LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eighth-ranked NC State women’s tennis (14-2, 6-1 ACC) shut out Louisville (8-10, 0-8 ACC) to finish its streak on the road with a 7-0 win.
Doubles action featured a new pairing in the number one spot as Nell Miller and Diana Shnaider took the court together for the first time. Their match resulted in a 6-4 victory that officially clinched the doubles point after Sophie Abrams and Abigail Rencheli took the first win on court two with a 6-2 decision. Play on court three continued to result in a third doubles triumph for the Wolfpack from Gina Dittmann and Anna Zyryanova.
Leading one zip moving into singles, Shnaider took the first singles win on court one with a near shutout over Louisville’s Andrea DiPalma 6-1, 6-0. Her win was quickly followed by another freshman on court six with Zyryanova finished 6-0, 6-2 over Maria Campos.
Dittmann snagged the the fourth singles point on court four with the second near shutout match of the day with a 6-0, 6-1 conquest over Tyra Richardson. Abrams and Rencheli also picked up two set wins on courts three and two to push the team lead to 6-0.
Miller finished up the day in only two sets like the rest of her teammates after she had to battle through a tiebreak in the second.
Results:
#8 NC State 7, Louisville 0
Doubles Results
Order of Finish: (2, 1, 3)
1. Nell Miller/Diana Shnaider (ST) def. DiPalma/Verma (LOU) 6-4
2. Sophie Abrams/Abigail Rencheli (ST) def. Snells/Xin (LOU) 6-2
3. Gina Dittmann/Anna Zyryanova (ST) def. Campos/Gorchanyuk (LOU) 6-4
Singles Results
Order of Finish: (1, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5)
1. Diana Shnaider (ST) def. Andrea DiPalma (LOU) 6-1, 6-0
2. Abigail Rencheli (ST) def. Jamilah Snells (LOU) 6-2, 6-0
3. Sophie Abrams (ST) def. Rhea Verma (LOU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Gina Dittmann (ST) def. Tyra Richardson (LOU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Nell Miller (ST) def. Cici Xin (LOU) 6-2, 7-6 (12-10)
6. Anna Zyryanova (ST) def. Maria Campos (LOU) 6-0, 6-2
NC State will be returning home this coming Friday, March 31 to host a double header with No. 29 Syracuse at 2 p.m. and East Carolina at 6 p.m.
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