Muzzolon Wins Third Set Tiebreak To Lift ECU Past N.C. Central, 4-3

Friday, January 31

Greenville, N.C.

1:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

N.C. Central

Muzzolon Wins Third Set Tiebreak To Lift ECU Past N.C. Central, 4-3

January 31, 2025 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's tennis team's home opener went down to the wire as Martina Muzzolon clinched a third-set tiebreak for the winning tally in a thrilling 4-3 victory over N.C. Central at the River Birch Tennis Center Friday afternoon.

The Pirates improved to 1-2 overall while the Eagles remained winless at 0-3.

ECU solidified its first doubles point of the campaign with victories on court one (Ines Bachir and Xenia Jeromin) and court three (Anne Lou Champion and Martina Muzzolon).

Pirate freshmen Jeromin and Lilly Lancaster both notched their first collegiate dual singles wins by identical 6-3, 6-2 scorelines on courts six and seven while Muzzolon broke a 6-6 deadlock in her third-set tiebreak to seal the match by a 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6) margin on court two.

Up Next: East Carolina heads to VCU Feb. 9th for a 3 p.m. dual match.

East Carolina 4, N.C. Central 3
Singles Play
No. 1 – Alejandra Hidalgo (NCCU) def. Ines Bachir (ECU) – 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 – Martin Muzzolon (ECU) def. Valeria San Miguel (NCCU) – 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 3 – Mariana Zottoli (NCCU) def. Anne Lou Champion (ECU) – 6-4, 7-5
No. 4 – Patricia Palencia (NCCU) def. Joan Madi (ECU) – 7-6 (8-3), 5-7, 7-5
No. 5 – Xenia Jeromin (ECU) def. Valentina De Aquino (NCCU) – 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 – Lilly Lancaster (ECU) def. Gabriela Mejia (NCCU) – 6-3, 6-2

Doubles Play
No. 1 – Bachir/Jeromin (ECU) def. Hidalgo/San Miguel (NCCU) – 6-3
No. 2 – Palencia/Zottoli (NCCU) def. Lancaster/Rivera (ECU) – 7-6
No. 3 – Champion/Muzzolon (ECU) def. De Aquino/Mejia (NCCU) – 6-1

Team Records: East Carolina (1-2), N.C. Central (0-3)