29th ranked North Carolina State visited Columbia, SC on February 8 and beat the South Carolina Gamecocks 4-3 in a very competitive SEC - ACC matchup.
Robbie Mudge, positioned at the net, and Ian Dempster of North Carolina State played well in doubles at court one.
Thomas Mayronne hits a nice backhand winner here on court one. He and his partner Harrison O'Keefe were able to hold on and clinch the doubles point for the Gamecocks with a 6-4 win.
Mudge kept up his consistent play on court one singles against Andrew Adams and got the first point for NC State with a 6-2, 6-4 win.
Adams got off to a really slow start and was not able to turn it around in the second set, although he did play better.
Court four was the next match to finish. Harrison O'Keefe of South Carolina dropped the first set to Thomas Weigel 3-6. He started to turn it around in the second set.
At one point during O'Keefe's turnaround, Weigel was distracted by my photographing his shots. He complained to the USC coach and the official but was told to play on. He was clearly distracted and even stared me down on a changeover. Weigel lost the second set 3-6. He refocused in the third set, but O'Keefe kept up his consistent play and took the third set 6-2. Gamecocks led 2-1 at this point.
On court two, Austin Powell of NC State defeated Andrew Schafer 6-7, 7-6, 6-1 and the match was tied at 2-2. On court three, Kyle Koch of Carolina beat Beck Bond 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 and the Gamecocks were up 3-2. NC State tied the match again on court five when Simon Norenius topped Sam Swank in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. The match would come down to court six where Nick Horton of NC State was matched against Thomas Mayronne, warming up here.
Horton took control early after Mayronne made a number of unforced errors, including several double faults. Horton went on to win 6-1, 6-2. South Carolina fell to 5-3 on the season.
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