UCLA
North Carolina State
Bruins Blank Wolfpack on Day 1 of ITA Kick-Off
January 26, 2018 | Women's Tennis
LEXINGTON, Ky. โ The No. 16 UCLA women's tennis team registered a convincing 4-0 win over North Carolina State Friday on Day 1 of ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The Bruins fought back from a deficit in doubles play before sweeping all singles matches on the Boone Tennis Complex's four indoor courts.
It was a big day for the Bruins' Ayan Broomfield, who joined forces with Terri Fleming to clinch the doubles point before clinching the overall result in singles play, as well.
In a battle of Top-10 doubles teams, the Wolfpack's ninth-ranked duo of Anna Rogers and Claudia Wiktorin defeated the Bruins' seventh-ranked pair of Jada Hart and Ena Shibahara, 6-2, on Court 1. Alaina Miller and Gabby Andrews would answer, however, dispatching Bianca Moldovan and Helene Grimm, 6-4, to put the pressure on the Court 2 teams.
Broomfield and Fleming trailed Amanda Rebol and Adriana Reami, 6-5, with the elusive doubles point on the line. The Bruins bounced back, though, forcing a tiebreak to decide it. From there, Broomfield and Fleming ran away with it, picking up the doubles point with a 7-0 blanking of the Wolfpack pair.
From there, the Bruin singles lineup was a force to be reckoned with. No. T100 Fleming started by sending NC State's Helene Grimm off by a 6-4, 6-1 tally. In her first action of the dual-match season, No. 16 Shibahara added a straight-set win of her own, knocking off Rogers, 6-2, 6-4. No. 119 Hart appeared poised to pick up the clinching win on Court 2, as she led Reami by a 6-4, 5-2 score, but Broomfield proved quicker. The Clemson transfer upset No. 61 Wiktorin on Court 4, 6-3, 6-3, to clinch.
With four courts at the Boone Tennis Complex, the matches on Courts 5 and 6 were nixed following the clincher.
UCLA will take on Northwestern Saturday (10 a.m., PT), with a chance to qualify for the ITA National Indoor Championships on the line. The Wildcats upset host No. 21 Kentucky by a 4-0 score Friday morning.
Tennis Match Results
NC State vs UCLA
Jan 26, 2018 at Lexington, Ky.
(Boone Tennis Complex)
#16 UCLA 4, NC State 0
Singles competition
1. #16 Ena Shibahara (UCLA) def. Anna Rogers (ST) 6-2, 6-4
2. #119 Jada Hart (UCLA) vs. Adriana Reami (ST) 6-4, 5-2, unfinished
3. #100 Terri Fleming (UCLA) def. Helene Grimm (ST) 6-4, 6-1
4. Ayan Broomfield (UCLA) def. #61 Claudia Wiktorin (ST) 6-3, 6-3
5. Amanda Rebol (ST) vs. #46 Abi Altick (UCLA) no result
6. Bianca Moldovan (ST) vs. #76 Alaina Miller (UCLA) no result
Doubles competition
1. #9 Anna Rogers/Claudia Wiktorin (ST) def. #7 Jada Hart/Ena Shibahara (UCLA) 6-2
2. Ayan Broomfield/Terri Fleming (UCLA) def. Amanda Rebol/Adriana Reami (ST) 7-6 (7-0)
3. Alaina Miller/Gabby Andrews (UCLA) def. Bianca Moldovan/Helene Grimm (ST) 6-4
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,1,4)
Official: Larry Sloane T-2:24
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