NC State
#2 Wake Forest
#19 Pack Drops to #2 Wake Forest in ITA Team Indoors Quarterfinals
2/15/2025 11:06:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Dallas, Texas – 19th-ranked NC State men's tennis fell to second-ranked Wake Forest Saturday night by a 4-2 score in the quarterfinals of the ITA National Team Indoors Championships.
Although the Pack was unable to secure the doubles point, Braden Shick and Fons Van Sambeek recorded an impressive win on court one over 30th-ranked Stefan Dostanic and Dhaksineswar Suresh by a commanding 6-3 decision.
After doubles play concluded, singles action proved to hold many possibilities for both teams as the score remained at 1-0 for nearly two and a half hours.
Cruising through set one 6-3 and fighting through a tiebreaker in the second set, Luca Staeheli earned the first singles point for the Pack on court three when he took down #98 Charlie Robertson, making the team score 1-2.
However, the scoreboard only held to 1-2 only momentarily, because Shick fell in two sets on court one to 17th-ranked Stefan Dostanic just minutes after. He displayed his grittiness as both sets were decided by a tiebreak.
Martin Borisiouk highlighted the night when he defeated seventh-ranked Dhakshineswar Suresh to make the score 2-3, keeping NC State's hopes alive.
Four of the six courts went to three sets to determine a winner. Ultimately, Wake Forest advanced when Jules Leroux fell in on court six to give the Deacon Demons the clinching point it needed.
Up Next
The Pack moves into the consolation draw to take on familiar conference foe Virginia tomorrow (Sunday, Feb. 16) at 2:00 p.m. (ET).
Results
#19 NC State 2, #2 Wake Forest 4
Location: Styslinger-Altec Tennis Complex in Dallas, Texas
Doubles Results
1 | #28 Braden Shick & Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) vs. #30 Stefan Dostanic & Dhaksineswar Suresh (WF) 6-3
2 | #3 Luca Pow & Luciano Tacchi (WF) def. #33 Jules Leroux & Luca Staeheli (NCSU) 6-4
3 | Franco Capalbo & Ioannis Xilas (WF) def. William Manning & Nikolay Nedelchev (NCSU) 6-3
Order of Finish: (1, 3, 2)
Singles Results
1 | #17 Stefan Dostanic (WF) def. #16 Braden Shick (NCSU) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3)
2 | #45 Martin Borisiouk (NCSU) def. #7 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WF) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
3 | #110 Luca Staeheli (NCSU) def. #98 Charlie Robertson (WF) 6-3, 7-6 (5)
4 | Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) vs. #100 Ioannis Xilas (WF) 6-4, 4-6, 5-2 (unfinished)
5 | Luciano Tacchi (WF) def. Nikolay Nedelchev (NCSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
6 | Luca Pow (WF) def. Jules Leroux (NCSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Order of Finish: (3, 1, 5, 2, 6)
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
3,1,5,2,6
Players Mentioned
