North Carolina
NC State
#2 Tar Heels Down Wolfpack, 6-1
April 6, 2016 | Women's Tennis
The doubles point went down to the wire with Carolina's top-ranked duo of Hayley Carter of Whitney Kay pulling out the opening point with a 7-6 (5) victory over Martina Frantova and Tayla Stenta.
Ashley Dai and Chloe Ouellet-Pizer put UNC on the board with a 6-2 win over Barbara Mancera and Claudia Wiktorin on court three.
Court two also went to a tiebreak with No. 84 Aney and Kate Vialle battling NC State's Joanna Nalborska and Taylor Zaytoun to a 6-6 draw.
Cassandra Vazquez got the ball rolling in singles with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Zaytoun on court six.
No. 30 Kay and top-ranked Carter were next to earn Tar Heel victories to clinch the match over the Wolfpack on courts two and one, respectively.
No. 62 Jessie Aney won 6-1, 6-2 over Tayla Stenta on court three, and Marika Akkerman pulled off a straight set win on court five to make it 6-0 in favor of the home standing Tar Heels.
UNC faces No. 30 Virginia Tech on Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Blacksburg, Virginia. The Tar Heels return home to host No. 55 Boston College on Sunday at 1 p.m. on Senior Day. Dai, Kay and Vialle will all be honored before the match begins against the Eagles.
Singles
#1 Hayley Carter (UNC) def. #38 Martina Frantova (NCST) 6-2, 6-1
#30 Whitney Kay (UNC) def. Joanna Nalborska (NCST) 6-1, 6-3
#62 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Tayla Stenta (NCST) 6-1, 6-2
Claudia Wiktorin (NCST) def. Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (14-12)
Marika Akkerman (UNC) def. Barbara Mancera (NCST) 6-3, 6-4
Cassandra Vazquez (UNC) def. Taylor Zaytoun (NCST) 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: 6, 2, 1, 3, 5, 4
Doubles
#1 Carter/Kay (UNC) vs. Frantova/Stenta (NCST) 7-6 (5)
#84 Aney/Vialle (UNC) vs. Nalborska/Zaytoun (NCST) 6-6, unfinished
Ashley Dai/Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Mancera/Wiktorin (NCST) 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1
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