Not your average ACC Championship ๐ค @PackWTennis
— ACC Network (@accnetwork) April 23, 2023
๐พ Won first-ever ACC title
๐พ Defeated unbeaten No. 1 UNC
๐พ Avenged 7-0 loss earlier in season
๐พ Defeated No. 1 ranked player pic.twitter.com/NwWzUVtjNU
2022-23 NC State women's tennis (28-5, 10-3) season over
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MVP MVP MVP ๐ฅ
— The ACC (@theACC) April 23, 2023
Congrats to @PackWTennis' Diana Shnaider! pic.twitter.com/dU1hywwcec
That first-time ACC Champions feeling ๐คฉ@PackWTennis | #ACCWTEN ๐ pic.twitter.com/xlMr4qkkuM
— The ACC (@theACC) April 23, 2023
LETโS GO! ๐บ https://t.co/4bp4VtWn9l
— Megan Bastedo (@MeganBastedo) April 23, 2023
Congrats, CHAMPS!!! ๐#GoPack | @PackWTennis pic.twitter.com/AHWmdDkkwh
— #Pack9 โพ๏ธ (@NCStateBaseball) April 23, 2023
ACC Championship point for Sophie Abrams @PackWTennis at #5 Singles to take the win and title for the Wolfpack over the Tar Heels!!!! #GoPack ๐บ๐พ pic.twitter.com/n2jjkgamDi
— Simon Earnshaw (@CoachEarnshaw) April 23, 2023
The NC State women's tennis squad made history with its first-ever ACC title victory on Sunday afternoon. Adding to the accomplishment, the fifth-ranked Wolfpack defeated rival, top-ranked and previously undefeated UNC by a 4-1 score to mark the program's first time beating the nation's No. 1 team.
Sunday marked NC State's first time appearing in the championship match at the conference tournament. The win was also the Pack's first over the Tar Heels in 25 years, as the team last earned a win over North Carolina during the 1998 campaign.
NC State and North Carolina met for their lone regular-season matchup less than three weeks ago, but Sunday was a different story with the Pack's top singles player, Diana Shnaider, rejoining her team and winning ACC Tournament MVP for her efforts throughout the weekend.
The Pack went ahead with a team point following doubles action and never allowed the Tar Heels to break into the lead during singles.
Eighth-ranked Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki cruised through doubles action on court two with a 6-1 victory over No. 11 Carson Tanguilig and Fiona Crawley to put the Pack ahead. Sophie Abrams and Abigail Rencheli put up a great show of their own on court three with their 6-2 win over Reillly Tran and Abbey Forbes clinching the doubles point.
NC State got the rest of the job done with straight-set decisions from Shnaider, Rajecki and Abrams in singles action. Rajecki knocked off 21st-ranked Carson Tanguilig 6-3, 6-1 in a top-30 showdown on court three, and Shanider put the team a point away from the title with her 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Fiona Crawley, the nation's top-ranked player.
UNC got a point with a win on court two, but Abrams finished out the ACC championship victory by beating 95th-ranked Elizabeth Scotty by a 7-5, 6-1 score on court five.
The Wolfpack rides a six-match winning streak into the upcoming NCAA Tournament. NC State's record stands at 23-4, and the squad has secured 10 decisions over top-25 opponents this season.
NC State now awaits the NCAA Tournament Selection Show, which is set to air on NCAA.com on Monday, May 1 at 6 p.m.
Results:
#5 NC State 4, #1 UNC 1
Doubles Results
Order of Finish: (2, 3)
1. #16 Elizabeth Scotty/Reese Brantmeier (UNC) vs. #5 Diana Shnaider/Alana Smith (NCSU) 5-4, unfinished
2. #8 Amelia Rajecki/Nell Miller (NCSU) def. #11 Carson Tanguilig/Fiona Crawley (UNC) 6-1
3. Sophie Abrams/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) def. Reilly Tran/Abbey Forbes (UNC) 6-2
Singles Results
Order of Finish: (3, 1, 2, 5)
1. #12 Diana Shnaider (NCSU) def. #1 Fiona Crawley (UNC) 6-2, 6-1
2. #6 Reese Brantmeier (NCSU) def. #15 Alana Smith (NCSU) 6-4, 6-2
3. #29 Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. #21 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) 6-3, 6-1
4. #32 Abbey Forbes (UNC) vs. #76 Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) 6-7 (6-8), unfinished
5. Sophie Abrams (NCSU) def. #95 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 7-5, 6-1
6. #37 Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) vs. Gina Dittmann (NCSU) 6-7 (8-10), unfinished
#GoPack | @PackWTennis
https://gopack.com/news/2023/4/23/womens-tennis-wolfpack-womens-tennis-crowned-acc-champion-for-first-time-in-program-history.aspx
Sunday marked NC State's first time appearing in the championship match at the conference tournament. The win was also the Pack's first over the Tar Heels in 25 years, as the team last earned a win over North Carolina during the 1998 campaign.
NC State and North Carolina met for their lone regular-season matchup less than three weeks ago, but Sunday was a different story with the Pack's top singles player, Diana Shnaider, rejoining her team and winning ACC Tournament MVP for her efforts throughout the weekend.
The Pack went ahead with a team point following doubles action and never allowed the Tar Heels to break into the lead during singles.
Eighth-ranked Nell Miller and Amelia Rajecki cruised through doubles action on court two with a 6-1 victory over No. 11 Carson Tanguilig and Fiona Crawley to put the Pack ahead. Sophie Abrams and Abigail Rencheli put up a great show of their own on court three with their 6-2 win over Reillly Tran and Abbey Forbes clinching the doubles point.
NC State got the rest of the job done with straight-set decisions from Shnaider, Rajecki and Abrams in singles action. Rajecki knocked off 21st-ranked Carson Tanguilig 6-3, 6-1 in a top-30 showdown on court three, and Shanider put the team a point away from the title with her 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Fiona Crawley, the nation's top-ranked player.
UNC got a point with a win on court two, but Abrams finished out the ACC championship victory by beating 95th-ranked Elizabeth Scotty by a 7-5, 6-1 score on court five.
The Wolfpack rides a six-match winning streak into the upcoming NCAA Tournament. NC State's record stands at 23-4, and the squad has secured 10 decisions over top-25 opponents this season.
NC State now awaits the NCAA Tournament Selection Show, which is set to air on NCAA.com on Monday, May 1 at 6 p.m.
Results:
#5 NC State 4, #1 UNC 1
Doubles Results
Order of Finish: (2, 3)
1. #16 Elizabeth Scotty/Reese Brantmeier (UNC) vs. #5 Diana Shnaider/Alana Smith (NCSU) 5-4, unfinished
2. #8 Amelia Rajecki/Nell Miller (NCSU) def. #11 Carson Tanguilig/Fiona Crawley (UNC) 6-1
3. Sophie Abrams/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) def. Reilly Tran/Abbey Forbes (UNC) 6-2
Singles Results
Order of Finish: (3, 1, 2, 5)
1. #12 Diana Shnaider (NCSU) def. #1 Fiona Crawley (UNC) 6-2, 6-1
2. #6 Reese Brantmeier (NCSU) def. #15 Alana Smith (NCSU) 6-4, 6-2
3. #29 Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. #21 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) 6-3, 6-1
4. #32 Abbey Forbes (UNC) vs. #76 Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) 6-7 (6-8), unfinished
5. Sophie Abrams (NCSU) def. #95 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 7-5, 6-1
6. #37 Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) vs. Gina Dittmann (NCSU) 6-7 (8-10), unfinished
#GoPack | @PackWTennis
https://gopack.com/news/2023/4/23/womens-tennis-wolfpack-womens-tennis-crowned-acc-champion-for-first-time-in-program-history.aspx
If you come for the king, you best not miss.
This time, the Wolfpack didn't miss.
Just weeks after suffering a 7-0 loss to UNC-Chapel Hill, No. 5 NC State women's tennis conquered the undefeated and undisputed rulers of college tennis the No. 1 Tar Heels 4-1, making its first-ever ACC Championship title in program history that much sweeter.
"Today is definitely the best day we could have beaten them ever in history because obviously it's the first time we've ever beaten them," said graduate student Alana Smith. "It's even sweeter that it's in the ACC Championship. So yeah, it's definitely the highlight of my career now."
The Wolfpack (23-4, 10 ACC) got a rare second chance at the Heels (29-1, 13-0 ACC) and exacted its revenge, crushing UNC 4-1 in arguably its best and most memorable win in program history. In fact, NC State made history in almost every facet of the match on top of bringing some hardware back to Raleigh.
"It was the last team that we had to beat, and I guess if you're going to win, let's win it in a match where you get the most payoff," said head coach Simon Earnshaw. "We were fortunate today, I think we looked like the team we felt like we could be the whole season and we really played to our potential."
Not only was it the first conference title in history, but it was the first time NC State beat the perennially-excellent Tar Heels since 1999. The Pack knew it would take a herculean effort to down the best team in women's college tennis, and right from the start, it was clear that NC State was ready to do anything and everything it needed to do to raise the trophy.
"We knew we had to fight," said junior Sophie Abrams. "We knew it was not going to be easy. We were prepared to stay out here for hours. We didn't care how long it took but we just had to keep fighting for each other and thankfully, it worked out."
That determination was clear from the very beginning of the Championship Sunday match at Cary Tennis Park. The Wolfpack came out firing on all cylinders in doubles, eventually winning the all-important point in what initially looked like a match that would go down to the wire.
But by the end, the Pack didn't just win it crushed the Heels 4-1, making its ACC Championship victory that much more impressive.
Doubles started with a bang two of NC State's three pairs earned convincing wins to earn a 1-0 lead. First, No. 8 junior Amelia Rajecki and fifth-year senior Nell Miller took court two 6-1, and were followed by Abrams' and junior Abigail Rencheli's 6-2 win on court three. NC State played possibly its best doubles round of the season, but the red-and-white was just getting started.
Singles was headlined by No. 12 freshman Diana Shnaider's win against the No. 1-ranked ITA player in the nation UNC's Fiona Crawley. Shnaider, the No. 88 player in the world, didn't play when the rivals met in early April, so she and her teammates were chomping at the bit to get her on the court against Crawley.
"The girls were so excited I was playing her," Shnaider said. "I was like, 'this girl is solid, she's first in the college rankings, she'll play good, I need to play even better to beat her,' and I wanted to help my team get these points, so I'm going to do as best as I can."
They had reason to be excited. Shnaider played one of the biggest roles in the match by downing the No. 1 player in the nation. And like NC State's overall victory, Shnaider didn't just win, she thrashed Crawley.
It was one of, if not her best performance all season. Even though each and every point was competitive giving the droves of rival fans in attendance plenty to cheer about Shnaider always seemed to come out on top. She simply overpowered Crawley, using her relentless drive to stay in points and hitting deep shots to take them, eventually winning 6-2, 6-1 to put NC State in clinch position.
But before that, No. 29 Rajecki took court three just as convincingly. In fact, she bludgeoned UNC's No. 21 Carson Tanguilig 6-3, 6-1 for NC State's first singles win. Once Rajecki and Shnaider bumped the lead up to 3-0, the Wolfpack, and its many fans, smelled blood in the water.
UNC was able to get one win on the day a straight-sets win over Smith on court two. However, with NC State winning five out of six first sets, two of which came by way of fiercely-contested tiebreakers, the Heels needed a monumental effort to get back in it.
While Rencheli and junior Gina Dittmann riled up the crowd with show-stopping tiebreak wins, it was Abrams who delivered the killshot. She was caught in a competitive, back-and-forth match with Carolina's No. 95 Elizabeth Scotty, but after winning a close first set 7-5, Abrams dominated in her second.
Towards the end, her teammates and fans could feel it coming, and as she served out and won her final point, the team rushed court five and hoisted the Pack's first-ever ACC Championship trophy.
"In the moment, I was pretty nervous," Abrams said. "But to be honest, it felt like any other match until the final ball went out and I realized what just happened and I couldn't stop crying for the next five minutes. So it was pretty intense."
Afterwards, it was unsurprisingly all smiles from the Wolfpack and its raving set of fans as the championship feeling really set in.
"We've set this goal for the past two years since I've been here and I know Simon [Earnshaw] has wanted the same thing ever since he's gotten here," Abrams said. "So it's the culmination of all the work for the past two years that has just come into one moment and I think everybody did a great job."
The ACC title and legendary win over UNC only add to a historic run by the Wolfpack, a run that hit its stride in NC State's program-defining 2022 season. Now with the ACC Championship in tow, there's only one more thing NC State has its sights set on a national championship.
The red-and-white are a shoo-in, now more than ever, to be a host for in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament starting in mid-May. After that, Orlando will play host for the final rounds of the championships, where NC State hopes to one-up its quarterfinal appearance from last season.
The Pack has a challenging road though, and it'll need to topple quite a few more titans of college tennis to reach its goal. However, when asked about what's next, Smith only had one thing to say:
"I mean, we're getting the first national championship," Smith said. "See you guys in May."
https://www.technicianonline.com/sports/pack-women-s-tennis-stuns-no-1-unc-conquers-carolina-for-first-ever-acc-championship/article_df204616-e218-11ed-a043-43902e5dbc3a.html
This time, the Wolfpack didn't miss.
Just weeks after suffering a 7-0 loss to UNC-Chapel Hill, No. 5 NC State women's tennis conquered the undefeated and undisputed rulers of college tennis the No. 1 Tar Heels 4-1, making its first-ever ACC Championship title in program history that much sweeter.
"Today is definitely the best day we could have beaten them ever in history because obviously it's the first time we've ever beaten them," said graduate student Alana Smith. "It's even sweeter that it's in the ACC Championship. So yeah, it's definitely the highlight of my career now."
The Wolfpack (23-4, 10 ACC) got a rare second chance at the Heels (29-1, 13-0 ACC) and exacted its revenge, crushing UNC 4-1 in arguably its best and most memorable win in program history. In fact, NC State made history in almost every facet of the match on top of bringing some hardware back to Raleigh.
"It was the last team that we had to beat, and I guess if you're going to win, let's win it in a match where you get the most payoff," said head coach Simon Earnshaw. "We were fortunate today, I think we looked like the team we felt like we could be the whole season and we really played to our potential."
Not only was it the first conference title in history, but it was the first time NC State beat the perennially-excellent Tar Heels since 1999. The Pack knew it would take a herculean effort to down the best team in women's college tennis, and right from the start, it was clear that NC State was ready to do anything and everything it needed to do to raise the trophy.
"We knew we had to fight," said junior Sophie Abrams. "We knew it was not going to be easy. We were prepared to stay out here for hours. We didn't care how long it took but we just had to keep fighting for each other and thankfully, it worked out."
That determination was clear from the very beginning of the Championship Sunday match at Cary Tennis Park. The Wolfpack came out firing on all cylinders in doubles, eventually winning the all-important point in what initially looked like a match that would go down to the wire.
But by the end, the Pack didn't just win it crushed the Heels 4-1, making its ACC Championship victory that much more impressive.
Doubles started with a bang two of NC State's three pairs earned convincing wins to earn a 1-0 lead. First, No. 8 junior Amelia Rajecki and fifth-year senior Nell Miller took court two 6-1, and were followed by Abrams' and junior Abigail Rencheli's 6-2 win on court three. NC State played possibly its best doubles round of the season, but the red-and-white was just getting started.
Singles was headlined by No. 12 freshman Diana Shnaider's win against the No. 1-ranked ITA player in the nation UNC's Fiona Crawley. Shnaider, the No. 88 player in the world, didn't play when the rivals met in early April, so she and her teammates were chomping at the bit to get her on the court against Crawley.
"The girls were so excited I was playing her," Shnaider said. "I was like, 'this girl is solid, she's first in the college rankings, she'll play good, I need to play even better to beat her,' and I wanted to help my team get these points, so I'm going to do as best as I can."
They had reason to be excited. Shnaider played one of the biggest roles in the match by downing the No. 1 player in the nation. And like NC State's overall victory, Shnaider didn't just win, she thrashed Crawley.
It was one of, if not her best performance all season. Even though each and every point was competitive giving the droves of rival fans in attendance plenty to cheer about Shnaider always seemed to come out on top. She simply overpowered Crawley, using her relentless drive to stay in points and hitting deep shots to take them, eventually winning 6-2, 6-1 to put NC State in clinch position.
But before that, No. 29 Rajecki took court three just as convincingly. In fact, she bludgeoned UNC's No. 21 Carson Tanguilig 6-3, 6-1 for NC State's first singles win. Once Rajecki and Shnaider bumped the lead up to 3-0, the Wolfpack, and its many fans, smelled blood in the water.
UNC was able to get one win on the day a straight-sets win over Smith on court two. However, with NC State winning five out of six first sets, two of which came by way of fiercely-contested tiebreakers, the Heels needed a monumental effort to get back in it.
While Rencheli and junior Gina Dittmann riled up the crowd with show-stopping tiebreak wins, it was Abrams who delivered the killshot. She was caught in a competitive, back-and-forth match with Carolina's No. 95 Elizabeth Scotty, but after winning a close first set 7-5, Abrams dominated in her second.
Towards the end, her teammates and fans could feel it coming, and as she served out and won her final point, the team rushed court five and hoisted the Pack's first-ever ACC Championship trophy.
"In the moment, I was pretty nervous," Abrams said. "But to be honest, it felt like any other match until the final ball went out and I realized what just happened and I couldn't stop crying for the next five minutes. So it was pretty intense."
Afterwards, it was unsurprisingly all smiles from the Wolfpack and its raving set of fans as the championship feeling really set in.
"We've set this goal for the past two years since I've been here and I know Simon [Earnshaw] has wanted the same thing ever since he's gotten here," Abrams said. "So it's the culmination of all the work for the past two years that has just come into one moment and I think everybody did a great job."
The ACC title and legendary win over UNC only add to a historic run by the Wolfpack, a run that hit its stride in NC State's program-defining 2022 season. Now with the ACC Championship in tow, there's only one more thing NC State has its sights set on a national championship.
The red-and-white are a shoo-in, now more than ever, to be a host for in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament starting in mid-May. After that, Orlando will play host for the final rounds of the championships, where NC State hopes to one-up its quarterfinal appearance from last season.
The Pack has a challenging road though, and it'll need to topple quite a few more titans of college tennis to reach its goal. However, when asked about what's next, Smith only had one thing to say:
"I mean, we're getting the first national championship," Smith said. "See you guys in May."
https://www.technicianonline.com/sports/pack-women-s-tennis-stuns-no-1-unc-conquers-carolina-for-first-ever-acc-championship/article_df204616-e218-11ed-a043-43902e5dbc3a.html
Itโs happening #LightItRed @PackWTennis ACC Champs #GoPack pic.twitter.com/yFRhLqHc9e
— Simon Earnshaw (@CoachEarnshaw) April 24, 2023
2023 ACC Campeones @PackWTennis ! pic.twitter.com/SKWRyaFJEs
— Simon Earnshaw (@CoachEarnshaw) April 24, 2023
And to all a goodnight. ๐ด #GoPack pic.twitter.com/5tzeikqBJR
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) April 24, 2023
Thank you #WPN for being so loud and proud in your support yesterday for @PackWTennis and creating such an electric atmosphere even at 10am on a Sunday. The team was empowered by you, & carried by your enthusiasm to reach the finish line & win our 1st ACC title! Cheers! #GoPack pic.twitter.com/kpB1Jy335r
— Simon Earnshaw (@CoachEarnshaw) April 24, 2023
๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐
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Take a look at the latest Division I Women's National Team Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point!
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Take a look at the latest Division I Women's National Doubles Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point!
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โ๏ธUpdated Doubles Rankingsโ๏ธ
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) April 25, 2023
No. 5 Shnaider/Smith
No. 8 Miller/Rajecki#GoPack pic.twitter.com/NItifvrVN1
โ๏ธUpdated Singles Rankingsโ๏ธ
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) April 25, 2023
No. 6 Shnaider
No. 13 Smith
No. 26 Rajecki
No. 80 Rencheli#GoPack pic.twitter.com/Ui9T3qbaZB
๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ. #GoPack pic.twitter.com/ZbslxZMo8S
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) April 25, 2023
New @CrackedRacquets : @PackWTennis Head Coach @CoachEarnshaw joins me on @CRtennispodcast to discuss his team's run to their first @theACC Tournament Title and SO much more!! Presented by Tourna + Part of the @Tennis Podcast Network
New @CrackedRacquets: @PackWTennis Head Coach @CoachEarnshaw joins me on @CRtennispodcast to discuss his teamโs run to their first @theACC Tournament Title and SO much more!!
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#ACCWTEN in the rankings ๐พ pic.twitter.com/1xDP8ktlgz
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— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) April 26, 2023
In the ACC Championship over No. 1 UNC, Rajecki picked up a 6-3, 6-1 win over the No. 21 player in the nation. The win broke NC Stateโs program record for most singles wins in a season with 34 total. #GoPack pic.twitter.com/2BXrnkl4wT
๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ #GoPack pic.twitter.com/LouNDc6cAV
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) May 1, 2023
Coming in as the No. 3 seed overall, NC State has been selected to host the first and second rounds of the 2023 NCAA Women's Tennis National Championships.
NC State (23-4) will face South Carolina St. (12-7) for the first time in program history in the first round on Friday, May 5th. The team will also welcome UNC Charlotte (22-6) and Kansas (14-7) to Raleigh for regional action.
First round matches will be on Friday, May 5 at 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., followed by the second round match on Saturday, May 6 at 4:00 p.m.
The selection marks NC State's 13th overall NCAA Championships berth and is its seventh season in a row qualifying for the postseason even under the leadership of head coach Simon Earnshaw. The program has remained ranked in the top-10 the entire regular dual-match season, starting at No. 3 and finishing at No. 5 in the nation. The Wolfpack defeated seven top-25 opponents during regular season play and added three more throughout the ACC Tournament.
The milestones have continued to shatter this season for the program and individual players. Coach Earnshaw secured his 900th win early on in the season to take over as the winningest coach in program history. Alana Smith became the second player in program history to reach 100 career doubles wins and 100 career singles wins. Amelia Rajecki posted 34 singles wins, breaking the program records for most singles wins in a season. The team defeated No. 1 UNC to claim their first-ever ACC Championship while Diana Shnaider was named ACC Tournament MVP.
More details are to come.
https://gopack.com/news/2023/5/1/womens-tennis-wolfpack-selected-to-host-first-second-rounds-of-ncaa-championships.aspx
NC State (23-4) will face South Carolina St. (12-7) for the first time in program history in the first round on Friday, May 5th. The team will also welcome UNC Charlotte (22-6) and Kansas (14-7) to Raleigh for regional action.
First round matches will be on Friday, May 5 at 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., followed by the second round match on Saturday, May 6 at 4:00 p.m.
The selection marks NC State's 13th overall NCAA Championships berth and is its seventh season in a row qualifying for the postseason even under the leadership of head coach Simon Earnshaw. The program has remained ranked in the top-10 the entire regular dual-match season, starting at No. 3 and finishing at No. 5 in the nation. The Wolfpack defeated seven top-25 opponents during regular season play and added three more throughout the ACC Tournament.
The milestones have continued to shatter this season for the program and individual players. Coach Earnshaw secured his 900th win early on in the season to take over as the winningest coach in program history. Alana Smith became the second player in program history to reach 100 career doubles wins and 100 career singles wins. Amelia Rajecki posted 34 singles wins, breaking the program records for most singles wins in a season. The team defeated No. 1 UNC to claim their first-ever ACC Championship while Diana Shnaider was named ACC Tournament MVP.
More details are to come.
https://gopack.com/news/2023/5/1/womens-tennis-wolfpack-selected-to-host-first-second-rounds-of-ncaa-championships.aspx
The Tennis Recruiting Network site currently has the Wolfpack women's tennis incoming fall 2023 class ranked #6 in the country:
https://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=11320
https://www.tennisrecruiting.net/article.asp?id=11320
"Ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you." - John 15:19
Who is ready for some more postseason play this weekend? #GoPack pic.twitter.com/wMm4Jvn8Gm
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) May 3, 2023
Updated rankings headed into NCAA Championships action. #GoPack pic.twitter.com/k2vMwm9TrO
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) May 4, 2023
Updated doubles rankings headed into NCAA Championships action. #GoPack
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) May 4, 2023
No. 4 Shnaider/Smith
No. 9 Miller/Rajecki pic.twitter.com/796yxxHk2Z
Updated singles rankings headed into NCAA Championships action. #GoPack
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) May 4, 2023
No. 7 Diana Shnaider
No. 13 Alana Smith
No. 26 Amelia Rajecki
No. 87 Abigail Rencheli pic.twitter.com/zIRIi8oBUA
๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐
— ITA (@ITA_Tennis) May 4, 2023
Take a look at the latest Division I Women's National Team Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point!
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๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ โจ
— ITA (@ITA_Tennis) May 4, 2023
Take a look at the latest Division I Women's National Singles Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point!
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๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ
— ITA (@ITA_Tennis) May 4, 2023
Take a look at the latest Division I Women's National Doubles Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point!
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Fourth-ranked NC State women's tennis (23-4) welcomes South Carolina St. (12-7) among Charlotte and Kansas for the first round of NCAA Championships. The first serve is set for 5 p.m. on Friday, May 5 at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C.
Match Info:
All matches for the weekend are free and provide free nearby parking. The first-round match will be streamed live on TrackTennis here, and live scores will be available on StatBroadcast here.
This will be the first-ever meeting between the NC State Wolfpack and South Carolina State Bulldogs.
Event Parking:
Due to graduation events on campus, no parking permits are needed for this weekend's matches. Nearby parking is available in the West parking deck and Sullivan Lot.
https://gopack.com/news/2023/5/4/womens-tennis-4-wolfpack-prepped-for-first-round-of-ncaa-championships.aspx
Match Info:
All matches for the weekend are free and provide free nearby parking. The first-round match will be streamed live on TrackTennis here, and live scores will be available on StatBroadcast here.
This will be the first-ever meeting between the NC State Wolfpack and South Carolina State Bulldogs.
Event Parking:
Due to graduation events on campus, no parking permits are needed for this weekend's matches. Nearby parking is available in the West parking deck and Sullivan Lot.
https://gopack.com/news/2023/5/4/womens-tennis-4-wolfpack-prepped-for-first-round-of-ncaa-championships.aspx
With the 2nd seeded Doubles team from Texas A&M withdrawing from the NCAA Doubles event @PackWTennis Miller & Rajecki move up into the 5-8 seeded position. As such Millie Rajecki earns ITA All American honors and becomes the 8th All American in program history!!!!!
With the 2nd seeded Doubles team from Texas A&M withdrawing from the NCAA Doubles event @PackWTennis Miller & Rajecki move up into the 5-8 seeded position. As such Millie Rajecki earns ITA All American honors and becomes the 8th All American in program history!!!!! #GoPack ๐บ๐พ
— Simon Earnshaw (@CoachEarnshaw) May 4, 2023
#ACCWTEN in the rankings ๐พ pic.twitter.com/Z9QqwvAp49
— The ACC (@theACC) May 4, 2023
โช๏ธNCAAโs Round 1
— NC State Women's Tennis ๐บ๐พ (@PackWTennis) May 5, 2023
๐ South Carolina State
โฐ 5:00 PM
๐Raleigh, NC
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๐ฅ https://t.co/tdtja7inRp
๐บ https://t.co/DOdXranXm4#GoPack pic.twitter.com/gM0xybPiOJ
Kansas vs Charlotte match is still in singles
Kansas leads match 2-0
other 4 matches are in second set
one just starting 3rd set
Charlotte won 1st set in 4 of the remaining matches
long way of saying doubtful NC State match starts at 5 as scheduled
Kansas leads match 2-0
other 4 matches are in second set
one just starting 3rd set
Charlotte won 1st set in 4 of the remaining matches
long way of saying doubtful NC State match starts at 5 as scheduled
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