Box Score RALEIGH, N.C. - Despite the final results, App State women's tennis put forth a solid effort in a 6-1 setback to No. 8 NC State on Monday afternoon at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.
App State falls to 0-1 and the Wolfpack improves to 5-0.
Highlighting the day was newcomer
Sasha Pisareva. Playing in her first match as a Mountaineer, she upended No. 18 Anna Rogers in a matchup in the No. 1 slot. Pisareva won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, handing Rogers just her sixth loss this season dating back to the fall and snapping a three-match win streak.
NCSU tallied the doubles point despite App giving the Wolfpack all they could handle. After Pisareva/
Teodora Sevo fell 6-3 as the No. 3 tandem,
Sandra Anglesjö/
Virginia Poggi narrowly fell to Rogers and Lana Mavor, 7-5.
Cassie McLay/
María José Zacarias had the 22nd-ranked doubles pairing of Adriana Reami/Jaeda Daniel on the ropes with the contest tied, 4-4, but went unfinished.
In singles, NCSU boasted two-ranked foes in Rogers (18th) and No. 23 Reami. Sevo fell to Reami in straight sets, while
Cassie McLay suffered a 7-5, 6-0 decision to Norman.
Kate Earnhardt endured a 7-5, 6-3 defeat to Daniel as the No. 3 in the lineup. Anglesjö's match went to three sets with her counterpart capturing the tiebreakers, 1-0 (10-6), and Zacarias took her second set to a tiebreak despite falling to Mavor.
The Mountaineers will play their second ACC opponent in as many matches on Sunday against Virginia Tech at 10 a.m. in Blacksburg.
