Saturday, March 24
Chapel Hill, N.C.
11:00 AM
North Carolina
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vs
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Georgia Tech
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Carolina Falls To Georgia Tech, 4-3
March 24, 2018 | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL - The No. 1 University of North Carolina Women's Tennis Team lost 4-3 to No. 6 Georgia Tech on Saturday at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
North Carolina (16-2, 5-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) drops its first match to an ACC regular-season opponent in almost a year, ending an 11-match win streak. Georgia Tech improves to 12-3, 4-1 in ACC play on the year.
In doubles play, Carolina dropped the doubles point (2-1) for only the second time this year, the other time being at Miami on March, 16.
On court one, No. 2 Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham topped No. 1 Paige Hourigan and Kenya Jones. Aney/Graham got an early break to go up 3-1 and didn't look back, winning the set 6-2. The Yellow Jackets took courts two and three, winning 6-4 on each.
In singles, Georgia Tech picked up wins on courts one, three and five to clinch the match and go up 4-0. The Tar Heels kept fighting, winning the final three matches of the day. No. 103 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer topped Victoria Flores by a score of 6-4, 6-2 to earn the first Carolina victory for the day.
No. 70 Graham continued her dominant year by defeating Ida Jarlskog 7-5, 6-2. Graham improved to 17-0, 6-0 ACC for the year. No. 18 Makenna Jones was quick to follow and defeated Johnnise
Renaud by a score of 6-2, 7-5.
Carolina returns to action against ACC opponent Virginia Tech at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center at 1 p.m.
Singles Results
1. #22 Paige Hourigan (GT) def. #20 Alle Sanford (UNC) 6-3, 6-2
2. #18 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Johnnise Renaud (GT) 6-2, 7-5
3. Kenya Jones (GT) def. #27 Sara Daavettila (UNC) 6-3, 6-3
4. #70 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. #115 Ida Jarlskog 7-5, 6-2
5. Nami Otsuka (GT) def. #47 Jessie Aney (UNC) 6-2, 6-4
6. #103 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Victoria Flores 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 3, 6, 4, 2
Doubles Results
1. #2 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. #1 Hourigan/Jones (GT) 6-2
2. Jarlskog/Flores (GT) def. Akkerman/Sanford (UNC) 6-4
3. Renaud/Otsuka (GT) def. Daavettila/Jones (UNC) 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3. 2
North Carolina (16-2, 5-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference) drops its first match to an ACC regular-season opponent in almost a year, ending an 11-match win streak. Georgia Tech improves to 12-3, 4-1 in ACC play on the year.
In doubles play, Carolina dropped the doubles point (2-1) for only the second time this year, the other time being at Miami on March, 16.
On court one, No. 2 Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham topped No. 1 Paige Hourigan and Kenya Jones. Aney/Graham got an early break to go up 3-1 and didn't look back, winning the set 6-2. The Yellow Jackets took courts two and three, winning 6-4 on each.
In singles, Georgia Tech picked up wins on courts one, three and five to clinch the match and go up 4-0. The Tar Heels kept fighting, winning the final three matches of the day. No. 103 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer topped Victoria Flores by a score of 6-4, 6-2 to earn the first Carolina victory for the day.
No. 70 Graham continued her dominant year by defeating Ida Jarlskog 7-5, 6-2. Graham improved to 17-0, 6-0 ACC for the year. No. 18 Makenna Jones was quick to follow and defeated Johnnise
Renaud by a score of 6-2, 7-5.
Carolina returns to action against ACC opponent Virginia Tech at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center at 1 p.m.
Singles Results
1. #22 Paige Hourigan (GT) def. #20 Alle Sanford (UNC) 6-3, 6-2
2. #18 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Johnnise Renaud (GT) 6-2, 7-5
3. Kenya Jones (GT) def. #27 Sara Daavettila (UNC) 6-3, 6-3
4. #70 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. #115 Ida Jarlskog 7-5, 6-2
5. Nami Otsuka (GT) def. #47 Jessie Aney (UNC) 6-2, 6-4
6. #103 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Victoria Flores 6-4, 6-2
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 3, 6, 4, 2
Doubles Results
1. #2 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. #1 Hourigan/Jones (GT) 6-2
2. Jarlskog/Flores (GT) def. Akkerman/Sanford (UNC) 6-4
3. Renaud/Otsuka (GT) def. Daavettila/Jones (UNC) 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3. 2
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