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Carolina Posts 5-2 Win Over Wake Forest
March 1, 2014 | Women's Tennis
North Carolina (11-2, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won the doubles point in a little over 30 minutes as the fifth-ranked duo of Caroline Price and Whitney Kay won 8-1 on court two. Minutes later ninth-ranked Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter secured the doubles point with an 8-4 win on court one.
Loeb, the top-ranked singles player in the country, won the first set 6-0 before her opponent retired trailing 3-0 in the second set.
Carter, eighth in the latest singles rankings, surrendered only one point in a 6-1, 6-0, win on court two.
No. 52 Caroline Price gave Carolina a 4-0 lead over the Deacs with a 6-0, 6-4, victory on court three.
Katie Vialle picked up a straight-set win at #5 singles, 6-3, 6-1.
No. 38 Wake Forest (8-2, 1-2) picked up two victories in three sets after the match was clinched for the Tar Heels.
Carolina visits No. 1 Duke on Sunday in Durham at 12 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Wake Forest vs North Carolina
2/28/2014 at Chapel Hill, N.C.
(Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center)
#11 North Carolina 5, #38 Wake Forest 2
Singles competition
1. #1 Jamie Loeb (NC) def. Andrea Retolaza (WF) 6-0, 3-0, retired
2. #8 Hayley Carter (NC) def. Kimmy Guerin (WF) 6-1, 6-0
3. #52 Caroline Price (NC) def. Samantha Asch (WF) 6-0, 6-4
4. Luisa Fernandez (WF) def. #82 Whitney Kay (NC) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4)
5. Kate Vialle (NC) def. Kasey Gardiner (WF) 6-3, 6-1
6. Xue Zhang (WF) def. Tessa Lyons (NC) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-4)
Doubles competition
1. #9 Jamie Loeb/Hayley Carter (NC) def. Xue Zhang/Kasey Gardiner (WF) 8-4
2. #5 Caroline Price/Whitney Kay (NC) def. Luisa Fernandez/Samantha Asch (WF) 8-1
3. #32 Laura Slater/Kate Vialle (NC) vs. Andrea Retolaza/Kimmy Guerin (WF) 6-4, unfinished
Match Notes:
Wake Forest 8-2, 1-2; National ranking #38
North Carolina 11-2, 3-0; National ranking #11
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (1,2,3,5,6,4)
T-3:15 A-176
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