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Carolina Women's Tennis Downs NC State, 5-0
April 23, 2000 | Women's Tennis
April 23, 2000
NORCROSS, Ga. - North Carolina's women's tennis team pounded NC State 5-0 to take the opening match of the 2000 ACC Women's Tennis Championship at the Racquet Club of the South Thursday.
After disposing ot the ninth-seeded Wolfpack (5-15, 0-8 ACC), the eighth-seeded Tar Heels (10-12, 2-6) will face the Wake Forest Deamon Deacons, the Championship's top seed and nation's third-ranked team, Friday.
UNC swept each singles match that was completed, and doubles matches were not contested with the match already decided. Jessica Zaganczyk's match at No. 2 singles was suspended.
Kendrick Bunn's win at No. 3 was her seventh consecutive and fifth in a row over an ACC opponent.
No. 41 UNC 5, NC State 0
SINGLES
No. 1 Marlene Mejia (UNC) d. Marissa Gildemeister, 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Brie Glover (NC State) vs. Jessica Zaganczyk, 7-5, 3-2, suspended
No. 3 Kendrick Bunn (UNC) d. Loni Worsley, 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 Caroline Hill (UNC) d. Myrna Bawono, 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Courtney Zalinski (UNC) d. Kristen Nicholls, 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Kristin Koening (UNC) d. Landis Strader, 6-0, 6-1
DOUBLES
NO DOUBLES PLAYED-MATCH SUSPENDED
