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No. 13 UNC Falls To No. 25 Clemson, 4-2
April 18, 2008 | Women's Tennis
April 18, 2008
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. --- North Carolina sophomore Sanaz Marand defeated the nation's top-ranked singles player, but the fifth-seeded Tar Heels were unable to overcome losing the doubles point, falling to fourth-seeded Clemson, 4-2, Friday morning at Sanlando Park. Katrina Tsang was also a winner in singles for the Tar Heels, who will now await an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Just as in the regular season - a 4-3 UNC win in Chapel Hill - the doubles point proved to be the difference. No. 10 Ani Mijacika and Carol Salge opened play with an 8-2 win over No. 8 Marand and Sophie Grabinski at the top position. The Lady Tigers then secured the point with an 8-5 win at No. 3, as Ina Hadziselimovic and Estefania Balda outlasted Carolina's Alexandra Jurewitz and Laura Reichert.
Marand's 6-4, 6-1 win over Mijacika, the No. 1 player in the country, was the first singles match to finish and briefly pulled the Tar Heels even at 1-1. The victory, which avenged her only loss of the spring, was Marand's 23rd of 2008.
After Laurianne Henry's win over Meg Fanjoy at No. 6, UNC again evened the score thanks to No. 29 Tsang. The All-ACC performer from Raleigh, N.C., defeated No. 108 Balda, 7-6 (3), 6-1, to make the overall score 2-2.
But the Tar Heels (17-8) would get no closer, as Federica van Adrichem and Hadziselimovic finished off straight-set wins over Reichert and Grabinski, respectively, to end the match.
Carolina will now await an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, which is set to begin the second weekend in May. The selection show will be televised live on ESPNEWS between 2 and 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29.
DOUBLES
1. #10 Mijacika/Salge (CU) def. #8 Marand/Grabinski (UNC), 8-2
2. #46 Smith/Tsang (UNC) vs. van Adrichem/Balda (CU), DNF
3. Hadziselimovic/Luc (CU) def. Alexandra Jurewitz/Reichert (UNC), 8-5
Order of finish: 1,3
SINGLES
1. #10 Sanaz Marand (UNC) def. #1 Ani Mijacika (CU), 6-4, 6-1
2. #29 Katrina Tsang (UNC) def. #108 Estefania Balda (CU), 7-6 (3), 6-1
3. #103 Austin Smith (UNC) vs. #81 Carol Salge (CU), DNF
4. Ina Hadziselimovic (CU) def. Laura Reichert (UNC), 7-5, 6-4
5. Federica van Adrichem (CU) def. Sophie Grabinski (UNC), 6-1, 7-5
6. Laurianne Henry (CU) def. Meg Fanjoy (UNC), 6-1, 6-4
Order of finish: 1,6,2,5,4
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