Cal Loses to N.C. State in NCAA Women’s Tennis Round of 16

Cal misplaced within the spherical of 16 of the NCAA ladies’s tennis event for the second straight yr, this time falling to North Carolina State 4-0 in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday.

The Eleventh-ranked Bears completed with an 18-8 document and gained the Pac-12 regular-season title.  However they might sustain with sixth-ranked North Carolina State on the Wolfpack’s residence courts.

North Carolina State will face Duke within the quarterfinals because the eight remaining groups will journey to the College of Illinois for the ultimate three rounds.

The beginning of the Cal-Wolfpack match was delayed for 3 and half hours due to inclement climate in Raleigh.  The Wolfpack (26-5) then took the doubles level by profitable the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles matches.

North Carolina State shortly obtained inside one level of clinching the match with fast victories at No. 5 and No. 6 singles.  Sophie Abrams defeated Cal’s Erin Richardson 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles for the second Wolfpack level, and Amelia Rajecki made it 3-0 moments later with a 6-0, 6-1 conquer the Golden Bears’ Hannah Viller Moeller.

However the different 4 singles matches have been shut, and every had accomplished only one set when the primary two singles matches had been accomplished. At that time Cal’s Katja Wiersholm had gained the primary set at No. 4 singles and the Bears’ Jessica Alsola had taken the primary set at No. 2 singles.

Nevertheless, the Wolfpack clinched the match with a win at No. 3 singles as Priska Nugroho defeated Cal’s Julia Rosenqvist 7-6, 6-1.  Rosenqvist made Nugroho sweat a bit within the remaining recreation because the Cal participant rallied from an 0-40 deficit by profitable three straight factors to carry the rating to 40-40. However on the fourth consecutive match level within the no-ad scoring system, Rosenqvist dedicated an error that gave Nugroho the match and gave North Carolina State the victory.

Cal has not gone previous the spherical of 16 since 2016, when it superior to the semifinals.

The outcomes:

Doubles

No. 1 — Jaeda Daniel and Nell Miller, North Carolina State, def. Haley Giavara and Valentina Iavnov, Cal, 6-3

No. 2 — Jessica Alsola and Katja Wiersholm, Cal, led Amelia Rajecki and Abigail Rencheli, North Carolina State, 5-2 when the match was deserted.

No. 3 — Sophie Abrams and Priska Nogroho, North Carolina State, def. Erin Richardson and Julia Rosenqvist, Cal, 6-3.

Order of end: No. 1, No. 2

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Singles

No. 1 — Jaeda Daniel, North Carolina State, led Haley Giavara, Cal, 7-5, 4-1 when the match was deserted

No. 2 — Jessica Alsola, Cal, led Abigail Rencheli, North Carolina State, 7-5, 3-2 when the match was deserted

No. 3 — Priska Nogroho, North Carolina State, def. Julia Rosenqvist, Cal, 7-6, 6-1

No. 4 — Katja Wiersholm, Cal, and Nell Miller, North Carolina State, have been tied 6-4, 2-6, when the match was deserted

No. 5 — Amelia Rajecki, North Carolina State, def. Hannah Viller Moeller, Cal, 6-0, 6-1

No. 6 — Sophie Abrams, North Carolina State, def. Erin Richardson, Cal, 6-2, 6-1.

Order of end: No. 6, No. 5, No. 3

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Cowl photograph of Cal’s Valentina Ivanov by the Pac-12 Convention

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