NCAA Mens Tennis

NC State improves to 2-0 in the ACC with road win over Georgia Tech

NC State improves to 2-0 in the ACC with road win over Georgia Tech


ATLANTA, GA The NC State men’s tennis team won its fourth consecutive match and second straight in the ACC after a 4-2 road win over Georgia Tech.
 
With the win the Pack improves to 8-4 overall and 2-0 in league play.
 

 
Doubles (NC State 1, Georgia Tech 0)
 
The duo of Braden Shick and Fons Van Sambeek continue to roll, jumping out to a 6-2 win over Brandon McKinney and Elias Shokry. It was the fourth straight win for the two.
 
No. 50 Robin Catry and Luca Staeheli locked up the doubles point with a 6-1 win over Keshav Chopra and Rohan Sachdev.
 
Singles (NC State 3, Georgia Tech 2)
 
The Yellow Jackets took the first two singles matches to go up 2-1, riding the hot hand of their two ranked players.
 
No. 34 Andres Martin knocked off No. 75 Rafa Izquierdo 6-3, 6-4 in a showdown of the top two singles. Georgia Tech’s Marcus McDaniel, ranked No. 47, defeated Damien Salvestre, 6-4, 6-1 to put the Yellow Jackets ahead 2-1.
 
Shick got the momentum back on the side of NC State, getting a ranked win over No. 85 Keshav Chopra (6-2, 6-2).
 
NC State rounded out the day with wins from Luca Staeheli – over Rohan Sachdev – and Fons Van Sambeek to finish the day. 

Singles

Order of finish: (1,2,3,4,6)


 

1 – No. 34 Andres Martin def. No. 75 Rafa Izquierdo Luque (NCSU), 6-3, 6-4

 

2 – No. 47 Marcus McDaniel def. Damien Salvestre (NCSU), 6-4, 6-1

 

3 – Braden Shick (NCSU) def. No. 85 Keshav Chopra, 6-2, 6-2

 

4 – Luca Staeheli (NCSU) def. Rohan Sachdev, 6-0, 6-4

 

5 – Robin Catry (NCS) vs. Elias Shokry, 6-1, 5-7, unfinished 

 

6 – Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) def. Robert Bauer, 6-2, 6-4

Doubles

Order of finish: (3,2)


 

1 – No. 39 Rafa Izquierdo Luque/Joe Wayand vs. No. 21 Andres Martin/Marcus McDaniel, 2-5 unfinished 

 

2 – No. 50 Robin Catry/Luca Staeheli (NCSU) def. Keshav Chopra/Rohan Sachdev, 6-1

 

3 – Braden Shick/Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) def. Brandon McKinney/Elias Shokry, 6-2

 

Up next: NC State welcomes Miami on March 10. 

 

 

 

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