No. 25 Miami Hits the Road against No. 22 NC State
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s tennis team will play its final two matches of the regular season this weekend in the Tar Heel State.
No. 25 Miami (16-7, 7-3 ACC) will open with a road contest in Raleigh, N.C., when it squares off with No. 22 NC State (16-9, 7-4 ACC) at 4 p.m. at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. The winner of Friday’s match will lock up a top-four seed and an automatic berth in the quarterfinals at the 2019 ACC Championship.
The match will be streamed live HERE, with live stats accessible HERE. Admission to the match is free. Fans who plan on attending Friday’s contest will need to obtain a virtual event parking permit to park in the West Deck or West Lot. A link to this free parking pass can be found HERE.
In a series that dates back to 1936, Miami holds a 16-7 advantage over NC State. Last season, the Hurricanes and Wolfpack split a pair of contests, with Miami defeating then-No. 23 NC State, 4-3, at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center during the regular season, while the Pack topped the Canes, 4-1, in the first round of the 2018 ACC Championship.
In last weekend’s final home matches of the regular season, the Hurricanes split a pair of contests against top-50 conference foes, opening with a 4-3 triumph over then-No. 43 Virginia Tech on Friday. Two days later, Miami came up short against fifth-ranked Virginia, 4-0.
With its 7-3 conference mark, Miami has already locked up a top-five seed in the ACC Championship for the first time since 2011. As aforementioned, the Hurricanes would clinch a top-four seed in the tournament with a win over the Wolfpack.
Miami is led by a pair of sophomores featured on the national singles list, with Adria Soriano Barrera coming in at No. 55 and Bojan Jankulovski ranked No. 81.
Under the direction of second-year head coach Kyle Spencer, NC State enters the contest riding a two-match winning streak, including a 4-1 road victory over No. 49 Duke on Wednesday.
The Wolfpack is represented by Alexis Galarneau in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings, as the junior is listed at No. 23. In doubles, Galarneau pairs up with Michael Ogden to form the nation’s 44th-ranked tandem.
Following the match, the Hurricanes will take a day off before battling the defending national champion, fourth-ranked Wake Forest, in Winston-Salem, N.C., Sunday at 1 p.m.
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