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Carolina Women's Tennis Falls To UCLA At Indoor Nationals
February 5, 2004 | Women's Tennis
Feb. 5, 2004
MADISON, Wis. - No. 11 UCLA won four of six singles matches to defeat No. 10 North Carolina 5-2 in the first round of the U.S. Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Women's Team Indoor Championships being held at the Nielsen Tennis Stadium.
UCLA won two of three close doubles matches to claim the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead in the match before winning three singles in straight sets, clinching the match at No. 6 on a triumph by Lauren Fisher. UNC's wins in singles came from freshman Caitlin Collins at No. 3 in a tight three-setter and from freshman Sara Anundsen at No. 5 in straight sets.
In the highlight match in singles, No. 17 Jackie Carleton of the Bruins outlasted 34th-ranked Aniela Mojzis of Carolina by a 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 score.
UCLA advances to the second round of the tournament where the Bruins will play No. 1 seed Stanford Friday at 3 p.m. UNC fell 3-1 on the season.
The Tar Heels will play host Wisconsin Friday at 9 a.m. in the first round of consolation matches.
No. 11 UCLA 5, No. 10 North Carolina 2
Doubles (team winning majority of matches wins one team point)
No. 1 Carleton/Fisher (#3) (UCLA) d. Mojzis/Cline (#41) (UNC), 8-5
No. 2 Bairos/Bunn (UNC) d. Bercek/Esseghir (UCLA) 9-8 (7-5)
No. 3 McGoodwin/Gordon (UCLA) d. Anundsen/Collins (UNC), 8-6
Singles
No. 1 Jackie Carleton (#17) (UCLA) d. Aniela Mojzis (#34) (UNC), 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-3
No. 2 Daniela Bercek (UCLA) d. Lee Bairos (UNC), 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Caitlin Collins (#98) (UNC) d. Feriel Esseghir (UCLA), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
No. 4 Alex McGoodwin (UCLA) d. Kendall Cline (UNC), 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 Sara Anundsen (#65) (UNC) d. Sarah Gregg (UCLA), 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 Lauren Fisher (UCLA) d. Jenna Long (UNC), 6-3, 6-1
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