Wake Forest University
North Carolina State
NC State Stops Women's Tennis, 5-2
3/7/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
March 7, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Wake Forest women's tennis team dropped its conference opener to NC State on Saturday, 5-2.
The Demon Deacons drop to 5-5 and 0-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. NC State is now 5-4 and 1-2 in the ACC.
The Wolfpack swept the Deacs in doubles action. In singles play, Kathryn Talbert notched the first win of the day, taking down NC State's Berkeley Brock in three sets at No. 2, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
NC State clinched the match win at No. 3 singles, but Aileen Davis followed with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 6 over Chlose Smith to add one more point to the Wake Forest final tally.
Wake Forest is headed to South Carolina next week for two spring break matches. On Tuesday, March 9, the Demon Deacons will face the Lady Gamecocks in Columbia, S.C. and follow with the College of Charleston on March 10.
Doubles
1. Sandhya Nagaraj/Berkeley Brock (NCSU) d. No. 44 Sasha Kulikova/Kathryn Talbert (WF), 8-2
2. Lenka Hojckova/Tana Illova (NCSU) d. Aileen Davis/Emilee Malvehy (WF), 8-2
3. Ashley Miller/Daria Petrovic (NCSU) d. Ryann Cutillo/Katarina Reveche (WF), 8-5
Order of finish: 2,1,3
Singles
1. No. 51 Sandhya Nagaraj (NCSU) d. Sasha Kulikova (WF), 6-7 (1), 6-4, 6-4
2. Kathryn Talbert (WF) d. Berkeley Brock (NCSU), 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
3. Lenka Hojckova (NCSU) d. Emilee Malvehy (WF), 7-6 (5), 7-5
4. Daria Petrovic (NCSU) d. Ryann Cutillo (WF), 6-3, 6-2
5. Tana Illova (NCSU) d. Katarina Reveche (WF), 6-3, 7-5
6. Aileen Davis (WF) d. Chloe Smith (NCSU), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 4,5,2,3*,6,1
3* clinched win
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