UNC Fends Off Wake Forest In ACC Quarters

Friday, April 22

Cary, N.C.

9:00 AM

North Carolina

Wake Forest

April 22, 2016 | Women's Tennis

By: UNC Athletic Communications

CARY, North Carolina - Newly-minted ACC Player of the Year Hayley Carter won the clinching match to send top seed North Carolina to a 4-1 victory over eighth seed Wake Forest on Friday morning at the ACC Women's Tennis Championship from Cary Tennis Park.

North Carolina (27-2) made it a clean sweep of all three doubles matches to open the day with an early 1-0 advantage over the Demon Deacons, who lost 7-0 to UNC earlier this spring in Chapel Hill.

Senior Ashley Dai continued her strong play in recent weeks on court six with a 6-1, 6-2 disposal of Luisa Fernandez to give Carolina a 2-0 edge and a step closer to reaching Saturday's semifinal match.

Down 3-1 in the first set, All-ACC selection Jessie Aney surrendered one game the rest of the way on court three to notch a 6-3, 6-2 win over fellow freshman Anna Ulyashchenko, lifting Carolina to a 3-0 advantage over Wake. Ranked No. 57 nationally, Aney remains unbeaten against the ACC in dual matches this season.

Wake Forest (19-9) trimmed its deficit to 3-1 with a Emma Davis win over No. 39 Whitney Kay on court two, however, Carter stepped her game up at the most critical time of the match to secure another Tar Heel victory. Up a set and 4-4 in the second, Carter broke her opponent, 64th-ranked Kimmy Guerin, and then served out the set to win 7-5, 6-4, to run her record to a staggering 41-4 in 2016.

North Carolina will face fifth seed Virginia on Saturday at 10 a.m. in a semifinal match at Cary Tennis Park on ESPN3.

Singles Results
1. #1 Hayley Carter (UNC) def. #64 Kimmy Guerin (Wake) 7-5, 6-4
2. Emma Davis (Wake) def. #39 Whitney Kay (UNC) 6-3, 6-3
3. #57 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Anna Ulyashchenko (Wake) 6-3, 6-2
4. Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) vs. Joanna Zalewski (Wake) 6-2, 5-7, 1-1, unfinished
5. Marika Akkerman (UNC) vs. Samantha Asch (Wake) 6-4, 5-5, unfinished
6. Ashley Dai (UNC) def. Luisa Fernandez (Wake) 6-1, 6-2

Order of Finish: 6, 3, 2, 1

Doubles Results
1. #4 Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay (UNC) def. Kimmy Guerin/Anna Ulyashchenko (Wake) 6-2
2. #89 Jessie Aney/Kate Vialle (UNC) def. Emma Davis/Samantha Asch (Wake) 7-5
3. Ashley Dai/Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Luisa Fernandez/Andrea Retolaza (Wake) 6-4

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

Match Notes
North Carolina 27-2; National Ranking #2
Wake Forest 19-9; National Ranking #28