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Women's Tennis Team Upset by Wolfpack
June 21, 1999 | Women's Tennis
April 7, 1999
RALEIGH, N.C. - The 25th-ranked women's tennis team from North Carolina was upset Wednesday afternoon by 68th-ranked North Carolina State in a match played in Raleigh, N.C.
The loss was Carolina's third successive in an ACC match and dropped the Tar Heels to 12-7 overall on the season and 2-4 in the conference. N.C. State iumrpoved to 10-6 overall and 1-4 in the ACC with the win over UNC.
The loss was only the second of the season for the Tar Heels to a team ranked below them in the national rankings.
Victories for UNC were posted by freshman Caroline Hill at #2 singles, junior Cena Hackler at #4 singles and sophomore Courtney Zalinski at #5 singles. UNC's #1 doubles team of Hackler and junior Jessica Zaganczyk also win for the Tar Heels.
The Tar Heels will try to end their 1999 regular season in a more upbeat fashion this weekend when they play host to two matches at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. UNC will play 47th-ranked Maryland on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 46th-ranked Virginia on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Virginia match is the final match of the regular season. The ACC Tournament will be played in Atlanta, Ga., April 22-25.
#68 N.C. STATE 5, #25 NORTH CAROLINA 4
SINGLES
1. Nena Bonacic (NCSU) d. #100 Jessica Zaganczyk (UNC) 6-4, 6-1 2. Caroline Hill (UNC) d. Marissa Gildemeister (NCSU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 3. Francie Barragan (NCSU) d. Sarah Hawkins (UNC) 6-2, 6-0 4. Cena Hackler (UNC) d. Kristen Nicholls (NCSU) 6-2, 6-1 5. Courtney Zalinski (UNC) d. Pilar Piana (NCSU) 6-2, 6-0 6. Katrina Gildemeister (NCSU) d. Emi Shaffer (UNC) 6-1, 6-1DOUBLES
1. Hackler/Zaganczyk (UNC) d. Barragan/Piana (NCSU) 8-3 2. Gildemeister/Gildemeister (NCSU) d. Shaffer/Zalinski (UNC) 8-4 3. Bonacic/Nicholls (NCSU) d. Hawkins/Hill (UNC) 8-6Records: North Carolina 12-7, ACC 2-4; N.C. State 10-6, ACC 1-4.
