Irish Drop Two in the Triangle to Top-10 Opponents

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — No. 46 Notre Dame Women’s Tennis fell to two top-10 opponents in No. 1 North Carolina and No. 8 Duke on Sunday and Monday. The Irish move to 9-11 overall and 3-8 in conference play.

The Irish began the road swing at No. 1 North Carolina and would battle six ranked opponents, ultimately falling 7-0.

In Durham on Monday morning, the Irish were led by freshman Julia Andreach, who defeated Hannah Zhao in a three-set tiebreaker, 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 1-0 (10-7), to put the Irish on the board. The Blue Devils would win the doubles point and five singles points to earn the 6-1 final.

#1 North Carolina 7, #46 Notre Dame 0 

Singles competition 

1. #37 Alexa Graham (NC) def. Cameron Corse (ND) 6-2, 6-4 
2. #28 Cameron Morra (NC) def. #74 Page Freeman (ND) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4 
3. #21 Makenna Jones (NC) def. Ally Bojczuk (ND) 6-0, 6-1 
4. #51 Fiona Crawley (NC) def. Julia Lilien (ND) 6-2, 6-0 
5. #114 Reilly Tran (NC) def. Julia Andreach (ND) 6-2, 6-1 
6. #98 Anika Yarlagadda (NC) def. Maeve Koscielski (ND) 6-1, 6-1 

Doubles competition 

1. Elizabeth Scotty/Cameron Morra (NC) def. #12 Cameron Corse/Page Freeman (ND) 6-3 
2. #39 Reilly Tran/Alle Sanford (NC) def. #11 Ally Bojczuk/Julia Lilien (ND) 6-2 
3. Anika Yarlagadda/Alexa Graham (NC) def. Yashna Yellayi/Julia Andreach (ND) 6-2

#8 Duke 6, #46 Notre Dame 1 

Singles competition 

1. #17 Kelly Chen (DU) def. Cameron Corse (ND) 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8) 
2. Meible Chi (DU) def. #74 Page Freeman (ND) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 
3. #87 Margaryta Bilokin (DU) def. Ally Bojczuk (ND) 6-2, 6-3 
4. Karolina Berankova (DU) def. Julia Lilien (ND) 6-4, 6-0 
5. Julia Andreach (ND) def. Hannah Zhao (DU) 6-7 (5-7), 6-0, 1-0 (10-7) 
6. Ema Lazic (DU) def. Maeve Koscielski (ND) 6-0, 6-3 

Doubles competition 

1. #5 Meible Chi/Margaryta Bilokin (DU) vs. #12 Cameron Corse/Page Freeman (ND) 4-4, unfinished 
2. Georgia Drummy/Karolina Berankova (DU) def. #11 Ally Bojczuk/Julia Lilien (ND) 6-3 
3. Kelly Chen/Ema Lazic (DU) def. Yashna Yellayi/Julia Andreach (ND) 6-0

Next Up

The Irish will return to the Eck for a three-game homestand to close out the regular season. Up first, the Irish will play host Louisville on April 3 at 1 p.m. ET. 

Current Notre Dame students with valid student ID are permitted to attend outdoor tennis matches this season. Mask usage and social distancing are required. While all other fans are unable to attend matches at the Eck Tennis Pavilion due to health and safety protocol, live stats are available at UND.com/mediastats and live streaming is available at UND.com/tennisstream. 

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