Morra Falls In NCAA Singles Semifinals

Monday, May 20

Orlando, Fla.

4:00 PM

North Carolina

NCAA Singles & Doubles Championship

Cameron Morra
University of North Carolina Men's Tennis v Ohio State
NCAA Tournament
USTA National Campus
Orlando, FL
Thursday, May 16, 2019

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

May 24, 2019 | Women's Tennis

ORLANDO - It took the top-ranked player in the nation to knock North Carolina freshman Camera Morra out of the NCAA Singles Championship. No. 1 Estela Perez-Somarriba of Miami won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, in a semifinal match Friday evening from the USTA National Campus.

Morra became the first freshman in Tar Heel women's tennis history to reach the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championship on Thursday. She couldn't duplicate her success over the last week in Lake Nona against Perez-Somarriba, the two-time reigning Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year.

Morra became just the fourth Carolina women's tennis player to reach the semifinals, joining Cinda Gurney (1993), Jamie Loeb (2015) and Hayley Carter (2016). Loeb remains the lone Tar Heel to win a singles national title.

UNC concludes another epic season in what has become rather routine in recent years for this program. Carolina set a program record with a 33-2 overall mark in dual matches, won a fourth-straight ACC Championship, once again went unbeaten in the conference regular season and reached the finals of the ITA Indoor National Team Championship for the fifth year in a row.

The Tar Heels boast five All-America players on their roster for the second-successive season. Jessie Aney grabbed her third career honor in doubles, Sara Daavetilla earned the nod in singles thanks to an impressive run to the NCAA Singles quarterfinals, Alexa Graham and Makenna Jones were both national seeds in singles and doubles, while Morra landed on both teams by reaching the singles semis and having a national seed designation in doubles.

NCAA Singles Championship
Semifinals - May 24, 2019
[1] #1 Estela Perez-Somarriba (Miami) def. #46 Cameron Morra (UNC) 6-3, 6-1

Quarterfinals - May 23, 2019
#21 Kelly Chen (Duke) def. #20 Sara Daavettila (UNC) 6-3, 6-4
#46 Cameron Morra (UNC) def. #22 Felicity Maltby (Texas Tech) 6-3, 5-7, 6-3

Round of 16 - May 22, 2019
#46 Cameron Morra (UNC) def. #32 Elysia Bolton (UCLA) 6-7 (1), 7-6 (6), 6-2
#20 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. #58 Solymar Colling (San Diego) 6-3, 6-3
No. 43 Asuka Kawai (Illinois) def. [7] #7 Alexa Graham (UNC) 7-5, 6-3

Second Round - May 21, 2019
[7] #7 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. #37 Ashley Lahey (Pepp) 7-6 (4), 6-4
#46 Cameron Morra (UNC) def. [9-16] #19 Marta Gonzalez (UGA) 7-6, 6-2
#20 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. #27 Justina Mikulskyte (Kentucky) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

First Round - May 20, 2019
[7] #7 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. #49 Ellie Douglas (TCU) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5
#46 Cameron Morra (UNC) def. #34 Silvia Ambrosio (Purdue), 0-6, 6-2, 6-0
#20 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. [3] #3 Kate Fahey (MICH) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#24 Michaela Gordon (STAN) def. [5] #5 Makenna Jones (UNC) 6-2, 6-1

NCAA Doubles Championship
Quarterfinals - May 23, 2019
[3] #5 Andrews/Broomfield (UCLA) def. [5-8] #12 Jones/Morra (UNC) 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (7)

Round of 16 - May 22, 2019
[5-8] #12 Jones/Morra (UNC) def. #26 Kuznetsova/Zeleva (UCF) 7-5, 7-6 (6)
#28 Carle/Jokic (UGA) def. [2] #2 Aney/Graham (UNC) 6-1, 6-3

First Round - May 21, 2019
[2] #2 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. #29 Arbuthnott/Gordon (STAN) 6-2, 6-4
[5-8] #12 Jones/Morra (UNC) def. #27 Golovin/Richardson (LSU) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (4)