Thursday, April 21
Cary, N.C.
1 p.m.
NC State
4
vs
2
No. 73 Clemson
No. 44 Wolfpack Advances to ACC Championship Quarterfinals
4/21/2016 4:27:00 PM | Men's Tennis
CARY, N.C. – The No. 44 NC State men's tennis team earned a 4-2 first-round win over No. 73 Clemson on Thursday in the second round of the ACC Championships. NC State improves to 18-13, 5-7 ACC with the win, while Clemson falls to 16-14, 5-7 ACC.
The Pack earned match points from doubles play, Thomas Weigel, Igor Saveljic and Ivan Saveljic to clinch the sixth win over a ranked opponent this season.
Match Recap:
NC State jumped out to an early lead in doubles, as the Pack picked up wins on courts one and two. The Saveljic twins dominated their opponent with a 6-2 win from the second court. Clemson leveled the doubles scores with a victory from the third spot.
On court one, No. 52 Norenius and Weigel had a come-from-behind victory to clinch the point over Luke Johnson and Christian Harris. The duo trailed for most of the match but had a big break to take a 6-5 lead. The senior duo then won in the tiebreak 7-4 to claim the point and give NC State a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.
Clemson took an 2-1 lead early in singles play with straight-set wins on courts one and three. No. 54 Norenius fell 6-4, 6-2 to No. 121 Alex Favrot on court one and No. 95 Nick Horton fell 7-5, 6-2 to Johnson on court three.
Minutes after Clemson took its first lead of the match, Igor Saveljic picked up his 12th win of the year to level the match at 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-4 victory on court four.
No. 102 Weigel then extended the Pack's lead with a 7-6, 6-2 win on court two. Weigel is now one win away from matching the school record for most wins in a single spring season with 22.
Both of the Pack's remaining matches came down to the third set. Shoti Meparidze was tied 4-4 on court five when Ivan served out his match for the 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory on court five to clinch the match.
Up Next:
NC State will face No. 1 Virginia in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship at 12 p.m. at Cary Tennis Park.
The Pack earned match points from doubles play, Thomas Weigel, Igor Saveljic and Ivan Saveljic to clinch the sixth win over a ranked opponent this season.
Match Recap:
NC State jumped out to an early lead in doubles, as the Pack picked up wins on courts one and two. The Saveljic twins dominated their opponent with a 6-2 win from the second court. Clemson leveled the doubles scores with a victory from the third spot.
On court one, No. 52 Norenius and Weigel had a come-from-behind victory to clinch the point over Luke Johnson and Christian Harris. The duo trailed for most of the match but had a big break to take a 6-5 lead. The senior duo then won in the tiebreak 7-4 to claim the point and give NC State a 1-0 lead heading into singles play.
NC State takes the doubles point! pic.twitter.com/uPEIdUesht
— PackMensTennis (@PackMensTennis) April 21, 2016
Clemson took an 2-1 lead early in singles play with straight-set wins on courts one and three. No. 54 Norenius fell 6-4, 6-2 to No. 121 Alex Favrot on court one and No. 95 Nick Horton fell 7-5, 6-2 to Johnson on court three.
Minutes after Clemson took its first lead of the match, Igor Saveljic picked up his 12th win of the year to level the match at 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-4 victory on court four.
No. 102 Weigel then extended the Pack's lead with a 7-6, 6-2 win on court two. Weigel is now one win away from matching the school record for most wins in a single spring season with 22.
Weigel's match point pic.twitter.com/Le4uN5jUAj
— PackMensTennis (@PackMensTennis) April 21, 2016
Both of the Pack's remaining matches came down to the third set. Shoti Meparidze was tied 4-4 on court five when Ivan served out his match for the 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory on court five to clinch the match.
Up Next:
NC State will face No. 1 Virginia in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship at 12 p.m. at Cary Tennis Park.
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