Wednesday, February 27
Raleigh, N.C.
3 PM
NC State
2
vs
5
#1 North Carolina
#11 NC State Falls in Battle to #1 UNC-CH
2/27/2019 7:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Moldovan, Rebol Pick Up Singles Wins for the Pack
RALEIGH – The 11th-ranked NC State women's tennis team lost in a battle with top-ranked UNC-CH on Wednesday, 5-2.
The Pack drops to 10-3 (2-1) and the Tar Heels move to 14-1 (2-0).
In singles, four of the six matches we forced to three sets or a 10-point tiebreaker. Bianca Moldovan put the Pack on the board with a hard-fought win over UNC-CH's Jessie Aney, extending her singles win streak to five.
Amanda Rebol followed up Moldovan's victory with her own on court six, defeating Chloe Ouellet-Pizer.
No. 25 Anna Rogers battled on court one against No. 2 Makenna Jones, taking the match to three sets, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4.
The Pack dropped the doubles point to enter singles play trailing the Tar Heels, 1-0. Moldovan and Liz Norman fell to No. 4 Cameron Morra and Makenna Jones in a gutsy effort, 6-4. No. 10 Anna Rogers and Alana Smith dropped their first ranked doubles match after fighting back to bring the match to 4-3 after trailing 3-0. The duo lost its first ranked doubles match of the season to No. 16 Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham, moving to 6-1 in the category.
Doubles (order of finish: 1,2)
1. No. 16 Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham def. No. 10 Rogers/Smith: 6-3
2. No. 4 Cameron Morra/Makenna Jones def. Bianca Moldovan/Liz Norman 6-4
3. Adriana Reami/Claudia Wiktorin vs. Alle Sanford/Sara Daavettila: halted at 5-6
Singles (order of finish: 4,3,2,1,5,6)
1. No. 2 Makenna Jones def. No. 25 Anna Rogers: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4
2. No. 6 Sara Daavettila def. No. 73 Alana Smith: 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. No. 5 Alexa Graham def. No. 88 Adriana Reami: 6-2, 7-6, (8)
4. No. 27 Cameron Morra def. Liz Norman: 6-0, 6-4
5. Bianca Moldovan def. Jessie Aney: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (9)
6. Amanda Rebol def. Chloe Ouellet-Pizer: 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (1)
Straight from the Pack: Head Coach Simon Earnshaw
"It's not the outcome we desired. When you look at the match, we struggled in doubles the first five or 10 minutes. Ultimately, we sort of caught up but could never get over the top of the hill. We did a good job of drawing it out. We haven't quite figured out how to just get going immediately from the first point, being a bit cleaner and more aggressive. When you look at singles, we won four first sets. We had chances. I thought that we really gave a good effort overall. In that regard, I can't criticize us physically or mentally. We just weren't able to get quite far enough. We're getting closer. We were very competitive with the No. 1 team in the nation.
"It's good to see the seniors stepping up at this point in the season. We're getting that going, but we've got to find a way to get everything going at the same time. I think we have the right direction. We can see the end destination now, and we know it's going to be a lot more work to get to that point. I'm impatient as a coach and want to get there sooner rather than later, but I'm confident that at some point, that's going to happen."
The No. 11 Pack will continue its home stretch against No. 49 Louisville Fri., March 1 at 2 p.m. at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
#GoPack | @PackWTennis
The Pack drops to 10-3 (2-1) and the Tar Heels move to 14-1 (2-0).
In singles, four of the six matches we forced to three sets or a 10-point tiebreaker. Bianca Moldovan put the Pack on the board with a hard-fought win over UNC-CH's Jessie Aney, extending her singles win streak to five.
Amanda Rebol followed up Moldovan's victory with her own on court six, defeating Chloe Ouellet-Pizer.
No. 25 Anna Rogers battled on court one against No. 2 Makenna Jones, taking the match to three sets, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4.
The Pack dropped the doubles point to enter singles play trailing the Tar Heels, 1-0. Moldovan and Liz Norman fell to No. 4 Cameron Morra and Makenna Jones in a gutsy effort, 6-4. No. 10 Anna Rogers and Alana Smith dropped their first ranked doubles match after fighting back to bring the match to 4-3 after trailing 3-0. The duo lost its first ranked doubles match of the season to No. 16 Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham, moving to 6-1 in the category.
Doubles (order of finish: 1,2)
1. No. 16 Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham def. No. 10 Rogers/Smith: 6-3
2. No. 4 Cameron Morra/Makenna Jones def. Bianca Moldovan/Liz Norman 6-4
3. Adriana Reami/Claudia Wiktorin vs. Alle Sanford/Sara Daavettila: halted at 5-6
Singles (order of finish: 4,3,2,1,5,6)
1. No. 2 Makenna Jones def. No. 25 Anna Rogers: 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4
2. No. 6 Sara Daavettila def. No. 73 Alana Smith: 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. No. 5 Alexa Graham def. No. 88 Adriana Reami: 6-2, 7-6, (8)
4. No. 27 Cameron Morra def. Liz Norman: 6-0, 6-4
5. Bianca Moldovan def. Jessie Aney: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (9)
6. Amanda Rebol def. Chloe Ouellet-Pizer: 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (1)
Straight from the Pack: Head Coach Simon Earnshaw
"It's not the outcome we desired. When you look at the match, we struggled in doubles the first five or 10 minutes. Ultimately, we sort of caught up but could never get over the top of the hill. We did a good job of drawing it out. We haven't quite figured out how to just get going immediately from the first point, being a bit cleaner and more aggressive. When you look at singles, we won four first sets. We had chances. I thought that we really gave a good effort overall. In that regard, I can't criticize us physically or mentally. We just weren't able to get quite far enough. We're getting closer. We were very competitive with the No. 1 team in the nation.
"It's good to see the seniors stepping up at this point in the season. We're getting that going, but we've got to find a way to get everything going at the same time. I think we have the right direction. We can see the end destination now, and we know it's going to be a lot more work to get to that point. I'm impatient as a coach and want to get there sooner rather than later, but I'm confident that at some point, that's going to happen."
The No. 11 Pack will continue its home stretch against No. 49 Louisville Fri., March 1 at 2 p.m. at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
#GoPack | @PackWTennis
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