University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, March 16
Coral Gables, Fla.
4:00 PM
North Carolina
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Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
#1 Tar Heels Earn Comeback Win At Miami
March 16, 2018 | Women's Tennis
CORAL GABLES, Florida - No. 1 North Carolina remained unbeaten in Atlantic Coast Conference women's tennis matches this season with a 4-3 victory over No. 31 Miami on Friday afternoon from the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
North Carolina (15-1, 4-0 ACC) lost the doubles point for the first time all season, but immediately rallied by winning the first four singles matches to secure the road win in south Florida.
No. 40 Jessie Aney, No. 112 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, No. 78 Alexa Graham and No. 12 Makenna Jones did not surrender a set in winning their respective matches.
After the win was clinched by the Tar Heels, Miami (8-4, 4-1) picked up wins on courts No. 1 and 2 to close out the festivities.
UNC visits No. 22 Florida State on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Singles Results
1. #18 E. Perez-Somarriba (UM) def. #16 Alle Sanford (UNC) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (9)
2. #108 Sinead Lohan (UM) def. #24 Sara Daavettila (UNC) 7-5, 6-1
3. #12 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Ana Madcur (UM) 6-1, 6-3
4. #78 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Sofia Sewing (UM) 6-4, 6-3
5. #40 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Daniella Roldan (UM) 6-1, 6-3
6. #112 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Dominika Paterova (UM) 6-1, 7-6
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 4, 3, 1, 2
Doubles Results
1. #2 Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham (UNC) def. E. Perez-Somarriba/Sofia Sewing (UM) 6-3
2. Sinead Lohan/Ana Madcur (UM) def. #16 Sara Daavettila/Alle Sanford (UNC) 7-5
3. Dominika Paterova/Ulyana Shirokova (UM) def. Marika Akkerman/Makenna Jones (UNC) 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
North Carolina (15-1, 4-0 ACC) lost the doubles point for the first time all season, but immediately rallied by winning the first four singles matches to secure the road win in south Florida.
No. 40 Jessie Aney, No. 112 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, No. 78 Alexa Graham and No. 12 Makenna Jones did not surrender a set in winning their respective matches.
After the win was clinched by the Tar Heels, Miami (8-4, 4-1) picked up wins on courts No. 1 and 2 to close out the festivities.
UNC visits No. 22 Florida State on Sunday at 12 p.m.
Singles Results
1. #18 E. Perez-Somarriba (UM) def. #16 Alle Sanford (UNC) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (9)
2. #108 Sinead Lohan (UM) def. #24 Sara Daavettila (UNC) 7-5, 6-1
3. #12 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Ana Madcur (UM) 6-1, 6-3
4. #78 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Sofia Sewing (UM) 6-4, 6-3
5. #40 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Daniella Roldan (UM) 6-1, 6-3
6. #112 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Dominika Paterova (UM) 6-1, 7-6
Order of Finish: 5, 6, 4, 3, 1, 2
Doubles Results
1. #2 Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham (UNC) def. E. Perez-Somarriba/Sofia Sewing (UM) 6-3
2. Sinead Lohan/Ana Madcur (UM) def. #16 Sara Daavettila/Alle Sanford (UNC) 7-5
3. Dominika Paterova/Ulyana Shirokova (UM) def. Marika Akkerman/Makenna Jones (UNC) 6-3
Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2
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