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RALEIGH – The No. 42 Notre Dame women’s tennis squad split the road weekend in the state of North Carolina. The Fighting Irish (15-8, 5-7) first defeated No. 68 Wake Forest on Friday, 4-2, then fell to 4-0 to No. 10 NC State on Sunday. The loss to the top-10-ranked Wolfpack ended Notre Dame’s three-match win streak. The Blue & Gold are currently in 10th place in the ACC Standings.
Against Wake, Notre Dame got off to a 1-0 start after winning the doubles point. Akari Matsuno and Mari-Louise Van Zyl got it going with a 6-3 victory on court three. After the weekend slate, they are now 6-2 overall this spring.
Next, Gabriella Rawles and Rylie Hanford clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win on court two. On Sunday, this Irish duo was deadlocked at 4-4 when their match went unfinished against a ranked NC State duo – No. 73 Conway/Zyryanova. Rawles and Hanford are now 12-5 together this spring.
In singles at Wake Forest, it was Matsuno, Bianca Molnar and Sophia Holod who brought home the victory, in that order. Matsuno bested Krystal Blanch, 6-1, 6-0, to reach double-digit wins on the season, now 10-4.
No. 62 Molnar defeated Nevena Carton, 7-5, 6-2, and is now 11-5 in duals. Molnar was looking for a ranked win on Sunday on court one but her match against No. 36 Mia Slama went unfinished, 0-6, 6-3.
Lastly, Holod clinched on court four, knocking off Heidi Bulger, 7-6(4), 6-4. Holod has put together an impressive freshman campaign, owning a team-best 13 dual singles wins.
Up next – the Irish have one regular-season match remaining – senior day vs. DePaul on April 12 at Noon ET.
#42 Notre Dame (15-8, 5-7) – 0 | #10 NC State (17-5, 9-1) – 4
DOUBLES – 1, 3
1. #2 Broadfoot/Osuigwe (NCST) def. #34 Molnar/Pozder (ND), 6-2
2. #73 Conway/Zyryanova (NCST) vs. Rawles/Hanford (ND), 4-4, unfinished
3. Slama/Tanasie (NCST) def. Matsuno/Van Zyl (ND), 6-4
SINGLES – 2, 4, 3
1. #62 Bianca Molnar (ND) vs. #36 Mia Slama (NCST), 0-6, 6-3, unfinished
2. #42 Gabriella Broadfoot (NCST) def. Akari Matsuno (ND), 6-1, 6-3
3. #51 Anna Zyryanova (NCST) def. Bojana Pozder (ND), 6-4, 6-3
4. #65 Lavinia Tanasie (NCST) def. Sophia Holod (ND), 6-2, 6-4
5. Rylie Hanford (ND) vs. Victoria Osuigwe (NCST), 0-1, unfinished
6. Jessica Kovalcik (ND) vs. Jasmine Conway (NCST), dnp
#42 Notre Dame (15-7, 5-6) – 4 | #68 Wake Forest (10-11, 2-7) – 2
DOUBLES – 3, 2, 1
1. Carton/Tannenbaum (WAKE) def. #34 Molnar/Pozder (ND), 6-4
2. Rawles/Hanford (ND) def. Gownder/Oxford (WAKE), 6-4
3. Matsuno/Van Zyl (ND) def. Blanch/Nisbet (WAKE), 6-3
SINGLES – 2, 3, 5, 1, 4
1. #62 Bianca Molnar (ND) def. Nevena Carton (WAKE), 7-5, 6-2
2. Akari Matsuno (ND) def. Krystal Blanch (WAKE), 6-1, 6-0
3. Evie Oxford (WAKE) def. Bojana Pozder (ND), 6-4, 6-1
4. Sophia Holod (ND) def. Heidi Bulger (WAKE), 7-6(4), 6-4
5. Sankavi Gownder (WAKE) def. Rylie Hanford (ND), 7-5, 6-1
6. Jessica Kovalcik (ND) vs. Kady Tannenbaum (WAKE), 5-7, 6-3, unfinished
– ND –