Saturday, May 4
Chapel Hill, N.C.
10:00 AM
North Carolina
vs
Oklahoma vs. Winthrop
Photo by: UNC Athletic Communications
Carolina Sweeps SCSU In NCAA First Round
May 4, 2019 | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL - Top ranked and No. 2 overall seed North Carolina picked up a 4-0 victory over South Carolina State in the first round of the 2019 NCAA Women's Tennis Team Championship from Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
North Carolina (30-1) extended its winning streak to 21 matches, and reached 30 wins in a season for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Tar Heels will host Oklahoma on Sunday in the second round of the tournament at 1 p.m. OU outlasted Winthrop, 4-3, in a match that lasted more than three hours.
The Tar Heels made quick work of the doubles portion of the afternoon with a pair of 6-1 victories. First off was Alle Sanford and Sara Daavettila on court three, and minutes later No. 2 Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham secured the opening point.
Carolina carried its momentum into singles. No. 20 Daavettila, No. 7 Graham and Alle Sanford all won within minutes of each other to make it a clean sweep for the Tar Heels.
Singles
#7 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Ikram Rassia (SCSU) 6-0, 6-0
#20 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. Lasya Patnaik (SCSU) 6-1, 6-0
#46 Cameron Morra (UNC) vs. Divya Murali (SCSU) 6-1, 2-4, unfinished
Jessie Aney (UNC) vs. Zainab Bendahhou (SCSU) 6-0, 3-0, unfinished
Alle Sanford (UNC) def. Izabel Nikolaeva (SCSU) 6-1, 6-1
Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) vs. Jenna Hautem (SCSU) 6-2, 3-0, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 5
Doubles
#2 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. Bendahhou/Patnaik (SCSU) 6-1
#12 Jones/Morra (UNC) vs. Murali/Hautem (SCSU) 4-2
Daavettila/Sanford (UNC) def. Mihajilovic/Rassif (SCSU) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
North Carolina (30-1) extended its winning streak to 21 matches, and reached 30 wins in a season for the fourth time in the last five seasons. The Tar Heels will host Oklahoma on Sunday in the second round of the tournament at 1 p.m. OU outlasted Winthrop, 4-3, in a match that lasted more than three hours.
The Tar Heels made quick work of the doubles portion of the afternoon with a pair of 6-1 victories. First off was Alle Sanford and Sara Daavettila on court three, and minutes later No. 2 Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham secured the opening point.
Carolina carried its momentum into singles. No. 20 Daavettila, No. 7 Graham and Alle Sanford all won within minutes of each other to make it a clean sweep for the Tar Heels.
Singles
#7 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Ikram Rassia (SCSU) 6-0, 6-0
#20 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. Lasya Patnaik (SCSU) 6-1, 6-0
#46 Cameron Morra (UNC) vs. Divya Murali (SCSU) 6-1, 2-4, unfinished
Jessie Aney (UNC) vs. Zainab Bendahhou (SCSU) 6-0, 3-0, unfinished
Alle Sanford (UNC) def. Izabel Nikolaeva (SCSU) 6-1, 6-1
Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) vs. Jenna Hautem (SCSU) 6-2, 3-0, unfinished
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 5
Doubles
#2 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. Bendahhou/Patnaik (SCSU) 6-1
#12 Jones/Morra (UNC) vs. Murali/Hautem (SCSU) 4-2
Daavettila/Sanford (UNC) def. Mihajilovic/Rassif (SCSU) 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 1
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