9-7
2. Hojckova/Petrovic (NCSU) d. Balda/Ciolkowski (CU), 8-5
3. Wong/Magnusson (CU) d. Mortlock/Smith (NCSU), 9-8(6)
Order of Finish: 2,1,3
Singles:
1. No. 22 Josipa Bek (CU) d. No. 64 Sandyha Nagaraj (NCSU), 6-4, 6-1
2. No. 59 Keri Wong (CU) d. Lenka Hojckova (NCSU), 7-6(6), 6-4
3. Ina Hadziselimovic (CU) d. Berkeley Brock (NCSU), 6-3, 6-2
4. No. 73 Nelly Ciolkowski (CU) d. Daria Petrovic (NCSU), 6-3, 6-0
5. Estefania Balda (CU) d. Diana Mortlock (NCSU), 7-6(4), 6-2
6. Caroline Magnusson (CU) d. Chloe Smith (NCSU), 6-0, 6-2
Order of Finish: 3,1,4*,6,5,2
