Four members of the NC State women's tennis team opened their fall campaigns this weekend at the Wahoowa Invitational hosted by Virginia. Abigail Rencheli, Amelia Rajecki, Sophie Abrams and Sara Nayar all competed in Charlottesville, each making their fall debut for the Wolfpack program.
Rencheli, Rajecki and Abrams each found the winning column at least once in singles, and Abrams and Nayar led the way with two doubles victories. Rencheli, who is ranked a career-high No. 48 in singles, picked up a ranked win over No. 77 Tatsiana Sasnouskaya of Old Dominion to open her time at the tournament.
Friday (NC State, Penn State, Old Dominion)
Nayar/Abrams (NCSU) def. Chekhlystova/Nielsen (Penn State) 6-1
#57 Sasnouskaya/Starodubtseva (ODU) def. #18 Rajecki/Rencheli 6-4 (NCSU)
#48 Rencheli def. #77 Sasnouskaya (ODU) 7-5, 6-3
#76 Alcaide (ODU) def. Rajecki (NCSU) 7-5, 6-3
#36 Starodubtseva (ODU) def. #49 Abrams (NCSU) 6-4, 6-3
Chekhlystova (Penn State) def. #73 Nayar (NCSU) 6-4, 6-0
Saturday (NC State, Penn State, Auburn, Kansas)
Nayar/Abrams def. Lagarde/Smagina (Kansas) 6-3
Axon/Meredith (Auburn) def. #18 Rajecki/Rencheli (NCSU) 6-4
#49 Abrams (NCSU) def. Smagina (Kansas) 7-5, 6-1
#33 Ovunc (Auburn) def. #48 Rencheli (NCSU) 7-6 (4), 3-6, 12-10
Lagarde (Kansas) def. Rajecki (NCSU) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-4
Meredith (Auburn) def. #73 Nayar (NCSU) 6-3, 6-4
Sunday (NC State, Virginia, Penn State)
Chervinsky/Collard (UVA) def. #18 Rajecki/Rencheli (NCSU) 6-2
Munera/Shaikh (UVA) def. Abrams/Nayar (NCSU) 6-3
#48 Rencheli (NCSU) def. Collard (UVA) 6-3, 3-6, 10-6
Rajecki (NCSU) def. Ziodato (UVA) 7-5, 6-3
Chervinsky (UVA) def. #49 Abrams (NCSU) 6-4, 6-1
NC State will return home to host the Wolfpack Invitational/Ranked Spotlight from Sept. 23-26. The event will take place at Cary Tennis Park, and more information on the field of teams and the format of competition will follow later this week.
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