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1 WOLFPACK IN THE HOUSE WOLFPACK IN THE HOUSE NC State Wolfpack Women s Tennis 60 (00 ACC) NEWS FROM THE NET: HIT THE ROAD, PACK: This weekend, NC State will embark on its first road trip of the young spring season. Of the Pack s next three matches, all of which are on the road, two of the opponents are nationally ranked. Friday, Feb. 17, NC State will compete against Florida Atlantic (02) in Boca Raton, Fla., before taking on No. 25 Florida International (21) in Miami, Fla., on Sunday, Feb. 19. The Pack will then begin a tough Atlantic Coast Conference slate in Chapel Hill against rival North Carolina on Thursday, Feb. 23. The Tar Heels (72) are currently ranked No. 11 in the country. FIU boasts the No. 24 doubles tandem with juniors Nikkita Fountain and Paula Zabala, while UNC owns the No. 50 freshman pair of Meg Fanjoy and Austin Smith. UNC also has two ranked juniors in singles, No. 28 Jenna Long and No. 46 Caitlin Collins. NC State enters this weekend with a 60 record, winning all but one match by shutout. A FRESH START: A large part of the Pack s success early on this season is due to the play of the its four freshman. Of the team s 35 singles victories, 15 total wins (43%) come from the new crop of teammates. Neils Barringer is currently tied for most wins on the team with five, while Alejandra Guerra and Arielle Von Strolley both have four. Shona Lee owns two after debuting with the red and white last weekend. All four freshman are currently undefeated. ORLAY NO. 90 NATIONALLY: The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) has released the latest national rankings for singles play and senior Wolfpack women s tennis netter Barbara Orlay stands at No. 90 on the list. Orlay, a member of the 2004 AllACC team, has spent much of her career at NC State listed in the national rankings. This past fall, Orlay posted a 94 record in solo bouts. A native of Budapest, Hungary, Orlay served as the No. 1 spot staple in the Wolfpack rotation all season long last spring, finishing second on the team in spring singles wins with WOLFPACK WOMEN S TENNIS ROSTER Name Ht. Cl. Hometown Previous School Agustina Arechavaleta 57 Jr. Montevideo, Uruguay Jesus Maria Neils Barringer 57 Fr. Durham, N.C. CE Jordan HS Allison Barry 55 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. Wakefield HS Lauren Barry 54 Jr. Raleigh, N.C. Wakefield HS WOLFPACK SCHEDULE/RESULTS (BOLD denotes home match * denotes ACC match) Date Opponent Result/Time 1/15 UNC Greensboro W, 70 1/22 GardnerWebb W, 70 1/29 Western Carolina W, 70 1/29 UNC Wilmington W, 70 2/11 East Carolina W, 61 2/11 Elon W, 70 2/17 Florida Atlantic 1 pm 2/19 No. 25 Florida International 11 am 2/23 *North Carolina 4pm 2/26 Marshall 12 pm 3/2 *Duke 5 pm 3/7 Penn State (@ S.D. State) 10 am 3/9 San Diego State 2 pm 3/16 *Wake Forest 2:30 pm 3/19 Princeton 2 pm 3/25 *Florida State 11 am 3/26 *Miami 12 pm 4/1 *Virginia 12 pm 4/2 *Virginia Tech 2:30 pm 4/7 *Maryland 2:30 pm 4/9 *Boston College 11 am 4/15 *Clemson 11 am 4/16 *Georgia Tech 12 pm 4/2023 ACC Championships All Day 5/1214 NCAA Regionals All Day 5/1829 NCAA Championships All Day Nandita Chandrasekar 56 Sr. Madras, India Hindu SR Secondary Alejandra Guerra 57 Fr. Tamaulipas, Mexico Saddlebrook Prep Elin Stahl Johansson 51 So. Sodertalje, Sweden Katedralskolan Shona Lee 58 Fr. Auckland, New Zealand St. Cuthbert s College No. 90 Barbara Orlay 59 Sr. Budapest, Hungary II Ferenc Råkøczi Julia Roach 59 So. Raleigh, N.C. Broughton HS Arielle Von Strolley 53 Fr. Pembroke Pines, Fla. Univ. of Miami Online GoPack.com The Official Website of NC State Wolfpack Athletics

2 WOLFPACK RESULTS 60 (00 ACC) SINGLES DOUBLES DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE ACC RANK Jan.15 UNC Greensboro W W W W W W W L W W Jan. 22 GardnerWebb W W W W W W W W W W Jan. 29 Western Carolina W W W W W W W W W W Jan. 29 UNC Wilmington W W W W W W W W W W Feb. 11 East Carolina W W W L W W W W W W Feb. 11 Elon W W W W W W W W W L Feb. 17 Florida Atlantic 00 Feb. 19 No. 25 Fla. International 00 Feb. 23 *North Carolina Feb. 26 Marshall March 2 *Duke March 7 Penn State (@S.D. State) March 9 San Diego State March 16 *Wake Forest March 19 Princeton March 25 *Florida State March 26 *Miami April 1 *Virginia April 2 *Virginia Tech April 7 *Maryland April 9 *Boston College April 15 *Clemson April 16 *Georgia Tech April 2023 ACC Championships May 1214 NCAA Regionals May 1829 NCAA Championships Home matches in BOLD * ACC match $ ACC Championships SPRING DUAL SINGLES RECORDS PLAYER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOTAL Arechavaleta Barringer A. Barry L. Barry Chandrasekar Guerra Johansson Lee No. 90 Orlay Roach Von Strolley TOTALS SPRING DUAL DOUBLES RECORDS PLAYER #1 #2 #3 TOTAL Arechavaleta/Barringer A. Barry/Chandrasekar A. Barry/Johansson A. Barry/L. Barry L. Barry/Von Strolley Chandrasekar/Johansson Guerra/Lee Guerra/Orlay Johansson/Roach Lee/Roach TOTALS FALL RECORDS (SINGLES/DOUBLES) PLAYER Agustina Arechavaleta 93 / 85 Allison Barry 74 / 47 Lauren Barry 35 / 48 Neils Barringer 83 / 47 Nandita Chandrasekar 22 / 11 Alejandra Guerra 124 / 104 Elin Stahl Johansson 74 / 75 Barbara Orlay 94 / 95 Julia Roach 105 / 105 TOTALS 6734 / 5747 MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT Asst. for Media Relations Brandon Yopp Office Phone: (919) Cell Phone: (919) brandon_yopp@ncsu.edu NC State Athletic Media Relations Website: gopack.com Main Office: (919) Fax: (919)

3 NC STATE VS. THE ACC Singles Arechavaleta Barringer A. Barry L. Barry Chandraseker Guerra Johansson Lee No. 90 Orlay Roach Von Strolley TOTALS #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Total Doubles Team TOTALS #1 #2 #3 Total HEAD COACH HANS OLSEN Olsen at NC State Years: Fifth Season Record: ACC Record As a Head Coach Years: th Season Record: Alma Mater:... Char. So. 96, 99 Kneeling (lefttoright): Lauren Barry, Elin Stahl Johansson, Alejandra Guerra and Allison Barry Standing (lefttoright): Agustina Arechavaleta, Neils Barringer, Julia Roach, Barbara Orlay, Nandita Chandrasekar

4 Nandita CHANDRASEKAR Senior 56 Madras, India Hindu SR Seconday : Sat out the spring season due to injury... Named to the ACC Honor Roll : Led the team in wins during the spring with a record of Automatically qualified for the ITA Southeast Regional... Advanced to the round of 32 with a firstround win over an opponent from South Carolina... Picked up a win over a conference opponent in the opening round of the A1 singles in the Old Point ITA Invitational... Won the consolation bracket of the Flight 3 singles at the St. Mary s Classic with wins over two Big Ten opponents... Finished third in the Flight 2 doubles bracket of the St. Mary s Fall Classic, going 21 with Agustina Arechavaleta... Added two doubles wins and advanced to the finals of the Flight A Residence Inn North/NC State Invitational with partner Barbara Orlay... Teamed with Orlay to win opener in the A1 Doubles at the Old Point ITA Invitational... Pair qualified for the ITA Southeast Regional... ITA AllAcademic Team... ACC Honor Roll student... Named to the Dean s List in both fall and spring semesters... Served as an intern for Citigroup during the summer : Played at Charleston Southern... Named to the All Big South team... Ranked as high as No. 45 in the ITA Doubles Rankings for , and No. 112 in the ITA Singles... Named to the Dean s List at CSU. Prep/Personal: Toured Europe as part of the ITF SIA/Africa Team in Reached a ranking of No. 156 in 2000 on the ITF Juniors circuit... Won Grade 4 ITF and Junior circuit matches over Sania Mirza... Reached the finals of several WTA futures events... Ranked as the No. 2 player in India...The daughter of V.R. and Jayanti Chandrasekar... Majoring in management... Born January 9, CSU Totals CSU Totals CHANDRASEKAR VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/15/ W, E. Wade (UNCG), 61, 61 1/29/ W, T. Hanson (WC), 60, 60 2/11/ L, M. Gol (ECU), 63, 63

5 Barbara ORLAY Senior 59 Budapest, Hungary II Ferenc Råkøczi : Played at the No. 1 spot in the Wolfpack rotation all season long... Finished second on the team in spring singles wins with Ranked nationally in singles play by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association at No. 121 for much of the spring... Collected 10 doubles wins with two different partners, including two in conference play with teammate Julia Roach : Finished the spring season with a 108 record to collect AllACC honors... Ended the year ranked No. 99 in the ITA rankings... Automatically qualified for the Southeast ITA Regional in singles and doubles play with Nandita Chandrasekar, reaching the quarterfinals in singles... Grabbed wins in the St. Mary s Classic and Residence Inn North/NC State Invitational... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Old Point ITA Invitational... Advanced in the Flight 1 doubles bracket at the St. Mary s Fall Classic with partner Jennifer Jassawalla : Played at Charleston Southern at the No. 1 spot... Named the Big South Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year... Earned a spot on the allconference team for singles and doubles play... Was ranked as high as No. 45 in ITA doubles. Prep/Personal: Achieved a ranking of No. 10 on the Hungarian circuit in singles... Was the national champion in 2002 on the Hungarian circuit... Daughter of Istån Orlay and Krisztina Pammer, has a sister Viktøria... Majoring in communication... Born August 4, CSU Totals CSU Totals ORLAY VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/15/ W, L. Suggs (UNCG), 63, 62 1/29/ W, L. Hess (UNCW), 62, 61 2/11/ W, A. Dumitru (ECU), 60, 60 2/11/ W, E. Prelec (Elon), 64, 61

6 Agustina ARECHAVALETA Junior 57 Montevideo, Uruguay Jesus Maria : Tied teammate Elin Stahl Johansson for fourth most spring singles wins on the team with nine... Played at spots No. 2 through No Collected 13 doubles wins with two partners, 12 with Danielle Stadelmann, including two in ACC play... Named to the ACC Honor Roll : Finished the spring season with a 98 record in both singles and doubles... Compiled a 93 record in the fall... Captured the Flight C1 championship at the Old Point ITA Invitational, picking up five wins along the way... Reached the championship of the B2 bracket at the Residence Inn North/NC State Invitational, adding four wins... Also participated in the St. Mary s Fall Classic, finishing seventh... Advanced to the B1 doubles championship at the Old Point ITA Invitational as well, with partner Jennifer Jassawalla... Finished third in the Flight 2 doubles bracket of the St. Mary s Fall Classic, going 21 with Nandita Chandrasekar... ITA AllAcademic Team... ACC Honor Roll... Named to the Dean s List in the fall and spring semesters. Prep/Personal: Fouryear member of the South American team... Won the South American Championship with the squad against Brazil in 2001, qualifying for the ITF Sunshine Cup... Reached the singles finals of the ITF Chile in 1998 and 2001, was a semifinalist in A threetime doubles champion in the ITF Chile in 1998, 2000 and Consistently ranked in the top two of the Uruguay national rankings from 1996 through 2002, reaching No. 1 in Coached by Jose Luis Damiani at the Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club... The daughter of Diego Arechavaleta and Rossana Castagno... Has three siblings, Jimena, Eduardo and Maira José... Majoring in management... Born November 1, Totals ARECHAVALETA VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/15/ W, S. Rychlik (UNCG), 62, 64 1/22/ W, K. Sigmon (GW), 61, 60 1/29/ W, H. Stocks (WC), 60, 60\ 2/11/ W, A. Benton (Elon), 60, Totals

7 Allison BARRY Junior 55 Raleigh, N.C. Wakefield HS : Played on three different doubles combos, winning two matches... Did not compete in spring singles... Named to the ACC Honor Roll : Did not compete in the spring... Finished the fall at Won the Flight C1 championship at the Residence Inn North/NC State Invitational... Teamed with sister Lauren to win the B2 consolation bracket of the RIN/NC State Invite... ITA AllAcademic Team... Named to the Dean s List in the fall and spring semesters... ACC Honor Roll student. Prep/Personal: Ranked No. 1 with sister Lauren in doubles... Fivetime athletic and academic allconference honoree... Accumulated 11 wins and only two losses as a senior in singles, was 103 in doubles... Was undefeated in her junior season at Ravenscroft at 170, reaching the state championship match... Twin sister Lauren is also a member of the Wolfpack... The daughter of Kevin and Diane Barry... Brother Ryan plays football at Navy, has another sister, Katherine... Majoring in communication media with a minor in Spanish... Born August 29, Totals Totals BARRY VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/22/ W, T. Tonsor (GW), 60, 60

8 Lauren BARRY Junior 54 Raleigh, N.C. Wakefield HS : Did not compete in spring play... Named to the ACC Honor Roll : Did not compete in the spring... Finished the fall season at 55 in singles play... Advanced to the quarterfinals after picking up two wins in the D2 singles bracket at the Old Point ITA Invitational... Teamed with sister Allison to win the B2 west bracket at the Residence Inn North Wolfpack Invitational... ITA All Academic Team... Named to the Dean s List in the fall and spring semesters... ACC Honor Roll student. Prep/Personal: Ranked No. 1 in doubles with sister Allison... Went 161 during her junior season at Ravenscroft High and reached the state championship match... AllConference honoree as a senior... Twin sister Allison is also a member of the Wolfpack... The daughter of Kevin and Diane Barry... Brother Ryan plays football at Navy, has another sister, Katherine... Majoring in communication media with a minor in Spanish... Born August 29, Totals Totals BARRY VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/22/ W, no player (GW), def. 1/29/ W, no player (WC), def.

9 Elin Stahl JOHANSSON Sophomore 51 Sodertalje, Sweden Katedralskolan : Tied with Agustina Arechavaleta for the fourth most team wins in springs singles with nine... Spent time at spots No. 1 through No. 4 in the lineup, winning four contests at No. 2 and five matches at No Competed on four different doubles teams, picking up 13 wins with three different partners... Named to the ACC Honor Roll. Prep/Personal: Finished prep career ranked in the topfour of the Swedish Junior Nationals... Lettered four years for coach Sami Seppinen at Katedralskolan... Competed at Katedralskolan for coach Fredrik Hornell... Daughter of ViviAnn and Sture Johansson... Majoring in psychology... Born July 12, Totals Totals JOHANSSON VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/15/ W, E. Zabkar (UNCG), 62, 61 1/22/ W, J. Gomez (GW), 62, 62 1/29/ W, S. Sjokvist (WC), 60, 60 1/29/ W, K. Mears (UNCW), 64, 60 2/11/ W, E. Kernodle (Elon), 61, 61

10 Julia ROACH Sophomore 59 Raleigh, N.C. Broughton HS : Won team MVP honors and collected a teambest 13 wins in spring singles... Competed in spots No. 3 through No. 6, winning eight matches at No Played on six doubles combos, winning nine bouts... Named to the ACC Honor Roll. Prep/Personal: Won five rounds at 18U Supernational Clay Courts tournament... Fouryear letter winner in tennis for coach Steve Spivey at Broughton High... Compiled a 992 record in singles competition... Fourtime dual state champion between doubles state champion and runnerup in 2000 and state runnerup in singles competition... Fourtime allconference and twotime allstate selection... MVP of state championships in Daughter of Tommy and Lynn Roach... Brother Will Roach played men s basketball at NC State under coach Herb Sendek... Majoring in sports management... Born July 21, Totals Totals ROACH VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/29/ W, M. Molony (UNCW), 64, 61 2/11/ W, K. Buchanan (ECU), 64, 61

11 Neils BARRINGER Freshman 57 Durham, N.C. C.E. Jordan HS Prep/Personal: Spent time ranked No. 1 in Girl s 14U and 18 U in N.C. tennis, No. 4 in Southern 12U and Top 100 nationally in National 14U... Lettered in tennis and golf at C.E. Jordan High, leading her tennis squad to an undefeated conference slate Pac6 champion... Won the 2005 Southern Closed Sportsmanship Award and was named to the 2004 Piedmont Athletic allconference team... Very good golfer with a 4.5 handicap... Currently enrolled in FirstYear College... Born December 29, Totals Totals BARRINGER VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/15/ W, L. Moran (UNCG), 60, 63 1/22/ W, A. Beavers (GW), 62, 61 1/29/ W, K. Carlson (UNCW), 62, 62 2/11/ W, H. Priest (ECU), 60, 60 2/11/ W, M. Holland (Elon), 60, 60

12 Alejandra GUERRA Freshman 57 Tamaulipas, Mexico Saddlebrook Prep Prep/Personal: Won five ITF events, two in singles and three in doubles... Threetime singles and doubles National Champion of Mexico... Played on the women s tennis team throughout high school at Saddlebrook Prep, winning MVP honors during her senior year... Ranked No. 1 in Mexico during prep campaign in Mexico 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U leagues... Tamaulipas Player of the Year Enjoys movies and socializing... Majoring in management... Born February 13, Totals GUERRA VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/15/ W, W. Miles (UNCG), 61, 62 1/29/ W, M. Trilla Jane (WC), 61, 60 1/29/ W, L. Isenhour (UNCW), 62, 62 2/11/ W, L. Borges (ECU), 61, Totals

13 Prep/Personal: Bio here. Shona LEE Freshman 58 Auckland, New Zealand St. Cuthbert s College Totals LEE VS SPRING OPPONENTS 2/11/ W, G. Bailey (ECU), 61, 75 2/11/ W, K. Fleck (Elon), 61, Totals

14 Arielle VON STROLLEY Freshman 53 Pembroke Pines, Fla. Univ. of Miami Online Prep/Personal: Competed on the ITF Junior tour from , reaching a world junior ranking of Won a Grade Five ITF event in singles... Participated in the US Open Juniors, Orange Bowl and International Hard Court events Totals VON STROLLEY VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/22/ W, M. Walser (GW), 63, 61 1/29/ W, no player (WC), def. 1/29/ W, C. Martin (UNCW), 64, 63 2/11/ W, K. Nicholson (Elon), 60, Totals 10 10