Saturday and Sunday presented a give-and-take situation for the women’s tennis team as it beat Florida State on Saturday and lost to Miami on Sunday at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

“I would say poise in pressure situations has been really good for us,” coach Hans Olsen said. “To get the matches to be really tough, hard-fought matches they had to win a lot of big points to get there, so I think poise on the big points is going well for us, and I think we just got to continue to work on that.”

While the match Saturday brought the Wolfpack its first win over Florida State in eight years, the Pack fought through the match Sunday against Miami.

“We all fought really hard. We played a really tough team, but we gave it our all,” freshman Shona Lee said.

Lee, ranked No. 123, played against No. 3 Audra Cohen for Lee’s third time playing at the No. 1 position.

“It doesn’t matter where I play,” she said. “I’m just going to go out there and do it. Any position you play, you’re going to have a tough match, so you just got to go out and give it your all.”

Senior Barbara Orlay fought through a hurting knee Sunday, but said it didn’t affect her playing.

“I played pretty good yesterday [Saturday], just tried mentally to focus throughout the whole day,” Orlay said.

A collective mental focus brought the Pack a 5-2 win.

“Yesterday was good, a confidence builder,” Roach said. “Today we fought hard, but they were a really good team.”

Roach said starting strong in the match against Florida State made a difference. In doubles, Olsen said serving was pivotal, and first serves made the difference in singles when contrasting Saturday’s match with Sunday’s match.

“The difference between the doubles from yesterday to today was we served better in the doubles yesterday,” Olsen said. “Today I give credit to the returns of the team from Miami; today it was very strong, they returned really well, and it put some pressure on our serves. And in the singles we came out and started the point much better; a lot of first serves in the singles, and that made a big difference.”

After No. 50 N.C. State’s 7-0 loss to No. 7 Miami, its ACC record is 1-4.

“Our girls fought and competed really hard,” Olsen said. “The overall score wouldn’t show it, but I thought after losing the doubles the girls came out of the locker room and really went after it in the singles, and I give credit to Miami; every close match they came up with the big points, and there were a lot of close matches, so I was pleased with the way our girls fought.”