RALEIGH, N.C. – Valerie Glozman and Caroline Driscoll picked up a couple of ranked wins and Valencia Xu prevailed in a three-setter at No. 4, but No. 29 Stanford closed its regular season with a 4-3 loss at No. 12 NC State on Sunday afternoon.
The Cardinal, 14-7 overall, finished its inaugural ACC campaign with a 7-5 league mark and the No. 7 seed in next week’s ACC Championship in Cary, N.C. Stanford will enjoy a bye until Thursday, when it opens against the winner of No. 10 seed Miami and No. 15 seed Virginia Tech. If the Cardinal was to prevail, a quarterfinal with No. 2 seed North Carolina would await on Friday.
Stanford dropped the doubles point in Raleigh, but Glozman and Connie Ma did beat the nation’s third-ranked pair on court 1 of Gabriella Broadfoot and Maddy Zampardo 6-3.
Glozman defeated Zampardo, the country’s 89th-ranked singles player on court 2, 7-5, 6-2, and Driscoll was a 6-2, 6-4 winner over No. 109 Broadfoot on court 3.
Xu dropped her first set to Kristina Paskauskas, but responded with 6-2 wins in the second and third to even the match at 3-3. Chidimma Okpara on court 6 was unable to prevail in a three-setter of her own.
On court 1, Connie Ma dropped her first match since November to no. 77 Anna Zyryanova 6-1, 6-3.
#12 NC State 4, #29 Stanford 3
DOUBLES
1) #27 Valerie Glozman/Connie Ma (STAN) d. #3 Gabriella Broadfoot/Maddy Zampardo (NCST) 6-3
2) Jasmine Conway/Anna Zyryanova (NCST) d. Caroline Driscoll/Valencia Xu (STAN) 6-3
3) Kristina Paskauskas/Mia Slama (NCST) d. Chidimma Okpara/Morgan Shaffer (STAN) 7-5
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
SINGLES
1) #77 Anna Zyryanova (NCST) d. #10 Connie Ma (STAN) 6-1, 6-3
2) #8 Valerie Glozman (STAN) d. #89 Maddy Zampardo (NCST) 7-5, 6-2
3) #78 Caroline Driscoll (STAN) d. #109 Gabriella Broadfoot (NCST) 6-2, 6-4
4) Valencia Xu (STAN) d. Kristina Paskauskas (NCST) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
5) Mia Slama (NCST) d. Alexandra Yepifanova (STAN) 6-1, 6-3
6) #96 Gabia Paskauskas (NCST) d. Chidimma Okpara (STAN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 5, 3, 1, 2, 4, 6