Women’s Tennis: No. 12 Wolfpack outlast No. 2 Cavaliers, 4-2

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The No. 2 Virginia women’s tennis team dropped its first match of conference play, falling to No. 12 NC State, 4-2, on Sunday at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh.

The Cavaliers (12-3, 4-1 ACC) won the doubles point but lost four singles matches to snap a seven-match win streak in ACC regular season matches dating back to last season.

NC State (9-3, 4-0 ACC) started the match with a quick 6-1 doubles victory on the top court. Junior Annabelle Xu and freshman Martina Genis Salas followed with a dominant 6-2 win on doubles court two. Partnered together for the first time, grad student Sara Ziodato and freshman Isabelle Lacy clinched the doubles point on doubles court three, coming through with a 6-4 victory to give Virginia an early lead.

The Wolfpack responded with a straight set win on court five to tie the match.

NC State rattled off two more wins on courts one and four to take a 3-1 lead over the Cavaliers.

On court three, Xu split sets with No. 106 Maddy Zampardo but rallied in the third to take her match 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.

The Cavaliers and the Wolfpack split sets on courts two and six. While senior Elaine Chervinsky was playing in a third set tiebreak on court two, NC State clinched the victory over Virginia with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 win on court six.

ADDITIONAL NOTES

• Annabelle Xu and Martina Genis Salas improved to 9-3 in dual matches this season in doubles
• Isabelle Lacy picked up her second doubles win of the weekend
• Senior Melodie Collard was unavailable for the Cavaliers

UP NEXT

The Cavaliers are off next week but will return home the following week to take on California on Friday, March 21, and Stanford on Sunday, March 23.

NC STATE 4, VIRGINIA 2

Singles
1. #42 Michaela Laki (NCSU) def. #22 Sara Ziodato (VA) 7-5, 6-1
2. Anna Zyryanova (NCSU) vs. #18 Elaine Chervinsky (VA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-6 (5-6), unfinished
3. #24 Annabelle Xu (VA) def. #106 Maddy Zampardo (NCSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
4. Gabriella Broadfoot (NCSU) def. #104 Isaabelle Lacy (VA) 6-4, 6-4
5. Kristina Paskauskas (NCSU) def. Blanca Pico Navarro (VA) 6-0, 6-3
6. Mia Slama (NCSU) def. Martina Genis Salas (VA) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2

Doubles
1. #2 Gabriella Broadfoot/Maddy Zampardo (NCSU) def. Meggie Navarro/Elaine Chervinsky (VA) 6-1
2. #35 Annabelle Xu/Martina Genis Salas (VA) def. Anna Zyryanova/Michaela Laki (NCSU) 6-2
3. Sara Ziodato/Isabelle Lacy (VA) def. #88 Jasmine Conway/Kristina Paskauskas (NCSU) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (5,4,1,3,6)