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Tigers Fall to No. 50 N.C. State, 5-2, in Women's Tennis
March 19, 2006 | Women's Tennis
March 19, 2006
RALEIGH, N.C. - In a match that was closer than the final score would indicate, the Princeton women's tennis team began its Spring Break trip with a 5-2 loss to 50th-ranked N.C. State at the Isenhour Tennis Center Sunday afternoon.
After falling behind 3-0, the Tigers pulled within 3-2 when Christine Kansky came back from a 6-0 first-set loss at No. 4 to defeat Nandeta Chandrasekar 6-4 in the third. But the Wolfpack then clinched the match when Neils Barringer outlasted Laura Trimble in three sets at No. 6.
Princeton had made it 3-1 when Ivana King defeated Alejandra Guerra impressively 7-6 and 6-2 at No. 3 singles. The Tigers took another match to three sets, this time by Darcy Robertson at No. 2, but she fell in a third-set tiebreak to Barbara Orlay in the day's final match.
The doubles were split after Kansky and Rankin Williams won at No. 3, but Guerra and Orlay, the 30th-ranked team in the country, came from behind to defeat King and Jessica Siebel 8-5 at No. 1.
The Tigers, now 4-5 on the spring season, will play UNC Greensboro on Duke's campus Tuesday afternoon.
No. 50 NC State d. Princeton, 5-2
Singles
1. Lee d. J. Siebel (PU), 6-1, 6-2
2. Orlay d. D. Robertson (PU), 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-9)
3. I. King (PU) d. Guerra, 7-6 (3), 6-2
4. C. Kansky (PU) d. Chandrasekar, 0-6, 7-5, 6-4 5. Roach d. K. Stewart (PU), 6-2, 6-0
6. Barringer d. L. Trimble (PU), 7-6 (3), 6-7 (6-8), 6-3
Doubles
1. No. 30 Guerra/Orlay d. I. King/J. Siebel (PU), 8-5
2. Lee/Roach d. D. Robertson/J. Roth (PU), 8-1
3. C. Kansky/R. Williams (PU) d. Chandrasekar/Johansson, 8-4