CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Carolina won
three tight matches on the day to defeat
Virginia Tech, 6-1, Saturday afternoon.
The Tar Heels improved to 15-7 overall
and 5-3 in the ACC while the Hokies fell
to 10-9 and 1-7 in the conference.
UNC, ranked No. 18 nationally, took two
of the three doubles matches for the
first point and won five of the six
singles contests for the final margin.
In singles, Sanaz Marand, ranked No. 61
nationally, blanked Inga Beermann (Sr.,
Bad Salzuflen, Germany), 6-0, 6-0, at
No. 1 and 63rd-ranked Katrina Tsang won
the No. 2 match, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 1-0 (0),
over Tech’s Jessica Brouwer (Sr.,
Maarssen, The Netherlands). Elsewhere,
Laura Reichert beat Yasmin Hamza (So.,
Cairo, Egypt.), 6-4, 6-2, at No. 4,
Jelena Durisic eased past Courtney
Rauscher (Fr., Evans, Ga.), 3-6, 7-5,
1-0 (5) in the No. 5 match and Meg
Fanjoy took the No. 6 contest, 6-4, 6-2,
versus Holly Johnson (So., Tallahassee,
Fla.).
Tech’s lone singles win occurred in the
No. 3 match where Martha Blakely (Fr.,
Reading, Pa.) won, 6-4, 6-1, over Austin
Smith.
In doubles, No. 61 Smith/Tsang edged No.
55 Brouwer/Johnson, 9-8 (1), at No. 1
and the Tar Heels clinched the doubles
point as Fanjoy/Reichert took the No. 3
match, 8-4, over Hamza/Abbey Walker
(Sr., Lancaster, S.C.). The Hokies took
the No. 2 match where Beermann/Blakely
defeated Marand/Haley Hemm, 8-5.
Tech returns to action on Sunday, at
noon p.m.at No. 9 Duke.
#18 North Carolina 6, #58 Virginia Tech
1
Singles
No. 1 #61 Sanaz Marand (UNC) def. Inga
Beermann (VT) 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 #63 Katrina Tsang (UNC). def.
Jessica Brouwer (VT) 6-7 (2), 6-3, 1-0
(0)
No. 3 Martha Blakely (VT) def. Austin
Smith (UNC) 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 Laura Reichert (UMNC) def. Yasmin
Hamza (VT) 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 Jelena Durisic (UNC) def. Courtney
Rauscher (VT) 3-6, 7-5, 1-0 (5)
No. 6 Meg Fanjoy (UNC) def. Holly
Johnson (VT) 6-4, 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 4, 6*, 3, 5, 2
Doubles
No. 1 #61 Smith/Tsang (UNC) def. #55
Brouwer/Johnson (VT) 9-8 (1)
No. 2 Beermann/Blakely (VT) def.
Marand/Haley Hemm (UNC) 8-5
No. 3 Fanjoy/Reichert (UNC) def.
Hamza/Abbey Walker (VT) 8-4
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1*
*Clinching point
