NC State
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#6 Pack Takes Down #5 Virginia On the Road
3/7/2025 7:14:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Charlottesville, Va. – Sixth-ranked NC State men's tennis continues to climb toward the top, after taking out No. 6 Stanford last week, now the Pack has defeated fifth-ranked Virginia on the road, avenging its loss to them back in February at ITA Team Indoors.
The Wolfpack has now claimed four top-10 wins this season over No. 9 Mississippi State, No. 7 Kentucky, No. 6 Stanford, and No. 5 Virginia.
Despite dropping the doubles point to the Cavaliers, the Wolfpack was able to come back and claim four singles courts for its first win over Virginia since 2020.
Going wire-to-wire, the victory came down to the very last game of the day. On court two it was No. 41 Martin Borisiouk who came back to clinch the win for his team after dropping the second set in a tiebreaker.
Once again, the underclassmen for the red-and-white played a crucial role in the win. Jules Leroux got it done first on court five with a two-set triumph to even out the scoreboard 1-1.
No. 55 Luca Staeheli followed behind securing the next team point via a two-set win on court three to tie up the scoreboard again at 2-2 after Braden Shick fell on court one to No. 18 Rafael Jodar.
Rallying back after losing his first set 4-6, redshirt-freshman William Manning took the next win for the Pack to provide energy to Borisiouk's fight on court two.
Up Next
NC State will travel over to Blacksburg to face Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
Results
#6 NC State 4, #5 Virginia 3
Location: Boar's Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va.
Attendance: 171
Doubles Results
1 | #67 Dylan Dietrich/Mans Dahlberg (VA) def. #8 Fons Van Sambeek/Braden Shick (NCSU) 7-5
2 | James Hopper/Rafael Jodar (VA) def. #12 Luca Staeheli/Jules Leroux (NCSU) 6-4
3 | William Manning/Martin Borisiouk (NCSU) def. Ty Switzer/Jangjun Kim (VA) 6-4
Order of Finish: (2, 3, 1)
Singles Results
1 | #18 Rafael Jodar (VA) def. #24 Braden Shick (NCSU) 6-3, 6-4
2 | #41 Martin Borisiouk (NCSU) def. #22 Dylan Dietrich (VA) 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5
3 | #55 Luca Staeheli (NCSU) def. Keegan Rice (VA) 6-2, 6-3
4 | James Hopper (VA) def. Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
5 | Jules Leroux (NCSU) def. Jangjun Kim (VA) 6-4, 6-3
6 | William Manning (NCSU) def. Mans Dahlberg (VA) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Order of Finish: (5, 1, 3, 6, 4, 2)
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
5,1,3,6,4,2
Players Mentioned
