The no. 1 UNC women’s tennis (10-0, 1-0 ACC) earned its first conference victory this season with a 5-2 win over No. 14 Virginia (4-2, 0-1 ACC) on the road in Charlottesville. The 28th straight dual-match win broke the record for the longest winning streak in North Carolina history.
What happened?
North Carolina claimed the doubles point after two Tar Heel duos won their matches. No. 4 senior Sara Daavettila and No. 6 junior Cameron Morra defeated No. 80 Emma Navarro and No. 47 Rosie Johanson, 6-4, while No. 49 graduate Makenna Jones and No. 79 sophomore Elizabeth Scotty took down No. 11 Natasha Subhash and No. 91 Sofia Munera, 6-2. However, UNC could not complete the doubles sweep, as No. 53 senior Alle Sanford and first-year Reilly Tran suffered a 6-4 loss to Vivian Glozman and No. 104 Amber O’Dell.
The Tar Heels got on the board first in the singles matches as No. 120 first-year Fiona Crawley dominated her opponent for a 6-0, 6-1 win. Next to finish was Scotty, who beat Johanson in a 6-1, 6-4 win.
Tran, the No. 1 recruit from the state of Virginia in last year’s class, avenged her doubles loss with a convincing 6-0, 6-3 win over Glozman, putting UNC up 4-0, and sealing the victory for her squad.
Though the outcome had been determined, there was still tennis to be played, and the Cavaliers refused to be swept in the same manner UNC’s opponents were on Tuesday.
Virginia’s Munera took Anika Yarlagadda to the wire, but the Tar Heel held strong to win 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (6).
The last two matches did not end in the Tar Heels' favor, as Morra fell to Subhash by a result of 6-3, 2-6, 0-1 (6) in a top-15 clash. The match officially concluded after No. 3 Alexa Graham was upset by Navarro in tiebreakers, losing 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (7).
