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No. 1 Women's Tennis Sweeps Demon Deacons, 4-0
April 8, 2023 | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The UNC women's tennis team (26-0, 12-0 ACC), swept No. 24 Wake Forest (14-11, 4-7) 4-0 on Saturday morning at the Carolina Tennis Center.
North Carolina began the morning with wins on doubles courts two and three to clinch the doubles point and enter singles play with a 1-0 lead over Wake Forest.
After dropping doubles court one, the No. 6 ranked tandem of Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig recorded a 6-1 victory to give UNC its first win of the day. With the doubles point at stake, Abbey Forbes and Reilly Tran came through with a 6-2 victory at No. 3 doubles to give the Tar Heels a 1-0 lead.
The Tar Heels made quick work of the Demon Deacons in singles play.
No. 87 Reilly Tran set the pace for UNC, she won her singles match 6-0, 6-1 to give North Carolina a 2-0 lead. At No. 4 singles, No. 81 Elizabeth Scotty won 6-2, 6-0 to extend the Tar Heel lead to 3-0.
A few moments later, top-ranked singles player Fiona Crawley clinched the match for the Tar Heels. She defeated No. 66 Anna Brylin 6-1, 6-0 to claim the decisive fourth point and extend North Carolina's winning streak to 26 straight matches.
Abbey Forbes, Carson Tanguilig and Anika Yarlagadda's matches all went unfinished.
Singles
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No. 1 Fiona Crawley(UNC) def. No. 66 Anna Brylin (WF) 6-1, 6-0 (clinch)
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No. 25 Abbey Forbes (UNC) vs. Brooke Killingsworth (WF) 4-6, 1-0 (UF)
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No. 16 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) vs. Nevena Carton (WF) 6-4, 1-0 (UF)
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No. 81 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) def. Maddie Lynch (WF) 6-2, 6-0
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No. 27 Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) vs. Whitley Pate (WF) 6-1, 4-1 (UF)
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No. 87 Reilly Tran (UNC) def. Jingyi Li (WF) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
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No. 23 Brylin/Killingsworth (WF) def. No. 22 Brantmeier/Scotty (UNC) 2-6
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No. 6 Crawley/Tanguilig (UNC) def. Carton/Pate (WF) 6-1
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Forbes/Tran (UNC) def. Ahmad/Li (WF) 6-2 (clinch)
Order of Completion:
Singles 6, 4, 1
Doubles 1, 2, 3
Up Next
The Tar Heels have six days before they host No. 6 Duke in the ACC regular season finale on Friday at the Carolina Tennis Center. The matchup against the Blue Devils is set for 3 p.m.
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,2,3
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
6,4,1
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