NC State
Florida State
#20 Wolfpack Falls To Florida State
3/4/2022 9:29:00 PM | Men's Tennis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The 20th-ranked NC State men's tennis team (10-3, 1-1 ACC) fell, 4-3, in a close match with Florida State (10-2, 1-0 ACC) on Friday.
DOUBLES RECAP
NC State took the doubles point, winning on courts one and three. No. 51 Martins Rocens and Fons Van Sambeek defeated Sebastian Arcila and Loris Pourroy 6-2, posting the win shortly before Florida State got a doubles win of its own with Josh Karpenschif and Maks Silagy defeating Collin Shick and Yannai Barkai 6-3.
Thirty-fourth-ranked Robin Catry and Luca Staeheli clinched the doubles point for the squad, getting the win over Andreja Petrovic and Youcef Rihane in a tight 7-6(5) decision.
SINGLES RECAP
The Seminoles got on the board first in singles with Petrovic's 6-4, 6-3 win over No. 101 Catry. Not long after, NC State got a singles win of its own with Damien Salvestre's 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Rihane.
Florida State equalized the team score with Pourroy's 7-5, 6-1 win over No. 84 Rafa Izquierdo Luque.
Staeheli put NC State back in the lead, coming back to win his second two sets in a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 decision against Arcila.
The match came down to court six, where Van Sambeek and Karpenschif were locked into a three-set battle. Karpenschif came away with the win, defeating Van Sambeek 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-3 to seal the Seminoles victory.
STRAIGHT FROM THE PACK: HEAD COACH KYLE SPENCER
"Tough match today," said head coach Kyle Spencer. "Proud of the way the guys battled. It wasn't our day today. We're looking forward to another opportunity to compete on Sunday."
UP NEXT
The Wolfpack travels to Miami for a 1 p.m. matchup Sunday, March 6 with the Hurricanes.
RESULTS
#20 NC State 3, Florida State 4
Doubles
Order of finish: (1,3,2)
1. #51 Martins Rocens/Fons Van Sambeek (NC State) def. Sebastian Arcila/Loris Pourroy (Florida State) 6-2
2. #34 Robin Catry/Luca Staeheli (NC State) def. Andreja Petrovic/Youcef Rihane (Florida State) 7-6 (7-5)
3. Josh Karpenschif/Maks Silagy (Florida State) def. Collin Shick/Yannai Barkai (NC State) 6-3
Singles
Order of finish: (2,5,1,3,4,6)
1. Loris Pourroy (Florida State) def. #84 Rafa Izquierdo Luque (NC State) 7-5, 6-1
2. Andreja Petrovic (Florida State) def. #101 Robin Catry (NC State) 6-4, 6-3
3. Luca Staeheli (NC State) def. Sebastian Arcila (Florida State) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
4. Richard Thongoana (Florida State) def. Martins Rocens (NC State) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
5. Damien Salvestre (NC State) def. Youcef Rihane (Florida State) 6-4, 6-4
6. Josh Karpenschif (Florida State) def. Fons Van Sambeek (NC State) 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-3
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