CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — Zoe Spence earned a win over the nation’s sixth-ranked singles player, but that was the only point for the Notre Dame women’s tennis team in a 6-1 setback at No. 1 North Carolina. The Irish also got a doubles victory from Zoe Taylor and Ally Bojczuk.
How It Happened
UNC’s 16th-ranked doubles team of Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham won a 6-0 decision at the top of the doubles lineup before Taylor and Bojczuk took a 6-3 decision from Alle Sanford and Sara Daavettila on court three. The Tar Heels won the doubles point with a 6-4 victory by Makenna Jones and Cameron Morra (No. 4) over Cameron Corse and Bess Waldram.
Morra, ranked 27th in singles, made it 2-0 UNC with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Waldram. At the top of the lineup Jones, the country’s number two singles player, secured a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Bojczuk. The Tar Heels clinched the match at six singles, where No. 122 Sanford won over Maeve Koscielski, 6-1, 6-3.
Aney’s 6-3, 6-1 win over Brooke Broda on court five made it 5-0 and Graham (No. 5) won in two sets over Cameron Corse, 6-3, 7-6. Spence then capped the afternoon with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Daavettila, who entered the weekend ranked sixth in the naiton.
Up Next
The Irish return to action on Sunday, March 3, when they face NC State in Raleigh, North Carolina, at Noon.