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#14 Miami
Second-Ranked Pack Adds to Win Total with Victories Over #14 Miami, Elon
3/6/2022 8:01:00 PM | Women's Tennis
RALEIGH – No. 2 NC State women's tennis rounded out its first weekend of conference action with a dramatic 4-3 victory over No. 14 Miami on Sunday afternoon. The Wolfpack also took on Elon in the doubleheader, beating the visiting Phoenix by a 7-0 final score.
With three Wolfpack victories over the weekend, head coach Simon Earnshaw has now amassed 138 victories at NC State to tie as the winningest coach in program history.
NC State improved to 14-1 on the year with the pair of Sunday wins, and its victory over the Hurricanes marked the team's seventh over a top-25 opponent this season.
NC STATE 4, MIAMI 3
The Wolfpack gutted out a win in a top-15 ACC matchup to start the day. With the score tied at 3-3, Wolfpack senior Nell Miller faced a 4-1 deficit in her third set but rallied from behind to close out a 7-5, 5-6, 7-5 victory over Maya Tahan for the clinch.
The Pack took the early lead with a doubles point win, and Amelia Rajecki and ninth-ranked Jaeda Daniel added singles decisions to the Pack's tally.
Miami struck first in single's action, claiming two consecutive victories on Courts two and five. Rajecki then knotted the score even for the Wolfpack, capturing a win over Tatyana Nikolenko 6-4, 7-5 behind key breaks late in both sets. The Hurricanes once again reclaimed a lead, but Daniel kept the pack alive in the match, battling her way to a 7-5, 6-4 decision. Daniel used breaks at 3-2 and 5-4 in the second set to push her over Miami's Eden Richardson.
NC STATE 7, ELON 0
NC State closed out a busy Sunday with a sweep over Elon. The Pack opened the match by securing the doubles point and all six singles players posted wins, with five of those coming in straight sets.
UP NEXT
The Wolfpack rounds out a four-match home stretch on Tuesday afternoon as it hosts No. 15 Wake Forest. First serve from the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh is scheduled for 2 p.m. that day.
RESULTS:
#2 NC State 4, #14 Miami 3
Doubles Results
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
1. #16 Jaeda Daniel/Nell Miller (NCSU) def. #40 Eden Richardson/Daevenia Achong (UM) 6-4
2. #51 Amelia Rajecki/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) def. #38 Maya Tahan/Diana Khodan (UM) 6-4
3. Priska Nugroho/Sophie Abrams (NCSU) def. Audrey Boch-Collins/Isabella Pfennig (UM) 6-4
Singles Results
Order of finish: 5, 2, 6, 3, 1, 4
1. #9 Jaeda Daniel (NCSU) def. #81 Eden Richardson (UM)
2. #67 Daevenia Achong (UM) def. #24 Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) 7-5, 6-1
3. #85 Isabella Pfennig (UM) def. Priska Nugroho (NCSU) 6-4, 6-4
4. #112 Nell Miller (NCSU) def. Maya Tahan (UM) 7-5, 4-6, 7-5
5. Diana Khodan (UM) def. Sophie Abrams (NCSU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. Tatyana Nikolenko (UM) 6-4, 7-5
#2 NC State 7, Elon 0
Doubles Results
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
1. #16 Jaeda Daniel/Nell Miller (NCSU) def. Sibel Tanik/Lizette Reding (ELON) 6-3
2. #51 Amelia Rajecki/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) def. Victoria Saldh/Julię Ball (ELON) 6-1
3. Alison O'Dea/Olivia Archer (ELON) def. Priska Nugroho/Sara Nayar (NCSU) 6-4
Singles Results
Order of finish: 3, 5, 2, 1, 6, 4
1. #9 Jaeda Daniel (NCSU) def. Sibel Tanik (ELON) 6-2, 7-6 (5)
2. #24 Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) def. Lizette Reding (ELON) 6-3, 6-2
3. Priska Nugroho (NCSU) def. Victoria Saleh (ELON) 6-2, 6-0
4. Sophie Abrams (NCSU) Julie Ball (ELON) 7-5, 7-6 (3)
5. Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. Alison O'Dea (ELON) 6-1, 7-5
6. Sara Nayar (NCSU) def. Olivia Archer (ELON) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
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