North Carolina women’s tennis will try to avenge last season’s loss to Florida in the NCAA Tournament final four in a top five matchup at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Saturday.
The Tar Heels beat no. 35 DePaul 6-1 on Saturday in the first game of the event behind singles wins from De Bruycker, Durisic, Suarez-Malaguti, McHale and Hemm. All three doubles teams won as well. The sixth-ranked Tar Heels advance to play in the ITA National Indoor Championships on Feb. 18-21.
North Carolina freshman Tessa Lyons crushed an unreturnable serve past Elon’s Jordan Johnston in a women’s tennis doubles match on Saturday. “I can’t hit Mach Five,” Johnston helplessly said to the Elon section of the stands as she shrugged her shoulders. North Carolina’s 6-foot-2 senior Jelena Durisic shot a smile at her doubles partner, slapped hands with her and then got back into ready position. Back to business. The freshman/senior doubles duo, which usually plays at No.
At the 2010 Janis Hope Dowd Nike Cup, the North Carolina men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams essentially rewrote the record book for the event hosted at Koury Natatorium this weekend. The men’s team posted 1,440 points during the event, while Navy lagged behind in second place with 710.5. The women’s team triumphed over the rest of the Nike Cup field with 1,569.5 points compared to second-place Duke, which had only 503 points.
The North Carolina men’s swimming and diving team routed Georgia for the second straight year while the women failed to rally past the Bulldogs.
The freshman classes of both the North Carolina men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams flexed their talent in promising debut victories against East Carolina on Friday at Koury Natatorium.
