Thursday, October 19
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Wolfpack Impresses on Opening Day of ITA Carolinas Regional Championship
10/19/2017 9:03:00 PM | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Making the short trip to the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill for the opening day of the ITA Carolinas Regional Championship, the NC State women's tennis team secured five wins from seven matches, giving it positive momentum to build off heading into the rest of the tournament.
Singles
Freshman Taylor Bridges earned her way onto the main singles draw; she defeated Campbell's Isabel Boada 6-2, 6-0 and then overcame Somer Dalla Bona of Coastal Carolina 6-3, 6-4.
Also looking to qualify for the main draw was senior Tayla Stenta. She made quick work of Elon's Koniaev 6-0, 6-1, followed by a tough 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 loss against Lindsay Song of Davidson.
Doubles
The Wolfpack impressed during the opening day of main draw doubles play, as it won two matches out of three. Junior Claudia Wiktorin and sophomore Anna Rogers, who were ranked No. 26 in the ITA preseason doubles poll and are the No. 1 seed for the tournament, had a bye in the first round then overcame Gardner Webb's Daniela Naupari and Mijana Ristic 8-1.
No. 9 Junior Amanda Rebol and sophomore Adriana Reami also had a bye in the opening round, then had no trouble advancing to the third round as the toppled Coastal Carolina's Dalla Bona and Sara Bondar 8-1.
In the Wolfpack's only doubles loss of the day, Stenta paired with junior Bianca Moldovan as they fell 8-4 to Sabrina Barisano and Madara Straume of UNC-Wilmington.
While head coach Simon Earnshaw was pleased with the opening day's play, he is eager to accomplish more as the tournament progresses.
"We're just starting out at the tournament; it was good to see Taylor get through the qualifying to make main draw fairly convincingly," he said. "Obviously we're just getting started in this event and we've got a long way to go starting off with tomorrow"
Up Next
Wiktorin & Rogers look overcome Clemson's Daniela Ruiz and Tate Schroeder and advance to the fourth round of doubles at 9:00 A.M., while Rebol & Reami look to do the same against local rivals Makenna Jones & Chloe Oullet Pizer of UNC.
Main draw singles commences at 1:30 P.M. Rogers takes on Furman's Katty Weymouth, Bridges faces Helena Nykilos of the College of Charleston, Wiktron battles Lou Regen of Campbell, Moldovan faces local rival No. 9 Kelly Chen of Duke, Rebol faces UNC-Wilmington's Straume and Reami look to overcome Megan Davies of South Carolina. The second round singles matches will take place later in the day.
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Singles
Freshman Taylor Bridges earned her way onto the main singles draw; she defeated Campbell's Isabel Boada 6-2, 6-0 and then overcame Somer Dalla Bona of Coastal Carolina 6-3, 6-4.
Also looking to qualify for the main draw was senior Tayla Stenta. She made quick work of Elon's Koniaev 6-0, 6-1, followed by a tough 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 loss against Lindsay Song of Davidson.
Doubles
The Wolfpack impressed during the opening day of main draw doubles play, as it won two matches out of three. Junior Claudia Wiktorin and sophomore Anna Rogers, who were ranked No. 26 in the ITA preseason doubles poll and are the No. 1 seed for the tournament, had a bye in the first round then overcame Gardner Webb's Daniela Naupari and Mijana Ristic 8-1.
No. 9 Junior Amanda Rebol and sophomore Adriana Reami also had a bye in the opening round, then had no trouble advancing to the third round as the toppled Coastal Carolina's Dalla Bona and Sara Bondar 8-1.
In the Wolfpack's only doubles loss of the day, Stenta paired with junior Bianca Moldovan as they fell 8-4 to Sabrina Barisano and Madara Straume of UNC-Wilmington.
While head coach Simon Earnshaw was pleased with the opening day's play, he is eager to accomplish more as the tournament progresses.
"We're just starting out at the tournament; it was good to see Taylor get through the qualifying to make main draw fairly convincingly," he said. "Obviously we're just getting started in this event and we've got a long way to go starting off with tomorrow"
Up Next
Wiktorin & Rogers look overcome Clemson's Daniela Ruiz and Tate Schroeder and advance to the fourth round of doubles at 9:00 A.M., while Rebol & Reami look to do the same against local rivals Makenna Jones & Chloe Oullet Pizer of UNC.
Main draw singles commences at 1:30 P.M. Rogers takes on Furman's Katty Weymouth, Bridges faces Helena Nykilos of the College of Charleston, Wiktron battles Lou Regen of Campbell, Moldovan faces local rival No. 9 Kelly Chen of Duke, Rebol faces UNC-Wilmington's Straume and Reami look to overcome Megan Davies of South Carolina. The second round singles matches will take place later in the day.
Stay up to date with the latest on NC State women's tennis:
Twitter: @PackWTennis
Facebook: NC State Women's Tennis
Instagram: @PackWTennis
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