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Wolfpack Women’s Tennis to Host Fall Ranked Spotlight Over Weekend
9/22/2021 10:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
RALEIGH – The Wolfpack women's tennis team is set to play as host to one of the premiere collegiate tennis events of Fall 2021 as it welcomes a stacked field of competitors to the Fall Ranked Spotlight this coming weekend.
The four-day tournament will be played at Cary Tennis Park from Thursday through Sunday. There will not be live results or live streaming. More information about the invitational is located here.
FORMAT:
NC State is one of 13 teams that will be sending "2 ranked + 2 players" to compete this weekend. UCF, Tennessee, Ohio State, South Carolina, Miami, Virginia, Michigan, USC, Duke, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Princeton are also set to participate. Of those 13 teams, 12 finished the 2021 dual match campaign ranked in the national top 30.
There will be two singles draws, with each including a back draw, and the doubles teams will be divided into four pods. A schedule of play for the weekend is as follows:
Thursday: 2 doubles matches
Friday: 2 singles matches
Saturday: 2 singles matches
Sunday: 1 doubles match, 1 singles match
WOLFPACK REPRESENTATION:
The Pack will be well-represented by four women, three whom are featured in the preseason national singles rankings. Alana Smith (No. 23) and Jaeda Daniel (No. 111) will also pair up for doubles as the nation's 27th-ranked duo, while Amelia Rajecki and Sophie Abrams (No. 49) will also play as a doubles pair.
Daniel and Smith both earned All-America citations in doubles after the 2021 NCAA Championships, and this weekend will mark their first time playing as a duo in official collegiate competition. Smith went on a program-best run to the national semifinals last year, and Daniel ended her doubles season in the Round of 16 after earning a top-eight seed into the national draw.
Abrams enters the fall with a career-high singles ranking. She beat her previous mark of No. 70 as well following a season during which she was named AAC Freshman of the Year before transferring to NC State.
Abigail Rencheli, who is ranked a personal-best No. 48 in singles, will compete in the A draw, and Sara Nayar and Rajecki will compete in the B draw.
UP NEXT:
After the conclusion of the Wolfpack Invitational, NC State will turn its attention to the ITA All-American Championships. The event is set to run Oct. 4-10 in Mount Pleasant, S.C., and two Wolfpack doubles pairs and three singles players have been selected to participate.
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