Clemson Women’s Tennis Team Sweeps NC State On Saturday To Open Conference Play

March 6, 2004

CLEMSON, S.C. – The 12th-ranked Clemson women’s tennis team defeated #75 NC State on Saturday afternoon in Clemson by a score of 7-0. With the win, the Tigers improve to 7-2 overall and 1-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while the Wolfpack fall to 4-3 (0-1 ACC).

The Tigers won all three doubles matches to win the team doubles point. Clemson’s 30th-ranked team of Daniela Alvarez and Alix Lacelarie defeated the Wolfpacks’ Nandita Chandrasekar and Barbara Orlay by a score of 8-4 at flight one doubles. At the number two position, the Tigers’ sixth-ranked team of Maria Brito and Julie Coin won an 8-1 decision over NC State’s Vania Apodaca and Kristin Lam. Richele LeSaldo and Karen Rombouts of Clemson were victorious over Agustina Arechavaleta and Jennifer Jassawalla by a score of 8-5 at flight three.

In singles play, the Tigers’ Coin, ranked eighth by the ITA, defeated Orlay by a score of 6-4, 6-2 at flight one. Alvarez (#51) won a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Lam at flight two, while Rombouts was victorious over Chandrasekar (7-6(4), 6-4) at flight three. At number four singles, Brito defeated Jassawalla by a score of 7-5, 6-2. Clemson’s Ioana Paun won a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Apodaca at number five singles, while the Tigers’ Silvia Gutierrez handed the Wolfpacks’ Danielle Stadelmann a 6-2, 7-6(7) loss at flight six to complete the Clemson sweep.

Clemson will play host to 29th-ranked Wake Forest on Sunday. The match between the Tigers and Demon Deacons will begin at 12:00 p.m. at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center on Clemson’s campus.

#12 Clemson 7, #75 NC State 0Singles 1. #8 Julie Coin (CU) def. Barbara Orlay (NCS) 6-4, 6-2 2. #51 Daniela Alvarez (CU) def. Kristin Lam (NCS) 6-2, 6-2 3. Karen Rombouts (CU) def. Nandita Chandrasekar (NCS) 7-6(4), 6-4 4. Maria Brito (CU) def. Jennifer Jassawalla (NCS) 7-5, 6-2 5. Ioana Paun (CU) def. Vania Apodaca (NCS) 6-2, 6-3 6. Silvia Gutierrez (CU) def. Danielle Stadelmann (NCS) 6-2, 7-6(7)

Doubles 1. #30 Alvarez/Alix Lacelarie (CU) def. Chandrasekar/Orlay (NCS) 8-4 2. #6 Brito/Coin (CU) def. Apodaca/Lam (NCS) 8-1 3. Richele LeSaldo/Rombouts (CU) def. Arechavaleta/Jassawalla (NCS) 8-5