April 5, 2018
By Michael Scholl
NOTRE DAME, Indiana — The Notre Dame women’s tennis team returns home after playing four straight ACC matches on the road to host North Carolina and NC State. The Irish and Tar Heels tangle on Friday, April 6, at 3:30 p.m., while they take on the Wolfpack on Sunday, April 8, at Noon.
WHO: No. 1 North Carolina (18-2, 7-1 ACC) at Notre Dame (10-8, 2-6 ACC)
WHEN: Friday, April 6 | 3:30 p.m.
WHERE: Notre Dame, IN
LIVE: UND.com
WHO: No. 42 NC State (10-11, 3-5 ACC*) at Notre Dame (10-8, 2-6 ACC*)
WHEN: Sunday, April 8 | Noon
WHERE: Notre Dame, IN
LIVE: UND.com*Entering Weekend
NOTE: Matches are tentatively scheduled to be played outdoors at the Courtney Tennis Center. Weather may force action indoors to the adjacent Eck Tennis Pavilion. UND.com provides live video and scoring from all indoor matches and live scoring for all outdoor matches. Stay tuned to @NDWomensTennis on Twitter for the latest updates.
On The Fighting Irish
Notre Dame (10-8, 2-6 ACC) will return to home courts this weekend, where the Irish have played just twice in the last nine matches. They have also faced five ranked teams in their last six contests.
Brooke Broda and Allison Miller have played most the season atop the singles and doubles lineups. Broda is 5-8 on court one and 2-2 on two, while Miller owns a 2-2 record on court one and an 8-5 mark on court two. Together, the duo is 6-10 at one doubles.
Zoe Spence and Cameron Corse have filled out the next two spots in the lineup. Spence is 12-5 in singles play during dual matches this year, while Corse is 9-8. Paired together in doubles action, Spence and Corse are 6-7 on court two.
On The Tar Heels
No. 1 North Carolina is 18-2 on the year and 7-1 in ACC play. The lone setbacks have come to seventh-ranked Vanderbilt and sixth-ranked Georgia Tech, both by scores of 6-3. UNC has been ranked atop the ITA team rankings since Feb. 14.
The Tar Heels boast six players among the nation’s top 103 singles players according to ITA rankings. Makenna Jones paces that group at 18th, followed by Alle Sanford (20th), Sara Daavettila (27th), Jessie Aney (47th), Alexa Graham (70th) and Chlose Ouellet-Pizer (103rd). The middle of the lineup has been deadly, as Jones is 8-1 on two, Daavettila is 10-1 on three, Graham is 10-0 on four and Aney is 8-3 on court five.
Aney and Graham make up the nation’s second-ranked doubles paring thanks to a 13-1 record on the dual season, all on court one. Daavettila and Sanford rank 13th nationally thanks to a 13-3 spring record.
North Carolina leads the all-time series with Notre Dame, 12-9.
On The Wolfpack
No. 42 NC State enters the weekend with a 10-11 record and 3-5 mark in ACC play before a trip to Louisville on Friday, April 6.
Anna Rogers has played most the season at court one, where she holds a 10-9 reord. Adriana Reami is 11-6 on court two during the spring. Rogers and Claudia Wiktorin boast a 10-3 record at one doubles, while Reami and Amanad Rebol are 9-4 on court two.
The all-time series between Notre Dame and NC State is even at two matches apiece.
Up Next
Notre Dame makes its final regular season road trip next weekend, with a visit to Boston College on Friday, April 13, followed by a trip to Syracuse on Sunday, April 15.
— ND —
Michael Scholl has been a member of the Fighting Irish Media communications staff at his alma mater since August 2016. He serves as the secondary contact for the Irish football and hockey teams while coordinating communications efforts for the women’s tennis program. Scholl has previously worked in communications at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Providence College, Vanderbilt University and the University of Cincinnati. The South Bend, Indiana, native earned a degree in political science from the College of Arts and Letters in 2009.