Wolfpack Falls to No. 3 Pepperdine on the Road

Sunday, January 29

Malibu, Calif.

4 P.M.

NC State

No. 3 Pepperdine

1/29/2017 7:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis

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MALIBU, Calif.- The Wolfpack was defeated 4-0 by No. 3 Pepperdine on Sunday in the championship match of the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Malibu, Calif. The loss is NC State's first this season, moving its overall record to 3-1.

Pepperdine took an early lead, winning No. 2 and 3 doubles. The Wave duo of Ashley Lahey and Dzina Milovanovic fired off a 6-0 win to beat the Wolfpack's Amanda Rebol and Tayla Stenta. The doubles point was decided when No. 8 Jean Runglerdkriangkrai and Luisa Stefani took down Bianca Moldovan and Claudia Wiktorin, 6-2.

In singles, Pepperdine claimed its second point of the match when No. 21 Lahey earned a 6-2, 6-0 win over Wiktorin. In No. 3 singles, freshman Adriana Reami fell to No. 22 Mayar Sherif, 2-6, 0-6. The shutout was clinched in No. 1 singles as No. 8 Luisa Stefani beat No. 36 Frantova, 6-3, 6-4.

Up Next
The Wolfpack will return home for a doubleheader on Friday, February 3. NC State will take on Kansas at noon and East Carolina at 5:30 P.M. at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

RESULTS:
CHAMPIONSHIPS MATCH
#3 PEPPERDINE vs. NC STATE
Doubles:
1. No.3 Christine Maddox/Mayar Sherif (PEP) vs. Martina Frantova/Anna Rogers (NCSU) - 3-2, unfinished
2. No. 8 Jean Runglerdkriangkrai/Luisa Stefani (PEP) def. Bianca Moldovan/Claudia Wiktorin (NCSU) - 6-2
3. Ashley Lahey/Dzina Milovanovic (PEP) def. Amanda Rebol/Tayla Stenta - 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 2*

Singles:
1. No. 8 Luisa Stefani (PEP) def. No. 36 Martina Frantova (NCSU) - 6-3, 6-4
2. No. 21 Ashley Lahey (PEP) def. Claudia Wiktorin (NCSU) - 6-2, 6-0
3. No. 22 Mayar Sherif (PEP) def. Adriana Reami (NCSU) - 6-0, 6-2
4. Laura Gulbe (PEP) vs. Anna Rogers (NCSU) - 7-5, 4-1, unfinished
5. Dzina Milovanovic (PEP) vs. Bianca Moldovan (NCSU) - 2-6, 5-4, unfinished
6. Jean Runglerdkriangkrai (PEP) vs. Amanda Rebol (NCSU) - 6-3, 5-3, unfinished
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1**

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