RALEIGH, N.C. – Winthrop women's tennis (12-7) fell just short in a three-hour-plus road match at No. 10 NC State (21-4) Sunday evening as the Wolfpack held on for a 4-3 win.

HOW IT HAPPENED 
-Winthrop got off to a strong start taking the doubles point. NC State opened with a 6-4 win at court two as Claudia Wiktorin and Adriana Reami topped Alisa Soloveva and Rafaela Santos, but the Eagles answered with a win at the third position. Ellie Burns and Tayla Van Eck improved to 12-5 on the season as they defeated Liz Norman and Bianca Moldovan 6-3.
 
-The doubles decision would come down to a tightly fought match at court one between the two squads' nationally ranked duos. Winthrop's No. 56 Megan Kauffman and Lauren Proctor earned the 7-5 win over No. 9 Anna Rogers and Alana Smith to secure the team doubles point.
 
-NC State grabbed a 2-1 lead with the first two singles victories of the day. No. 112 Reami defeated Kauffman at the third position and at the first position, in a match-up of nationally ranked players, State's No. 15 Rogers held off Winthrop's No. 51 Proctor in a 6-3, 6-4 win.
 
-Santos evened the score at 2-2 with a 6-4, 6-4 win at court four over Norman, improving to 12-6 on the season.
 
-Soloveva's 16^th-straight singles win put the Eagles on top 3-2 as she topped No. 75 Alana Smith 7-5, 7-6.
 
-The final two courts would be decided in three-set battles. The Wolfpack tied the match again at 3-3 as Moldovan defeated Van Eck at court five, bringing the team match decision down to the result at court six.
 
-Burns downed State's Amanda Rebol 6-2 in her opening set, but a fresh Rebol would bounce back for a 6-4 second set win and pull ahead with the match decision in the balance for the 6-3 third set win.
 
NOTABLES
-Soloveva extended her winning streak to 16-consecutive matches and improved to 2-0 on the season in matches against nationally ranked players.
 
UP NEXT
Winthrop hosts its final match of the regular season on Wed., Apr. 10 on the road at Charleston Southern looking to finish off an undefeated conference campaign.

FULL RESULTS

Singles
1. #15 Anna Rogers (ST) def. #51 PROCTOR, Lauren (WIN) 6-3, 6-4
2. SOLOVEVA, Alisa (WIN) def. #75 Alana Smith (ST) 7-5, 7-6
3. #112 Adriana Reami (ST) def. KAUFFMAN, Megan (WIN) 6-2, 6-1
4. SANTOS, Rafaela (WIN) def. Liz Norman (ST) 6-4, 6-4
5. Bianca Moldovan (ST) def. VAN ECK, Tayla (WIN) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
6. Amanda Rebol (ST) def. BURNS, Ellie (WIN) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
1. #56 KAUFFMAN, Megan/PROCTOR, Lauren (WIN) def. #9 Anna Rogers/Alana Smith (ST) 7-5
2. Claudia Wiktorin/Adriana Reami (ST) def. SOLOVEVA, Alisa/SANTOS, Rafaela (WIN) 6-4
3. BURNS, Ellie/VAN ECK, Tayla (WIN) def. Liz Norman/Bianca Moldovan (ST) 6-3
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (3,1,4,2,5,6)