Boston College
North Carolina State
Tennis Eliminated From ACC Tournament
April 21, 2011 | Women's Tennis
April 21, 2011
Cary, N.C. - The Boston College women's tennis team was handed a loss by NC State in the opening round of the ACC Championship on Thursday afternoon at Cary Tennis Park. The ninth seeded Eagles (9-14, 3-8 ACC) were defeated by eighth-seed Wolfpack (15-7, 5-6 ACC), 4-0.
The Eagles lost a tough doubles point to fall behind, 1-0. NC State captured the first match, 8-6, by defeating senior Katharine Attwell and Katarina Gajic on court three, but BC took the contest on No. 2 doubles, 9-7, when sophomores Alex Kelleher and Olga Khmylev downed Lenka Johckova and Tatania Illova.
With the point hanging in the balance, freshman Veronica Corning and junior Erina Kikuchi fought back to force a tiebreaker. The tandem went back-and-forth versus Sanna Bhambri and Sandhya Nagaraj for 20 points, before NC State was able to put two consecutive points together for the win, 9-8 (12-10).
On court four of singles play, Joelle Kissell would defeat Corning, 6-4, 6-3, before the nation's 31st-ranked player, Bhambri, downed Kelleher, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 1 singles to put the Wolfpack up, 3-0.
Gajic, the ITA No. 114, was upset on court three, 6-3, 7-5, by Illova to end the match.
The loss concludes the Eagles 2010-11 season.
Final Score: NC State def. Boston College, 4-0
Singles Results
1. Sanna Bhambri (NCS) def. Alex Kelleher (BC), 6-4, 6-1
2. Erina Kikuchi (BC) vs. Sandhya Nagaraj (NCS), DNF (7-5, 4-0 NCS)
3. Tatania Illova (NCS) def. Katarina Gajic (BC), 6-3, 7-5
4. Joelle Kissell (NCS) def. Veronica Corning (BC), 6-4, 6-3
5. Katharine Attwell (BC) vs. Lenka Hojckova (NCS), DNF (6-2, 5-6 NCS)
6. Olga Khmylev (BC) vs. Tanvis Shanh (NCS), DNF (7-6, 4-2 NCS)
Order of Finish: 4, 1, 3*
Doubles Results
1. Bhambir/Nagaraj (NCS) def. Corning/Kikuchi (BC), 9-8(12-10)
2. Kelleher/Khmylev (BC) def. Hojckova/Illova (NCS), 9-7
3. Kissell/Ashley Miller (NCS) def. Attwell/Gajic (BC), 8-6
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1*
* Match/Doubles clinching point
