UNCG falls at No. 12 North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, NC – UNC Greensboro’s women’s tennis team opened the second half of its 2007-08 schedule with a 7-0 loss at No. 12 ranked North Carolina on Friday night.

North Carolina swept through all six singles matches and all three doubles pro-sets to earn its first win of the spring season. UNCG held tough during the doubles, falling 8-3 and 8-4 during the doubles pro-sets at Nos. 2 and 3. Alejandra Guerra gave Katrina Tsang a tough first set in singles action, dropping the first set, 6-4.

However, the 12th-ranked Tar Heels took over from there to cruise to the shutout win.

UNCG returns to action in two weeks when it faces Michigan State on February 2. The match gets underway at 1 pm.

AGATE

No. 12 UNC 7, UNCG 0

Doubles

1. No. 8 Sanaz Marand/Sophie Grabinski def. Alejandra Guerra/Arielle VonStrolley, 8-1

2. Austin Smith/Meg Fanjoy def. Valerie Behr/Jess Eblen, 8-3

3. Katrina Tsang/Jelena Durisic def. Britney Cloer/Erica Zabkar, 8-4

Order of finish: 1,3,2

Singles

1. Tsang def. Guerra, 6-4, 6-0

2. No. 14 Marand def. VonStrolley, 6-0, 6-0

3. No. 72 Austin Smith def. Behr, 6-1, 6-1

4. Durisic def. Cloer, 6-2, 6-0

5. Laura Reichert def. Zabkar, 6-0, 6-1

6. Fanjoy def. Eblen, 6-1, 6-1

Order of finish: 2,6,5,4,3,1

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