No. 14 Wolfpack Improves to 6-0 with Doubleheader Sweep

Friday, February 1

Raleigh, N.C.

2 PM

NC State

#20 Texas Tech

No. 14 Wolfpack Improves to 6-0 with Doubleheader Sweep

2/1/2019 9:56:00 PM | Women's Tennis

RALEIGH - The No. 14 NC State women's tennis team defeated No. 20 Texas Tech and Campbell in a doubleheader Friday, bringing the team's record to 6-0. The win over Texas Tech was the second match in a row in which the Wolfpack defeated a top-20 team and gave NC State its best start to a season since 2014 when it also tallied six wins in a row to open the season.

In the first match of the day the Wolfpack took on 20th-ranked Texas Tech and fought its way to a 4-3 victory. After dropping the doubles point for the first time this season, the team won four straight matches at the start of singles play to clinch the match over the Red Raiders. No. 111 Alana Smith defeated Nell Miller 7-5, 6-3 to record the team's first point, and Adriana Reami clinched the victory with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Denise-Antonela Stoica.

At the start of a 7-0 win over Campbell, NC State took the doubles point with two decisive victories. The 20th-ranked duo of Rogers and Smith defeated Ana Castillo and Isabel Boada 6-1 while Norman and Moldovan were victorious in their match against Alexandra Nicoara and Lea Cutura 6-1. In singles play the Wolfpack did not lose a set, highlighted by No. 23 Rogers winning every game on her way to a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Castillo.

RESULTS - TTU
Doubles
Order of finish: 2,1,3

No. 20 Anna Rogers/Alana Smith (ST) def. Lana Rush/Kennedy Bridgforth (TTU): 6-2
No. 38 Nell Miller/Felicity Maltby (TTU) def. Amanda Rebol/Adriana Reami (ST): 6-1
Olivia Peet/Francesca Sella (TTU) def. Liz Norman/Bianca Moldovan (ST): 6-4

Singles
Order of finish: 2,4,5,3,6,1

No. 52 Felicity Maltby (TTU) def. No. 23 Anna Rogers (ST) 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
No. 111 Alana Smith (ST) def. Nell Miller (TTU) 7-5, 6-3
Adriana Reami (ST) def. Denise-Antonela Stoica (TTU) 6-3, 7-5
Liz Norman (ST) def. Kennedy Bridgforth (TTU) 6-3, 7-5
Bianca Moldovan (ST) def. Francesca Sella (TTU) 7-5, 6-2
Olivia Peet (TTU) def. Amanda Rebol (ST) 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-6)

RESULTS - CU
Doubles
Order of finish: 1,2

No. 20 Anna Rogers/Alana Smith (ST) def. Ana Castillo/Isabel Boada (CAM) 6-1
Liz Norman/Bianca Moldovan (ST) def. Alexandra Nicoara/Lea Cutura (CAM) 6-1
Claudia Wiktorin/Adriana Reami (ST) vs. Lou Regen/Lucile Pons (CAM): halted at 5-1 after doubles point was clinched

Singles
Order of finish: 1,2,4,3,5,6

No. 23 Anna Rogers (ST) def. Ana Castillo (CAM) 6-0, 6-0
No. 111 Alana Smith (ST) def. Alexandra Nicoara (CAM) 6-2, 6-3
Adriana Reami (ST) def. Lea Cutura (CAM) 6-4, 6-2
Liz Norman (ST) def. Inma Ramon (CAM) 6-1, 6-2
Bianca Moldovan (ST) def. Isabel Boada (CAM) 6-0, 6-2
Dylan Cannon (ST) def. Lucile Pons (CAM) 6-1, 6-0

Straight from the Pack: Head Coach Simon Earnshaw
"The last seven days have just been a culmination of an amazing January for the program. These things don't happen by chance. All credit to the players on the team. The amount of work they've put in and the buy-in that they showed over the summer - these things pay off. I think it shows what we've managed to get through. Today was another great win. Two top-20 wins in five days. We really couldn't have asked for a better start."

Up Next
The NC State women's tennis team will be back in action on February 8 as it travels to Seattle, Wash. for the ITA Indoor National Championships for the first time in program history.