No. 10 @PackWTennis couldn't be stopped on Easter weekend, sweeping the slate and downing Louisville, Notre Dame and ECU in Zyryanova's last home matches.
Earnshaw: "Particularly at this time of the year, she knows how it is and what to do."
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Zyryanova is the lone senior on the roster, and the last remaining player from NC State's run to the NCAA Championship in 2023.
"One of the hard things these days is four-year players, right?," head coach Simon Earnshaw said."It's become so endemic in our sport, with short-termism and all this multiple transfers, dropping and changing β¦ We didn't have any seniors last year. It was a little bit unusual like that β¦ It's not even for the individual, but it helps everybody around them stay a little more orderly, rather than just randomizing it every single year, and 'let's see what we get.'"
Playing in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots last season, Zyryanova has the experience and the skill to put the team in position to win.
"We know what we're gonna get with her, we know she can bring a level of experience and knowledge within our program," Earnshaw said. "She's had some disruptions with injuries in her time here, but overall, there's been a sort of a steady progression and continuity, where particularly at this time of the year, she knows how it is and what to do. I think that's very helpful when you've got a lot of young players or people looking for a bit of direction."
Playing out all the singles matches rather than finishing at the clinch, the Pack did not falter once. No. 36 sophomore Mia Slama went 6-1, 6-1, utilizing her ever-consistent approach en route to domination. She has been rock solid, having lost only once since mid-February while playing most of the season on Court 1.
"She's very professional, very disciplined, because she does a lot of the things very well when you're not looking," Earnshaw said. "She's on top of her school work, very organized, and that brings an amount of regularity to her. She never gets too high, never gets too low."
"We need to play ECU," Earnshaw said. "We're playing them in most sports, they don't have a conference schedule. They need matches later in the year, and for us, it's useful to get matches for our other players. In today's scenario, we had two players not even really play, so there's a level of utility. Why is it on Easter? I don't know, we make the schedules in advance. We should really have been playing first Thursday, Saturday this week."
Earnshaw said the conference schedules the matches, and for a change to take place, all four coaches in the weekend cohort would have to agree to it. So Louisville and Notre Dame as a pair of travel buddies, and Wake Forest as NC State's travel buddy in the ACC, needed to agree to a change.
The Pack will be back in action on Wednesday, April 8 to face Duke in a nonconference matchup at 4 p.m. at Cary Tennis Park.
Earnshaw: "Particularly at this time of the year, she knows how it is and what to do."
@dsus_sus
https://technicianonline.com/158906/sports/no-10-nc-state-womens-tennis-sweeps-easter-weekend/
Zyryanova is the lone senior on the roster, and the last remaining player from NC State's run to the NCAA Championship in 2023.
"One of the hard things these days is four-year players, right?," head coach Simon Earnshaw said."It's become so endemic in our sport, with short-termism and all this multiple transfers, dropping and changing β¦ We didn't have any seniors last year. It was a little bit unusual like that β¦ It's not even for the individual, but it helps everybody around them stay a little more orderly, rather than just randomizing it every single year, and 'let's see what we get.'"
Playing in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots last season, Zyryanova has the experience and the skill to put the team in position to win.
"We know what we're gonna get with her, we know she can bring a level of experience and knowledge within our program," Earnshaw said. "She's had some disruptions with injuries in her time here, but overall, there's been a sort of a steady progression and continuity, where particularly at this time of the year, she knows how it is and what to do. I think that's very helpful when you've got a lot of young players or people looking for a bit of direction."
Playing out all the singles matches rather than finishing at the clinch, the Pack did not falter once. No. 36 sophomore Mia Slama went 6-1, 6-1, utilizing her ever-consistent approach en route to domination. She has been rock solid, having lost only once since mid-February while playing most of the season on Court 1.
"She's very professional, very disciplined, because she does a lot of the things very well when you're not looking," Earnshaw said. "She's on top of her school work, very organized, and that brings an amount of regularity to her. She never gets too high, never gets too low."
"We need to play ECU," Earnshaw said. "We're playing them in most sports, they don't have a conference schedule. They need matches later in the year, and for us, it's useful to get matches for our other players. In today's scenario, we had two players not even really play, so there's a level of utility. Why is it on Easter? I don't know, we make the schedules in advance. We should really have been playing first Thursday, Saturday this week."
Earnshaw said the conference schedules the matches, and for a change to take place, all four coaches in the weekend cohort would have to agree to it. So Louisville and Notre Dame as a pair of travel buddies, and Wake Forest as NC State's travel buddy in the ACC, needed to agree to a change.
The Pack will be back in action on Wednesday, April 8 to face Duke in a nonconference matchup at 4 p.m. at Cary Tennis Park.
