NC State
#58 Clemson
Wolfpack Tops Clemson in 2022 ACC Championships Opener
4/21/2022 6:18:00 PM | Women's Tennis
ROME, Ga. – Third-ranked NC State women's tennis (23-4) qualified for its fourth-straight ACC Championships quarterfinal appearance as the No. 5 seed Wolfpack defeated No. 12 seed Clemson 4-0 in Thursday afternoon's second-round matchup.
The Pack has now played in the quarterfinal round of the conference tournament every season since 2017-18. NC State moves on to face seventh-ranked and No. 3 seed Virginia on Friday.
NC State claimed the doubles point with wins on courts two and three after both of those duos went up a break after Clemson's first service games. Priska Nugroho and Sophie Abrams blanked the Tigers 6-0, and 26th-ranked Amelia Rajecki and Abigail Rencheli followed up with a 6-2 victory.
The Wolfpack continued to make quick work of the match with three straight-sets wins in singles. The team clinched the victory in just over two hours.
Rencheli, who is ranked 40th nationally in singles, came out on top of a ranked matchup 6-2, 6-1, and 12th-ranked Jaeda Daniel overcame an early two-game deficit to win her match 6-4, 6-1. Rajecki then served out her 6-3, 6-3 match for the deciding point.
NC State's quarterfinal matchup against Virginia is set for a 3:30 p.m. start on Friday afternoon. The Wolfpack will be looking to earn its first ACC Championships semifinal berth since 1998.
RESULTS:
#3 NC State 4, #58 Clemson 0
Doubles Results
Order of finish: 3, 2
1. #2 Jaeda Daniel/Nell Miller (NCSU) vs. #42 Samantha Buyckx/Ali DeSpain (CU) 3-4, unfinished
2. #26 Amelia Rajecki/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) def. Cristina Mayorova/Eleni Louka. (CU) 6-2
3. Sophie Abrams/Priska Nugroho (NCSU) def. Jenna Thompson/Daniella Medvedeva (CU) 6-0
Singles Results
Order of finish: 2, 1, 5
1. #12 Jaeda Daniel (NCSU) def. Eleni Louka (CU) 6-4, 6-1
2. #40 Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) def. #99 Cristina Mayorova (CU) 6-2, 6-1
3. #66 Priska Nugroho (NCSU) vs. Jenna Thompson (CU) 6-7 (7-9), 3-3 unfinished
4. Nell Miller (NCSU) vs. Daniella Medvedeva (CU) 4-6, 4-3, unfinished
5. Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. Ali DeSpain (CU) 6-3, 6-3
6. Sophie Abrams (NCSU) vs. Samantha Buyckx (CU) 7-5, 3-5, unfinished
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