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Tar Heels Top Florida State 6-1 For Third ACC Win
April 2, 2005 | Women's Tennis
April 2, 2005
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The 16th-ranked North Carolina women's tennis defeated the 32nd-ranked Seminoles of Florida State Saturday afternoon at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. With the win, Carolina avenged a 4-3 loss to Florida State in Tallahassee last year.
Coming off a 4-3 win at Wake Forest on March 31, the Tar Heels are now 3-1 in Atlantic Coast Conference play and 14-6 overall. The Seminoles move to 9-7, 4-3 in the ACC, and will play at Duke on Sunday.
Carolina swept all three doubles matches, which it hasn't done since Feb. 26, when it defeated East Carolina 7-0 at home. The fifth-ranked tandem of Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis defeated a strong 10th-ranked Lindsay Deason and Mihaela Moldovan 8-6 at the No. 1 seed. With its third straight win, the senior duo moves to 24-5.
At the No. 2 doubles seed, 26th-ranked Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long moved to 25-6 as they cruised past the Seminoles' Roxanne Clarke and Amberly Tantee 8-2. The pair is 14-3 in dual-match play. At No. 3, Caitlin Collins and Tanja Markovic won their second straight match together, defeating Miranda Foley and Tapiwa Marobela 8-5.
In singles action, UNC took five of the six matches. At the No. 2 seed, Cline, ranked 20th in the ITA rankings, defeated Clarke 6-1, 6-4, and is one win away from 30 singles victories this season.
Carolina also won at the No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 seeds. Long clinched the match with her win at the No. 3 seed. The Fremont, Calif., sophomore, who has won her last five matches, is 17-3 in dual-match play and 28-5 overall this season.
Carolina will play Elon this evening at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center in a rescheduled match. UNC then travels to face ACC foe N.C. State on Wednesday, April 6, at 2:30 p.m.
#16 North Carolina 6, #32 Florida State 1
Doubles
1. #5 Aniela Mojzis / Kendall Cline (UNC) d. #10 Lindsay Deason/Mihaela Moldovan (FSU), 8-6
2. #26 Sara Anundsen / Jenna Long (UNC) d. Roxanne Clarke/Amberly Tantee (FSU), 8-2
3. Caitlin Collins / Tanja Markovic (UNC) d. Miranda Foley/Tapiwa Marobela (FSU), 8-5
Singles
1. #19 Mihaela Moldovan d. #27 Aniela Mojzis (UNC), 7-5, 6-4
2. #20 Kendall Cline (UNC) d. Roxanne Clarke (FSU), 6-1, 6-4
3. Jenna Long (UNC) d. Lindsay Deason (FSU), 6-4, 7-6(3)*
4. Sara Anundsen (UNC) d. Miranda Foley (FSU), 6-2, 6-0
5. Caitlin Collins (UNC) d. Tapiwa Marobela (FSU), 7-5, 6-2
6. Charlotte Tansill (UNC) d. Amberly Tantee (FSU),6-4, 3-6, 6-2
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