Crawley, Tran Impress In Tar Heel Debuts At UNC Invite

Friday, January 15

Chapel Hill

9 AM

North Carolina

UNC Invitational

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 15, 2021 | Women's Tennis

CHAPEL HILL - In their collegiate debuts for the No. 1-ranked North Carolina women's tennis team, freshmen Fiona Crawley and Reilly Tran each won a singles and doubles match against No. 8 NC State on Friday in first-day action of the UNC Invitational inside Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

Carolina won two of the three featured singles matches on the day that pitted nationally-ranked players on opposite sides of the court. No. 120 Crawley knocked off No. 38 Adriana Reami, 6-4, 7-5, for the first career singles win for the San Antonio, Texas, native.

Graduate student and No. 49 Makenna Jones notched her 100th career singles win with a convincing 6-4, 6-3, victory over No. 23 Alana Smith. Jones became the 18th player in program history to reach the century mark.

Tran also won in straight sets, 7-6, 6-2, over senior Lexi Keberle. In addition, Anika Yarlagadda cruised over Abigail Rencheli, 6-2, 6-2.

In doubles, No. 3 Alexa Graham and Sara Daavettila took down No. 16 Jaeda Daniel and Adriana Reami, 6-2. Crawley and Yarlagadda won 6-3 over Keberle and Rencheli, while Kacie Harvey and Tran won by an identical 6-3 victory over Keberle and Rencheli as well.

Carolina will host No. 10 Virginia on Saturday at 9 a.m., while the Wolfpack take on No. 7 Duke in Durham.

Singles
#49 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. #23 Alana Smith (NCSU) 6-4, 6-3
#120 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. #38 Adriana Reami (NCSU) 6-4, 7-5
Reilly Tran (UNC) def. Lexi Keberle (NCSU) 7-6, 6-2
Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) def. Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) 6-2, 6-2

#35 Anna Rogers (NCSU) def. #79 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Jaeda Daniel (NCSU) def. #53 Alle Sanford (UNC) 6-3, 6-3
Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. Kacie Harvey (UNC) 6-2, 6-4
Lana Mavor (NCSU) def. Sophia Patel (UNC) 6-2, 6-3
Liz Norman (NCSU) def. Sara McClure (UNC) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
Fiona Crawley/Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) def. Lexi Keberle/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) 6-3
#3 Sara Daavetilla/Alexa Graham (UNC) def. #16 Jaeda Daniel/Adriana Reami (NCSU) 6-2
Kacie Harvey/Reilly Tran (UNC) def. Lexi Keberle/Abigail Rencheli (NCSU) 6-3

#2 Anna Rogers/Alana Smith (NCSU) def. #45 Cameron Morra/Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 6-3
#2 Anna Rogers/Alana Smith (NCSU) def. #15 Makenna Jones/Alle Sanford (UNC) 7-6 (5)
Lana Mavor/Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. Sophia Patel/Kacie Harvey (UNC) 7-6 (2)
Jaeda Daniel/Adriana Reami (NCSU) def. Alexa Graham/Reilly Tran (UNC) 6-2
Liz Norman/Amelia Rajecki (NCSU) def. Anna Harmon/Sara McClure (UNC) 6-0