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No. 10 Carolina Wins 6-1 Over Notre Dame
March 23, 2014 | Women's Tennis
The Tar Heels (16-3, 5-1 ACC) picked up the doubles win as the ninth-ranked duo of Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter won 8-3 at No. 1 doubles. 15th-ranked Caroline Price and Whitney Kay clinched the opening point with an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles.
Notre Dame falls to 8-7, 2-5 in the league.
Kay was the first to finish up in singles at No. 4, winning 6-3, 6-1 over Monica Robinson.
Kate Vialle was next to finish at No. 5 singles, winning 6-3, 6-4, over Mary Closs.
Top-ranked Jamie Loeb clinched the victory for the Tar Heels with a 6-3, 7-5, win over Britney Sanders.
Tessa Lyons made it 5-0 with a straight-set win at No. 6 singles, before No. 57 Quinn Gleason won at No. 2 singles over #5 Hayley Carter, 6-4, 6-4.
No. 41 Caroline Price capped the afternoon match with a win at No. 3 to make it 6-1.
Carolina hosts No. 9 Northwestern on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Notre Dame vs North Carolina
Mar 23, 2014 at Chapel Hill, N.C.
(Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center)
#10 North Carolina 6, #22 Notre Dame 1
Singles competition
1. #1 Jamie Loeb (NC) def. Britney Sanders (ND) 6-3, 7-5
2. #57 Quinn Gleason (ND) def. #5 Hayley Carter (NC) 6-4, 6-4
3. #41 Caroline Price (NC) def. Jennifer Kellner (ND) 7-6, 7-6 (7-5)
4. #111 Whitney Kay (NC) def. Monica Robinson (ND) 6-3, 6-1
5. Kate Vialle (NC) def. Mary Closs (ND) 6-3, 6-4
6. Tessa Lyons (NC) def. Julie Vrabel (ND) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. #9 Jamie Loeb/Hayley Carter (NC) def. #19 Quinn Gleason/Britney Sanders (ND) 8-3
2. #15 Caroline Price/Whitney Kay (NC) def. Jennifer Kellner/Julie Sabacinski (ND) 8-5
3. Ashley Dai/Tessa Lyons (NC) def. Jane Fennelly/Monica Robinson (ND) 7-3
Match Notes:
Notre Dame 8-7, 2-5; National ranking #22
North Carolina 16-3, 6-1; National ranking #10
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,5,1,6,2,3)
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