In an extensive thriller, senior captain Luca Staeheli upset his opponent to clinch the win for the Wolfpack over sixth-ranked Stanford on Sunday afternoon. The victory marks the third top-10 win for the red-and-white this season
Starting out in doubles play, all three courts ended up with tied 4-4 scores at the same time, looking like any court go in either direction. Court two took the next game to move to 5-4 while court three dropped the next game to go 4-5. Leroux and Staeheli took the first win on court two 6-4, fueling Shick and Van Sambeek on court one to quickly clinch with the same score in their match.
Singles kicked off looking bleak but the large crowd of fans was able to provide energy to the Pack throughout individual action on all courts.
Shick fell in straight sets on court one to No. 18 Samir Banerjee to even out the scoreboard 1-1.
On court four Van Sambeek cleaned up next, after fighting through a tough tiebreaker in the first set he was able to take the second 6-4 to fuel fire to his teammates on courts two and three that were battling through intense matches.
With a 2-1 edge, Borisiouk finished up just after on court three despite having the original lead in the second set. He fell in a tight tiebreaker which resulted in the Cardinal evening out the team scoreboard yet again, 2-2.
Singles two, five, and six were now left. With Jules Leroux on five and William Manning on six, they had a delayed start due to playing indoors.
Despite dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, Staeheli dominated his second set 6-0, and jumped out to an early lead in the third. By the time Leroux cruised through his win on court five in straight sets, Staeheli was down 4-5 in his third set.
Manning was up 4-1 on court six and ended up taking his first set and extending a lead in the second but all eyes were on Staeheli at court two. Finally, he was able to clinch the win for his team after pushing a tiebreaker in the third by a 7-2 score.
Up Next
The Wolfpack hits the road to face No. 5 Virginia on Friday, March 7 at 3 p.m. in Charlottesville. The two already met this season in the consolation rounds of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships just a few weeks ago.
Results
#10 NC State 4, #6 Stanford 2
Location: J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C.
Attendance: 205
Doubles Results
1 | #17 Braden Shick & Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) def. Max Basing & Kyle Kang (STAN) 6-4
2 | #22 Jules Leroux & Luca Staeheli (NCSU) def. Samir Banerjee & Alex Razeghi (STAN) 6-4
3 | Martin Borisiouk & William Manning (NCSU) vs. Nico Godsick & Genry von der Schulenburg (STAN) 5-6, unfinished
Order of Finish: (2, 1)
Singles Results
1 | #18 Samir Banerjee (STAN) def. #24 Braden Shick (NCSU) 6-0, 6-1
2 | #107 Luca Staeheli (NCSU) def. #80 Max Basing (STAN) 6-7 (2-7), 6-0, 7-6 (7-2)
3 | Henry von der Schulenburg (STAN) def. #25 Martin Borisiouk (NCSU) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
4 | Fons Van Sambeek (NCSU) def. Kyle Kang (STAN) 7-6 (8-6), 6-4
5 | Jules Leroux (NCSU) def. Hudson Rivera (STAN) 6-0, 6-2
6 | William Manning (NCSU) vs. Nico Godsick (STAN) 6-1, 3-0, unfinished
Order of Finish: (1, 4, 3, 5, 2)
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