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February 18, 2007 | Women's Tennis

By: UNC Athletic Communications

Feb. 18, 2007

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The No. 7 North Carolina women's tennis team won the doubles point that proved to be the difference in a 4-3 win at No. 6 Northwestern Sunday at the Combe Tennis Center. The two top-10 squads split the six singles matches, with senior Sara Anundsen clinching the match at the No. 4 position.

Anundsen and Katrina Tsang opened doubles play with an 8-5 win at No. 2 over Samantha Murray and Lauren Lui. Jenna Long and Austin Smith, playing together for the first time this season, then clinched the point with an 8-3 win at No. 3 over Keri Robison and Nazlie Ghazal.

Northwestern (6-3) quickly evened the score with a convincing win at No. 1 singles, as Georgia Rose knocked off No. 7 Long 6-0, 6-2. UNC (10-3) regained the lead with a win by Caitlin Collins at No. 5 and moved to within one point of the match with a victory by No. 73 Sanaz Marand at No. 6.

Anundsen put the Tar Heels over the top with a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 66 Liu. The win was the second in as many years for Carolina over the Wildcats. UNC scored a 4-3 upset over No. 6 Northwestern last season in Chapel Hill.

Next up for the Tar Heels is the Atlantic Coast Conference opener against Virginia Tech. The match is set for Wednesday at 4 p.m.

No. 7 UNC 4, No. 6 Northwestern 3
Doubles
1. No. 30 Alexis Prousis/Georgia Rose (NU) def. No. 24 Sanaz Marand/Caitlin Collins (UNC), 8-3
2. Sara Anundsen/Katrina Tsang (UNC) def. Samantha Murray/Lauren Lui (NU) 8-5
3. Jenna Long/Austin Smith (UNC) def. Keri Robison/Nazlie Ghazal (NU) 8-3

Singles
1. Georgia Rose (NU) def. No. 7 Jenna Long (UNC), 6-0, 6-2
2. Samantha Murray (NU) def. No. 19 Katrina Tsang (UNC), 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-5)
3. Alexis Prousis (NU) def. No. 33 Austin Smith (UNC) 6-4, 7-6 (6)
4. Sara Anundsen (UNC) def. No. 66 Lauren Lui (NU) 6-3, 6-4*
5. Caitlin Collins (UNC) def. Nazlie Ghazal (NU) 6-4, 6-2
6. No. 73 Sanaz Marand (UNC) def. Keri Robison (NU) 6-4, 6-4