Friday, May 11
Chapel Hill, N.C.
1:00 PM
North Carolina
4
vs
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Morgan State
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
UNC Tops Morgan State In NCAA First Round
May 11, 2018 | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL - No. 2 seed North Carolina picked up a 4-0 victory over Morgan State in the first round of the NCAA Team Championship from Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.
Top ranked Carolina (27-3) won the doubles point and never looked back in topping the Lady Bears, champions of the MEAC.
Marika Akkerman, Jessie Aney and Chloe Ouellet-Pizer earned straight-set victories to secure the win.
The Tar Heels will face SEC foe Mississippi State on Saturday at 3 p.m. The winner advances to the NCAA Championship Round of 16 in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Bulldogs defeated William & Mary, 4-2, on Friday morning in the first match of the day in Chapel Hill.
Singles Results
1. #2 Makenna Jones (UNC) vs. Danielle Thompson (MOR) 6-2, 2-0, unfinished
2. #26 Alle Sanford (UNC) vs. Alexus Gill (MOR) 6-1, 4-3, unfinished
3. #95 Alexa Graham (UNC) vs. Peggy Rookie (MOR) 6-1, 2-2, unfinished
4. #85 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Dana Santiago (MOR) 6-2, 6-1
5. #119 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Oriane Yehouenou (MOR) 6-3, 6-0
6. Marika Akkerman (UNC) def. Asmara Faluke (MOR) 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 5
Doubles Results
1. #2 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. Thompson/Rooke (MOR) 6-1
2. #33 Daavettila/Sanford (UNC) vs. Faluke/Gill (MOR) 5-2, unfinished
3. Akkerman/Jones (UNC) def. Yehouenou/Santiago (MOR) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
Top ranked Carolina (27-3) won the doubles point and never looked back in topping the Lady Bears, champions of the MEAC.
Marika Akkerman, Jessie Aney and Chloe Ouellet-Pizer earned straight-set victories to secure the win.
The Tar Heels will face SEC foe Mississippi State on Saturday at 3 p.m. The winner advances to the NCAA Championship Round of 16 in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Bulldogs defeated William & Mary, 4-2, on Friday morning in the first match of the day in Chapel Hill.
Singles Results
1. #2 Makenna Jones (UNC) vs. Danielle Thompson (MOR) 6-2, 2-0, unfinished
2. #26 Alle Sanford (UNC) vs. Alexus Gill (MOR) 6-1, 4-3, unfinished
3. #95 Alexa Graham (UNC) vs. Peggy Rookie (MOR) 6-1, 2-2, unfinished
4. #85 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Dana Santiago (MOR) 6-2, 6-1
5. #119 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Oriane Yehouenou (MOR) 6-3, 6-0
6. Marika Akkerman (UNC) def. Asmara Faluke (MOR) 6-0, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 5
Doubles Results
1. #2 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. Thompson/Rooke (MOR) 6-1
2. #33 Daavettila/Sanford (UNC) vs. Faluke/Gill (MOR) 5-2, unfinished
3. Akkerman/Jones (UNC) def. Yehouenou/Santiago (MOR) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
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