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#6 Pack Heads North to #5 Virginia and Virginia Tech
3/6/2025 1:14:00 PM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH – Sixth-ranked NC State men's tennis is set to travel north for its first away conference matches of the season. The match with fifth-ranked Virginia is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Friday and the match with Virginia Tech is slated for 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Dual-Match Info
Virginia
• Start time for the match is slated for 3 p.m. on Friday, March 7 in Charlottesville at the Virginia Tennis Complex at the Boar's Head Sports Club.
• Fans at home will be able to follow along with live scores here and the live stream here.
Virginia Tech
• Start time for the match is slated for 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 9 in Blacksburg at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.
Series History with Virginia (trails 15-54)
• Friday's dual-match marks the 70th meeting between the Wolfpack and the Cavaliers. Virginia dominates the series between the two with 40 wins over NC State
• The two already faced each other this season (February of 2025) at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Dallas which resulted in a 1-4 loss for the Wolfpack.
Series History with Virginia Tech (trails 14-15)
• Sunday's dual-match marks the 30th meeting between the Wolfpack and the Hokies. Virginia Tech leads the series over NC State with one lone win.
• The two last faced each other in March of 2024 in Blacksburg which resulted in a 7-0 sweep for the Wolfpack.
Last Time Out
NC State defeated No. 6 Stanford 4-2 at home, indoors. This marked the third top-10 win of the season for the Pack.
Quick Notes
• The ACC holds six teams ranked nationally in the top-25, four of which are in the top-10 (No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 5 Virginia, No. 6 NC State, No. 9 Stanford, No. 11 Duke, and No. 25 Florida State).
• 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)
• Head coach Kyle Spencer enters his eighth season at the 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.
• A doubleheader win to open the season made the Pack 8-0 in winning season premiere matches with head coach Kyle Spencer at the helm of the program.
Team Highlights
• After defeating No. 9 Mississippi State by a 4-1 score on the road, the team qualified for ITA National Team Indoors for the first time since the 2020 season. The win marked the first top-10 win for the program since the 2022 season.
• A strong opening performance at the ITA Team Indoor Championships allowed NC State to take down No. 8 Kentucky by a 4-1 score, marking the second top-10 win of the season.
• Displaying resilience and determination at home, the Pack defeated No. 6 Stanford 4-2 at home playing on indoor courts, marking the third top-10 win of the season.
• The team moved up to No. 6 in the rankings, tying for the program's best-ever ranking, last time was in March of 2020.
Individual Highlights
• The Pack holds three players ranked in singles (No. 24 Braden Shick, No. 41 Martin Borisiouk, and No. 55 Luca Staeheli) and two pairs ranked in doubles (No. 8 Braden Shick & Fons Van Sambeek and No. 12 Jules Leroux & Luca Staeheli).
• Going undefeated in doubles and singles against No. 21 Harvard, LSU, and No. 9 Mississippi State all in the same week, Jules Leroux and Luca Staeheli claimed all of the ACC Weekly Awards as announced by the conference office on Tuesday, January 28. Staeheli was named Player of the Week, Leroux was named Freshman of the Week and the two together were named the Doubles Team of the Week.
• Braden Shick earned his first conference weekly honor of the season when he was named ACC Player of the Week on February 11 for his dominant victory over No. 20 Paul Inchauspe.
• After going undefeated in singles and doubles and making huge contributions to win three straight matches over UNC Greensboro, No. 22 California, and No. 6 Stanford in just five days, Jules Leroux and Luca Staeheli racked up more ACC Weekly Awards. Leroux was named Freshman of the Week while Staeheli was Player of the Week on Tuesday, March 4.
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