RALEIGH, N.C. -- NC State rallied in singles to take a 5-2 win over visiting East Carolina on Thursday afternoon at the Cary Tennis Center. The Pirates struck early and won the doubles point by taking two of the three matches, but the Wolfpack (7-6) answered the bell in singles action, and sealed its second consecutive win with victories in five matches.

Kristin Lam was the last to come off of the court, but battled for her best win of the season in flight one.

Lam defeated ECU's Kirstin Buchanan in a long match that ended in favor of the Wolfpack with a 7-5, 6-4 win. Lam has struggled as the one seed in past matches, but showed real grit when pitted against a formidable opponent Thursday afternoon.

First off the court was the Wolfpack's Carmen Torres, who picked up her fourth win of the season as the six seed. She downed Cristina Meilicke in straight sets of 6-1, 6-3. Myrna Bawono exited court four seconds later with a 6-2, 6-0 flogging of Paulina Sierpinski.

ECU's Lyndall Jordan scored the only singles point for the Pirates in the flight two match. She defeated Danielle Stadelmann, 6-4. 6-1.

Jennifer Jassawalla clinched the match for NC State with a win in the five spot over Emily Kohl, 7-5, 6-1.

East Carolina, which falls to 13-6 on the season, travels to Hampton for a 10 a.m. match this coming Saturday morning.

NC State 5, East Carolina 2
SINGLES
#1 - Kristin Lam (NCSU) d. Kirstin Buchanan (ECU), 7-5, 6-4
#2 – Lyndall Jordan (ECU) d. Danielle Stadelmann (NCSU), 6-4, 6-1
#3 – Loni Worsley (NCSU) d. Raluca Bacia (ECU), 6-0, 7-5
#4 – Myrna Bawono (NCSU) d. Paulina Sierpinski (ECU), 6-2, 6-0
#5 – Jennifer Jassawalla (NCSU) d. Emily Kohl (ECU), 7-5, 6-1
#6 – Carmen Torres (NCSU) d. Cristina Meilicke (ECU), 6-1, 6-3

DOUBLES
#1 – Baica/Jordan (ECU) d. Worsley/Lam (NCSU), 9-7
#2 – Bawono/Jassawalla (NCSU) d. Sierpinski/Buchanan (ECU), 8-4
#3 – Kohl/Meilicke (ECU) d. Torres/Stadelmann (NCSU), 8-6