RALEIGH, N.C. – The NC State men’s tennis team fell 4-0 to No. 4 Michigan Friday night at the JW Isenhour Tennis Center.
Doubles (Michigan leads, 1-0)
NC State (4-4) held early leads on courts two and three in doubles before the Wolverines stormed back to claim the doubles point on the same courts. Michigan’s Patrick Maloney and Ondrej Styler rallied on court two for the first doubles win, defeating the Pack’s court-two tandem of Damien Salvestre and Martins Rocens 6-4.
Michigan (9-0) then secured the doubles point with a 7-5 win on court three as Jacob Bickersteth and Will Cooksey defeated Braden Shick and Fons Van Sambeek.
In a ranked matchup on court one, the Pack’s No. 43 ranked duo of Robin Catry and Luca Staeheli held a 5-5 tie against the Wolverines’ No. 6 ranked pairing of Gavin Young and Andrew Fenty before the match went unfinished.
Singles (Michigan clinches match, 4-0)
In singles, Michigan clinched the match with victories on courts two, three and four.
Michigan took a 2-0 lead in the overall match when No. 20 Ondrej Styler earned a 6-3, 7-5 win on court two over Rafa Izquierdo Luque. The Wolverines then stretched their advantage to 3-0 when No. 42 Patrick Maloney held off Braden Shick in a second-set tiebreaker to win 6-4, 7-6 (8-6).
Luca Staeheli won the first set in his match on court four, but No. 36 Gavin Young rallied with wins in sets two and three to post a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory to secure the win for the Wolverines.
Damien Salvestre recorded a 7-5 win in the second set of his match against top-10 foe Andrew Fenty, who ranks No. 7 nationally in this week’s ITA singles rankings. His match along with Robin Catry’s match and Fons Van Sambeek’s match went unfinished.
Results:
Doubles
Order of finish: (2,3)
1: No. 6 Gavin Young/Andrew Fenty (Michigan) vs. No. 43 Robin Catry/Luca Staeheli (NCSU) 5-5, unfinished
2: Patrick Maloney/Ondrej Styler (Michigan) def. Damien Salvestre/Martins Rocens (NCSU) 6-4
3: Jacob Bickersteth/Will Cooksey (Michigan) def. Braden Shick/Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) 7-5
Singles
Order of finish: (3,2,4)
1: No. 7 Andrew Fenty (Michigan) vs. Damien Salvestre (NCSU) 7-5, 5-7, unfinished
2: No. 20 Ondrej Styler (Michigan) def. Rafa Izquierdo Luque (NCSU) 6-3, 7-5
3: No. 42 Patrick Maloney (Michigan) def. Braden Shick (NCSU) 6-4,…
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