North Carolina
Wake Forest
No. 10 Tar Heels Roll Past No. 17 Demon Deacons Into ACC Semis
April 20, 2007 | Women's Tennis
April 20, 2007
CARY, N.C. --- No. 10 North Carolina rallied to claim a tight doubles point and cruised to three singles wins in a 4-0 win over No. 17 Wake Forest Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the ACC Women's Tennis Championships at the Cary Tennis Park. The third-seeded Tar Heels will meet second-seeded and fifth-ranked Georgia Tech in the semifinals Saturday at 1 p.m.
Wake Forest (14-7) opened up an early lead in the doubles point with a convincing 8-1 win by Ana German and Sasha Kulikova at No. 2 doubles. But Carolina (21-7) would get wins at the other two positions to claim the point. No. 5 Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long rallied from an early deficit to claim an 8-6 win at No. 1, while Meg Fanjoy and Austin Smith closed out Sierra Poske and Christine Simpson at No. 3 to clinch the point.
The Tar Heels jumped out to early leads on five of the six singles courts and closed out wins at the top three positions to secure the 4-0 victory. No. 4 Long topped No. 61 Alex Hirsch 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 shortly before No. 48 Tsang defeated No. 108 Ashlee Davis 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2. Caitlin Collins clinched the win at No. 3 with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ana Jerman.
UNC also led at No. 4 and No. 6 when the match was halted. No. 102 Smith was serving for the match at 5-3 when Collins gave Carolina the win.
Carolina will look to avenge a pair of 4-3 losses to Georgia Tech on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets topped the Tar Heels at the ITA National Indoor Tournament in February and won in Atlanta on March 31.
No. 10 UNC 4, No. 17 Wake Forest
Doubles
1. No. 5 Long/Anundsen (UNC) def. No. 31 Hirsch/Davis (WF), 8-6
2. Jerman/Kulikova (WF) def. No. 22 Collins/Marand (UNC), 8-1
3. Smith/Fanjoy (UNC) def. Poske/Simpson (WF), 8-5
1. No. 4 Jenna Long (UNC) def. No. 61 Alex Hirsch (WF), 6-2, 6-2
2. No. 48 Katrina Tsang (UNC) def. No. 108 Ashlee Davis (WF), 6-1, 6-2
3. Caitlin Collins (UNC) def. Ana Jerman (WF), 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish:
Doubles - 2, 1, 3
Singles - 1, 2, 3 (4-6 did not finish)
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