Three Titles Up For Grabs At ITA Fall Nationals

SAN DIEGO - The North Carolina women's tennis team continued its domination on Saturday of the 2022 ITA Fall National Championships from Barnes Tennis Center. Fiona Crawley and Anika Yarlagadda both advanced to the finals in the Main and Consolation Singles Draws, respectively, while Crawley and Carson Tanguilig will play for the doubles championship.

Crawley is one victory away from becoming the first woman since Ohio State's Francesca Di Lorenzo in 2016 to win both ITA fall majors. Crawley won the ITA All-American Championships last month in October, and will look to join UNC legend Jamie Loeb as the only Tar Heels to win both in the same season. Loeb turned the trick back in 2013 during her brilliant freshman season.

On Saturday, Crawley quickly dispatched of No. 16 Carol Lee of Georgia Tech, 6-1, 6-0, in the semifinals and will now take on No. 3 Daria Frayman of Princeton in Sunday's Main Draw title match at 1 p.m. ET.

Yarlagadda's outstanding fall campaign continued on Saturday with a 6-0, 6-3, win over No. 59 Marlee Zein of Texas. She will face Duke's top player Chloe Beck in the consolation singles championship match, also at 1 p.m. ET

No. 2 seed Crawley and Tanguilig took out No. 26 Elaine Chervinsky and Natasha Subhash of Virginia, 6-1, 6-2. They will turn their attention to top seed Savannah Broadus and Kari Miller of Pepperdine in Sunday's final at 3 p.m. ET

The Tar Heel trio are now one win from adding their names to an impressive list of previous Tar Heel winners of this event. Jamie Loeb was the first to capture the singles championship back in 2013 and was later joined in consecutive seasons by Sara Daavettila in 2019 and Alexa Graham in 2020.

Hayley Carter and Whitney Kay won the doubles event in 2015 and last fall Crawley and Elizabeth Scotty brought the trophy back to Chapel Hill in 2021.

All of the action from the 2022 ITA Fall National Championships will be streamed on the Cracked Racquets YouTube Page. Links to the live streams can be found on the Event Page.

ITA Fall National Championships
Singles Main Draw
Round of 32 - Wednesday, Nov. 2
[1] #21 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. Daria Kuczer (TENN) 6-2, 6-3
[5-8] #16 Carol Lee (GT) def. Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-4
[3] #15 Abby Forbes (UNC) def. #74 Malaika Rapolu (Texas) 6-2, 7-5
[5-8] #28 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. Lillian Gabrielsen (MISS) 6-3, 6-0

Round of 16 - Thursday, Nov. 3
[1] #21 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. Taylor Melville (Denver) 6-3, 6-0
[3] #15 Abby Forbes (UNC) def. Sydni Ratliff (OSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
[5-8] #28 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. Deniz Khazan (Barry) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0

Quarterfinals - Friday, Nov. 4
[1] #21 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. #58 Mary Stoiana (TAMU) 6-3, 6-3
#3 Daria Frayman (PRIN) def. [3] #15 Abby Forbes (UNC) 6-4, 6-4
[2] #7 Connie Ma (STAN) def. [5-8] #28 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) 7-5, 1-6, 6-1

Semifinals - Saturday, Nov. 5
[1] #21 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. [5-8] #16 Carol Lee (GT) 6-1, 6-0

Finals - Sunday, Nov. 6
[1] #21 Fiona Crawley (UNC) vs. #3 Daria Frayman (PRIN), 1 p.m. ET

Singles Consolation
Round of 16 - Thursday, Nov. 3
Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) def. #6 Cameron Morra (Duke) W/O, injury

Quarterfinals - Friday, Nov. 4
Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) def. #98 Kimmi Hance (UCLA) 6-0, 6-2

Semifinals - Saturday, Nov. 5
Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) def. #59 Marlee Zein (Texas) 6-0, 6-3

Finals - Sunday, Nov. 6
Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) vs. #5 Chloe Beck (Duke), 1 p.m. ET

Doubles Main Draw
Round of 32 - Wednesday, Nov. 2
[2] Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. Patricia Spaka/Domenika Turkoois (ASU) 7-5, 6-4

Round of 16 - Thursday, Nov. 3
[2] Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. Leonie Hoppe/Katherine Jhang (UNM) 6-0, 6-3

Quarterfinals - Friday, Nov. 4
[2] Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. Adel-Byanu Abidullina/Eliza Askarova (UD) 6-4, 6-4

Semifinals - Saturday, Nov. 5
[2] Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. [5-8] #26 Elaine Chervinsky/Natasha Subhash (UVA) 6-1, 6-2

Finals - Sunday, Nov. 6
[2] Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig (UNC) vs. [1] Savannah Broads/Kari Miller (PEPP), 3 p.m. ET

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