Hokies set to celebrate seniors in final homestand of season

BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech will honor its seniors on Sunday against No. 27 Wake Forest, but not without welcoming a third-ranked NC State squad to Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.
 

STUDENT APPRECIATION GIVEAWAY
To celebrate the students that have supported Virginia Tech women's tennis all season, fans can enter a raffle to win a JBL speaker at Sunday's match.

HOKIES
Tech only had one match last weekend, a tough battle with No. 13 Virginia that went to the Cavaliers. The Hokies will aim to reignite the momentum they had following a 4-3 win at Louisville two weeks ago, which spurred Charlotte Cartledge on two ACC Freshman of the Week honors. These two matches will be the last home contests for Virginia Tech this season, so follwoing Sunday's match, seniors Elizabet Danailova, Annie Clark, Rita Pinto and Chhinda Som will be honored.

WOLFPACK
NC State suffered two setbacks last weekend with narrow 4-3 losses to No. 14 Duke and No. 1 North Carolina. Prior to those matches, the Wolfpack were riding a nine-match win streak. The NC State lineup has ranked players all throughout, with four singles competitiors ranked 61st or higher: No. 12 Jaeda Daniel, No. 33 Abigail Rencheli, No. 51 Alana Smith and No. 61 Priska Nugroho. It's much of the same in doubles, with three ranked pairs: No. 8 Jaeda Daniel and Nell Miller, No. 26 Amelia Rajecki and Abigail Rencheli and No. 89 Sophie Abrams and Priska Nugroho.

DEMON DEACONS
Wake Forest faced a similar fate as NC State last weekend, dropping matches to Duke and North Carolina, as well. In a contest earlier this season, the Demon Deacons dropped a match, 4-3, to the Wolfpack. Two Demon Deacons find themselves in the singles rankings: No. 35 Carolyn Campana and No. 94 Casie Wooten. In doubles, two duos are ranked: No. 13 Anna Brylin and Brooke Killingsworth and No. 40 Samantha Martinelli and Casie Wooten.