
#22 Pack Men’s Tennis Opens Season with Home Doubleheader
1/17/2025 12:19:00 PM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, N.C. – 22nd-ranked NC State men's tennis opens its 2025 season by hosting a doubleheader with in-state competition Campbell and NC Central. The matches are set for 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., respectively, at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh.
Dual-Match Info
• All tennis matches are played at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center on NC State's campus in Raleigh and are free of charge for fans to attends - this weekend's matches are set to be played indoors.
• Parking for fans is available at West Deck off of Western Blvd free of charge on the weekends.
• Start times for the matches are set for 11 a.m. (vs. Campbell) and 4 p.m. (vs. NC Central).
• Donuts will be given away (while supplies last) and fans will be able to enter to win a prize pack.
Series History with Campbell (leads 11-2)
• Saturday's dual-match marks the 14th meeting between the Wolfpack and the Camels.
NC State currently leads the series over Virginia by nine victories.
• The two faced each other this past season (February of 2024) at the J.W. Isenhour Center in Raleigh that resulted in a 7-0 win for the Wolfpack.
Series History with NC Central (leads 7-0)
• Saturday's dual-meet marks the eighth meeting between the Wolfpack and the Eagles. NC State dominates the series over NC Central by seven victories without ever dropping a single set to them.
• The two faced each other this past season (February of 2024) at the J.W. Isenhour Center in Raleigh that resulted in a 4-0 win for the Wolfpack.
Quick Notes
• The ACC holds six teams ranked nationally, three of which are now inside the top-10 (No. 4 Wake Forest, No. 5 Virginia, No. 9 Florida State, No. 12 Duke, No. 17 Stanford, and No. 22 NC State). There are seven teams total with wrestling programs in the ACC.
• NC State is scheduled to play eight teams featured in the ITA preseason rankings (No. 4 Wake Forest, No. 5 Virginia, No. 8 Columbia, No. 9 Florida State, No. 12 Duke, No. 17 Stanford, No. 21 Harvard, and No. 25 Michigan)
• The Pack holds three players ranked in singles (No. 17 Braden Shick, No. 26 Martin Borisiouk, and No. 97 Luca Staeheli) and one pair ranked in doubles (No. 102 Braden Shick & Fons Van Sambeek).
• Head coach Kyle Spencer enters his eighth season at helm of the Wolfpack.
• The program welcomes three freshmen to their first collegiate spring season - local product from Chapel Hill, Cody Benton, Netherlands native, Noah Gabriel, and Bulgaria native Nikolay Nedelchev.
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