NC State
Notre Dame
#23 Pack Defeats Notre Dame, 4-3
4/3/2022 5:10:00 PM | Men's Tennis
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - The No. 23 NC State men's tennis team posted a 4-3 victory over Notre Dame on Sunday, winning four singles matches on its way to the win.
DOUBLES RECAP
Braden Shick and Joseph Schrader made up the lone Wolfpack doubles pair with a win, taking down Matthew Che and Aditya Vashistha, 6-3.
On court one, Matthew Halpin and Jean-Marc Malkowski defeated No. 19 Robin Catry and Luca Staeheli, 6-4. The Fighting Irish duo was joined in victory by Connor Fu and Peter Conklin.
Fu and Conklin defeated Collin Shick and Fons Van Sambeek in a 6-2 decision.
SINGLES RECAP
Singles play proved to be a battle with four of the six courts going to third sets. Braden Shick and Catry were the two who won their matches in straight sets.
Braden Shick was the first with a win, cruising to a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Braeden Ho. He was followed in victory by Catry's 7-6(?), 6-4 takedown of Conklin.
Martins Rocens got NC State within one point of clinching the match with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 win over Fu, but Notre Dame battled back with a pair of their own singles wins.
Malkowski got the first Fighting Irish singles win of the match as he defeated Van Sambeek 6-2, 3-6, 7-5.
Vashistha evened the team score at 3-3 with his 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 win over Rafa Izquierdo Luque.
In the end, the match came down to a tightly-contested third-set battle between Staeheli and Che. Staeheli came away with the 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 win to seal the team victory for NC State.
STRAIGHT FROM THE PACK: HEAD COACH KYLE SPENCER
"Huge battle today as we know it would be," said head coach Kyle Spencer. "Both teams were playing shorthanded, and the match was played at a very high level throughout. We as a team have the utmost respect for Coach Sachire and his team as they fought us to the very end. With that said, I'm ecstatic for the guys fighting through and coming away with a huge ACC road win."
UP NEXT
The Pack returns to the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center for a four-match home stint beginning with Georgia Tech Friday, April 8 at 6 p.m.
RESULTS
#23 NC State 4, Notre Dame 3
Doubles
Order of finish: (2,3,1)
1. Matthew Halpin/Jean-Marc Malkowski (Notre Dame) def. Robin Catry/Luca Staeheli (NC State) 6-4
2. Peter Conklin/Connor Fu (Notre Dame) def. Collin Shick/Fons Van Sambeek (NC State) 6-2
3. Braden Shick/Joseph Schrader (NC State) def. Matthew Che/Aditya Vashistha (Notre Dame) 6-3
Singles
Order of finish: (6,4,3,5,1,2)
1. Aditya Vashistha (Notre Dame) def. Rafa Izquierdo Luque (NC State) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2. Luca Staeheli (NC State) def. Matthew Che (Notre Dame) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
3. Martins Rocens (NC State) def. Connor Fu (Notre Dame) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
4. Robin Catry (NC State) def. Peter Conklin (Notre Dame) 7-6 (7-0), 6-4
5. Jean-Marc Malkowski (Notre Dame) def. Fons Van Sambeek (NC State) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
6. Braden Shick (NC State) def. Braeden Ho (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-3
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