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January 14, 2018 | Women's Tennis

By: Mark Kimmel

LAS VEGAS - The 2018 Freeman Memorial Tennis Championship came to a close on Sunday at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the campus of UNLV. In the doubles semifinals, North Carolina's second-seeded tandem of Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham lost 6-2 to Vladica Babic and Sofia Blanco of Oklahoma State.

The Tar Heels also competed in two added singles matches on Sunday. No. 114 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer defeated Aiwen Zhu (UNLV), 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5), and freshman Anna Harmon lost 6-1, 6-1 to UNLV's Mercedes Lopez (UNLV).

In added doubles matches, No. 51 Makenna Jones and Ouellet-Pizer won 6-2 over Terri Fleming and Abi Altick of UCLA, while Seniors Cassandra Vazquez and Maggie Kane picked up a 6-4 win over Peggy Porter and Katie Kubicz of Florida.

Earlier in the tournament, both Aney and Graham reached the quarterfinal round in flight one singles.

The fifth ranked Tar Heels open their dual match season next Saturday with a doubleheader in Williamsburg, Virginia, against host William & Mary at 10 a.m., and later Richmond at 3 p.m.

SINGLES FLIGHT ONE ROUND ONE (Jan. 12)
Alexa Graham (UNC) def. McCartney Kessler (UF) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Sofia Blanco (OSU) def. Maggie Kane (UNC) 7-6, 6-0
#124 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Naomie Rosenberg (STAN) 6-0, 6-0
(2) #18 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Dani Wagland (TX) 6-4, 6-4

SINGLES FLIGHT ONE ROUND OF 16 (Jan. 12)
Alexa Graham (UNC) def. (6) #44 Dzina Milvanovic (PEPP) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6
Izumi Asano (UNLV) def. #124 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) 6-1, 6-1
(2) #18 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. #100 Terri Fleming (UCLA) 6-4, 6-4

SINGLES FLIGHT ONE QUARTERFINALS (Jan. 13)
(1) #16 Ena Shibahara (UCLA) def. Alexa Graham (UNC) 6-1, 6-2
Victoria Emma (UF) def. (2) #18 Jessie Aney (UNC) 6-4, 6-2

SINGLES FLIGHT ONE CONSOLATION
Maggie Kane (UNC) def. Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) by default
Evgeniya Levashova (PEPP) def. Maggie Kane (UNC) 6-0, 6-0

ADDED SINGLES MATCHES
Anna Bogoslavets (UNLV) def. Anna Harmon (UNC) 6-0, 6-0
Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Aiwen Zhu (UNLV) 6-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-5)
Mercedes Lopez (UNLV) def. Anna Harmon (UNC) 6-1, 6-1

SINGLES FLIGHT TWO ROUND ONE (Jan. 12)
Jovana Kenic (UNLV) def. Anna Harmon (UNC) 6-4, 6-1

DOUBLES FLIGHT ONE ROUND ONE (Jan. 12)
(4) #51 Jones/Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Porter/Kubicz (UF) 7-5
(3) #20 Babic/Blanco (OSU) def. Vazquez/Kane (UNC) 6-3
(2) #18 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. Bogoslavets/Li (UNLV) 6-3

DOUBLES FLIGHT ONE QUARTEFINALS (Jan. 13)
Aiwen Zhu/En-Pei Huang (UNLV) def. (4) #51 Jones/Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) 7-6
(2) #18 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. Evgeniya Levashova/Dzina Milovanovic (PEPP) 7-6

DOUBLES FLIGHT ONE SEMIFINALS (Jan. 14)
(3) #20 Babic/Blanco (OSU) def. (2) #18 Aney/Graham (UNC) 6-2

DOUBLES FLIGHT ONE CONSOLATION
Petra Granic/Marta Perez Mur (TX) def. Vazquez/Kane (UNC) 6-1

ADDED DOUBLES MATCHES (Jan. 14)
#51 Jones/Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Fleming/Altick (UCLA) 6-2
Vazquez/Kane (UNC) def. Porter/Kubicz (UF) 6-4