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No. 13 Tar Heels Fall At No. 7 Georgia Tech, 4-3
March 31, 2007 | Women's Tennis
March 31, 2007
ATLANTA --- Fifth-ranked Jenna Long defeated seventh-ranked Kristi Miller at No. 1 singles, but No. 7 Georgia Tech was able to overcome losing the doubles point to defeat No. 13 North Carolina, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at the Bill Moore Tennis Center. UNC also got a three-set win from No. 55 Katrina Tsang at No. 2 singles as well as wins at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles.
Long and Sara Anundsen, the nation's 11th-ranked doubles tandem, opened doubles play with an 8-4 win over No. 8 Kristi Miller and Whitney McCray. After Alison Silverio and Amanda Craddock scored an 8-5 win at No. 2, Austin Smith and Meg Fanjoy clinched the doubles point with an 8-6 victory over Tarryn Rudman and Kirsten Flower.
No. 99 Craddock quickly evened the match with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Caitlin Collins at No. 3. Long's win over Miller gave UNC a 2-1 lead, but No. 44 Christy Striplin defeated No. 98 Smith 6-3, 6-3 to make it 2-all.
No. 75 Rudman gave the Yellow Jackets (14-4, 5-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) the lead for good with a 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 win over No. 51 Marand at No. 6. No. 55 Tsang would add a win over No. 116 Silverio to make the final score 4-3.
Carolina faces Clemson tomorrow afternoon.
No. 7 Georgia Tech 4, No. 13 UNC 3
Singles
1. #5 Jenna Long (NC) def. #7 Kristi Miller (GT) 7-6, 6-2
2. #55 Katrina Tsang (NC) def. #116 Alison Silverio (GT) 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
3. #99 Amanda Craddock (GT) def. Caitlin Collins (NC) 6-2, 6-0
4. #121 Amanda McDowell (GT) def. Sara Anundsen (NC) 2-6, 7-6, 6-4
5. #44 Christy Striplin (GT) def. #98 Austin Smith (NC) 6-3, 6-3
6. #75 Tarryn Rudman (GT) def. #51 Sanaz Marand (NC) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
Doubles
1. #11 Anundsen/Long (NC) def. #8 Whitney McCray/Miller (GT) 8-4
2. Craddock/Silverio (GT) def. Collins/Marand (NC) 8-5
3. Meg Fanjoy/Smith (NC) def. Kirsten Flower/Rudman (GT) 8-6
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,1,5,6,4,2)
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