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No. 8 Women's Tennis Falls To No. 10 Tennessee
March 22, 2003 | Women's Tennis
March 22, 2003
CHAPEL HILL - The eighth-ranked University of North Carolina women's tennis team lost a hard-fought match to 10th-ranked Tennessee Saturday afternoon at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
The Tar Heels came out strong to capture the doubles point, but fell to the Volunteers in five of six close singles matches to account for a final 5-2 match score.
At flight one doubles, the No. 42 sophomore pair of Aniela Mojzis and Kendall Cline rolled past the No. 5 Tennessee pair of Vilmarie Castellvi and Melissa Schaug 8-3.
The Tar Heels clinched the doubles point with a win at flight three, where Carolina's Marlene Mejia and Lee Bairos battled to defeat Sabita Maharaj and Crystal Cleveland 9-7.
airos claimed the Tar Heels only singles' point of the match at flight five by defeating Tennessee's Maharaj 6-1, 6-2.
Carolina will host No. 45 Florida State Saturday, March 29 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
#10 Tennessee 5, #8 North Carolina 2
Singles
No. 1 (3)Vilmarie Castellvi (UT) def. (11)Kate Pinchbeck (UNC) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
No. 2 Tammy Encina (UT) def. (42)Marlene Mejia (UNC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 (56)Crystal Cleveland def. (67)Aniela Mojzis (UNC) 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-1
No. 4 Melissa Schaub (UT) def. Kendall Cline (UNC) 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 Lee Bairos (UNC) def. Sabita Maharaj (UT) 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Ashley Robards (UT) def. Kendrick Bunn (UNC) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 (42)Mojzis/Cline (UNC) def. (5)Castellvi/Schaub (UNC) 8-3
No. 2 (36)Immink/Encina (UT) def. (23)Pinchbeck/Bunn (UNC) 8-6
No. 3 Bairos/Mejia (UNC) def. Maharaj/Cleveland (UT) 9-7
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