Saturday, March 11
Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
3:00 PM
College of Charleston
0
vs
7
North Carolina
Photo by: CofCSports.com
No. 3 Tar Heels Too Much in 7-0 Defeat
3/11/2017 9:04:00 PM | Women's Tennis
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – The Cougars found success in spots on Saturday against a high caliber opponent, but in the end, the No. 3 North Carolina Tar Heels (16-1) were too much for the College of Charleston women's tennis team (5-4).
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Despite dropping the doubles point 2-0, the College played UNC tough to start things off. Liza Fieldsend and Rachel McNeely went down with a fight, falling 6-4. Mara Argyriou and Anastasia Palaska didn't finish their flight two matchup, but led 4-3 when things wrapped up.
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The Tar Heels fielded three nationally ranked singles players against the Cougars, and two of them pulled off decisive wins in the top two flights. Flight three was a battlefield however, where Argyriou squared off with No. 78 Makenna Jones. The two split their opening two sets, and with the overall match already decided, the two settled things in a super tiebreak. Argyriou and Jones traded blows, but the Tar Heel separated at the end to take the 10-5 win.
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"It was a great atmosphere today with a lot of people out supporting me by my court, which I really fed off of," Argyriou said. "At the end of the day, my opponent was a little bit tougher, and full credit to her for playing as hard as she did."
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Palaska played a competitive match in the fifth flight as well, but was bested by Rachel James-Baker by a score of 7-5, 6-4.
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The Cougars will have a day off before returning to action on Monday against the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
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No. 3 UNC 7, CofC 0
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SINGLES
No. 24 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Liza Fieldsend (CofC) ~ 6-0, 6-0
No. 33 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Christi Woodson (CofC) ~ 6-1, 6-1
No. 78 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Mara Argyriou (CofC) ~ 4-6, 6-1, 10-5
Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Rachel McNeely (CofC) ~ 6-2, 6-0
Rachel James-Baker (UNC) def. Anastasia Palaska (CofC) ~ 7-5, 6-4
Cassandra Vazquez (UNC) def. Turner Yates (CofC) ~ 6-4, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 4*, 6, 5, 3
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DOUBLES
Aney/Kane (UNC) def. Fieldsend/McNeely (CofC) ~ 6-4
Argyriou/Palaska (CofC) vs. Ouellet-Pizer/James-Baker (UNC) ~ 4-3, Unf.
Vazquez/Graham (UNC) def. Jones/Zschunke (CofC) ~ 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 1
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Despite dropping the doubles point 2-0, the College played UNC tough to start things off. Liza Fieldsend and Rachel McNeely went down with a fight, falling 6-4. Mara Argyriou and Anastasia Palaska didn't finish their flight two matchup, but led 4-3 when things wrapped up.
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The Tar Heels fielded three nationally ranked singles players against the Cougars, and two of them pulled off decisive wins in the top two flights. Flight three was a battlefield however, where Argyriou squared off with No. 78 Makenna Jones. The two split their opening two sets, and with the overall match already decided, the two settled things in a super tiebreak. Argyriou and Jones traded blows, but the Tar Heel separated at the end to take the 10-5 win.
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"It was a great atmosphere today with a lot of people out supporting me by my court, which I really fed off of," Argyriou said. "At the end of the day, my opponent was a little bit tougher, and full credit to her for playing as hard as she did."
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Palaska played a competitive match in the fifth flight as well, but was bested by Rachel James-Baker by a score of 7-5, 6-4.
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The Cougars will have a day off before returning to action on Monday against the Appalachian State Mountaineers.
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No. 3 UNC 7, CofC 0
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SINGLES
No. 24 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Liza Fieldsend (CofC) ~ 6-0, 6-0
No. 33 Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Christi Woodson (CofC) ~ 6-1, 6-1
No. 78 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Mara Argyriou (CofC) ~ 4-6, 6-1, 10-5
Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Rachel McNeely (CofC) ~ 6-2, 6-0
Rachel James-Baker (UNC) def. Anastasia Palaska (CofC) ~ 7-5, 6-4
Cassandra Vazquez (UNC) def. Turner Yates (CofC) ~ 6-4, 6-1
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 4*, 6, 5, 3
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DOUBLES
Aney/Kane (UNC) def. Fieldsend/McNeely (CofC) ~ 6-4
Argyriou/Palaska (CofC) vs. Ouellet-Pizer/James-Baker (UNC) ~ 4-3, Unf.
Vazquez/Graham (UNC) def. Jones/Zschunke (CofC) ~ 6-0
Order of Finish: 3, 1
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