North Carolina
Pittsburgh
#3 Carolina Fends Off Pitt, 5-2
March 6, 2016 | Women's Tennis
North Carolina (14-2, 4-0 ACC) remained unbeaten in conference play thanks to another doubles point victory to grab an early 1-0 lead over Pitt, who falls to 5-3, 1-3.
No. 31 Jessie Aney and Kate Vialle were first to record a doubles win, 6-2, over Audrey Ann Blakely and Gabriela Rezende. The point was clinched when Ashley Dai and Chloe Ouellet-Pizer won 6-2 over Callie Frey and Natsumi Okamoto on court three.
In singles, 84th-ranked Jessie Aney made it 2-0 Tar Heels with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Callie Frey on court two.
Pitt cut its deficit in half with a win on court five, but second-ranked Hayley Carter and later Kate Vialle won on courts one and three, respectively, to give Carolina a 4-1 lead and the win over the Panthers.
Freshman Chloe Ouellet-Pizer added a win on court four to close out the 5-2 win for the Tar Heels.
Carolina hosts Wake Forest on Friday at 3 p.m.
No. 3 North Carolina 5, Pitt 2
Doubles
1. No. 1 Carter/Kay (UNC) vs. Washington/Ogungbesan (UP), 4-4, unfinished
2. No. 31 Aney/Vialle (UNC) def. Ann Blakely/Rezende (UP), 6-2
3. Dai/Oullett-Pizer (UNC) def. Frey/Okamoto (UP) 6-2
*Order of finish: 2, 3
Singles
1. No. 2 Hayley Carter (UNC) def. Lolade Ogungbesan (UP), 6-4, 6-0
2. No. 84 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Audrey Ann Blakely (UP), 6-0, 6-1
3. Kate Vialle (UNC) def. Callie Frey (UP) 6-1, 6-0
4. Chloe Oullett-Pizer (UNC) def. Carina Ma (UP) 6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (10-5)
5. Gabriela Rezende (UP) def. Cassandra Vazquez (UNC) 6-3, 6-2
6. Amber Washington (UP) def. Ashley Dai (UNC) 7-5, 7-5
*Order of finish: 2, 5, 1, 3, 6, 4
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