Friday, February 8
Seattle, Wash.
1:00 PM
North Carolina
4
vs
0
Oklahoma State
Carolina Blanks Cowgirls In ITA First Round
February 8, 2019 | Women's Tennis
SEATTLE - Defending champion North Carolina showed why it was selected as the No. 2 seed in the 2019 ITA National Women's Tennis Team Indoor Championship with a 4-0 shutout of No. 9 Oklahoma State in a first-round match from Nordstrom Tennis Center on the campus of the University of Washington.
All matches on Friday started with singles in an attempt to get all eight first-round matches completed before the greater Seattle area is blanketed with a storm that is expected to drop as much as a foot of snow in the region.
Carolina's top three singles lines took to the court first with Duke and Ohio State's match occupying the other three courts as their battle went the distance. The third seeded Blue Devils prevailed, 4-3, in an epic match that lasted over three and a half hours.
No. 15 Sara Daavettila was first off to stake the Heels to a 1-0 lead. The Williamston, Michigan, product won 6-3, 7-5, over No. 120 Bunyawi Thamshaiwat.
The next court over saw No. 6 Makenna Jones double the advantage at 2-0 after a 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory on court one over No. 22 Katie Stresnakova.
No. 7 Alexa Graham outlasted Lisa Marie Rioux on court three, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
Senior Jessie Aney clinched the match on court six with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Tamara Arnold.
UNC improves to 21-3 at ITA Indoors since the 2013 season when the Heels won the first of its three titles in the previous six seasons.
ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship
First Round - Friday, Feb. 8, 2019
No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State
#6 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. #22 Katie Stresnakova (OKST) 7-6 (3), 6-4
#15 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. #120 Bunyawi Thamshaiwat (OKST) 6-3, 7-5
#7 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Lisa Marie Rioux (OKST) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
#20 Cameron Morra (UNC) vs. #66 Marina Guinart (OKST) 6-4, 4-4, unfinished
#104 Alle Sanford (UNC) vs. Catherine Gulihur (OKST) 6-4, 2-5, unfinished
Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Tamara Arnold (OKST) 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 6
All matches on Friday started with singles in an attempt to get all eight first-round matches completed before the greater Seattle area is blanketed with a storm that is expected to drop as much as a foot of snow in the region.
Carolina's top three singles lines took to the court first with Duke and Ohio State's match occupying the other three courts as their battle went the distance. The third seeded Blue Devils prevailed, 4-3, in an epic match that lasted over three and a half hours.
No. 15 Sara Daavettila was first off to stake the Heels to a 1-0 lead. The Williamston, Michigan, product won 6-3, 7-5, over No. 120 Bunyawi Thamshaiwat.
The next court over saw No. 6 Makenna Jones double the advantage at 2-0 after a 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory on court one over No. 22 Katie Stresnakova.
No. 7 Alexa Graham outlasted Lisa Marie Rioux on court three, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.
Senior Jessie Aney clinched the match on court six with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Tamara Arnold.
UNC improves to 21-3 at ITA Indoors since the 2013 season when the Heels won the first of its three titles in the previous six seasons.
ITA National Women's Team Indoor Championship
First Round - Friday, Feb. 8, 2019
No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State
#6 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. #22 Katie Stresnakova (OKST) 7-6 (3), 6-4
#15 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. #120 Bunyawi Thamshaiwat (OKST) 6-3, 7-5
#7 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Lisa Marie Rioux (OKST) 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
#20 Cameron Morra (UNC) vs. #66 Marina Guinart (OKST) 6-4, 4-4, unfinished
#104 Alle Sanford (UNC) vs. Catherine Gulihur (OKST) 6-4, 2-5, unfinished
Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Tamara Arnold (OKST) 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 6
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