Women's Tennis Falls to No. 1 North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Women's Tennis suffered a 7-0 decision to No. 1 North Carolina on Tuesday evening at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

The Mountaineers fall to 1-3 on the season after wrapping a four-match stretch in which they faced three nationally-ranked opponents from the ACC. The Tar Heels move to 9-0 on the season.

UNC went into singles play with a 1-0 edge after winning Courts 1 and 3. Ksenia Aleshina/Sandra Anglesjö trailed by only one point, 4-3, as the second doubles lineup against Fiona Crawley/Anika Yarlagadda, but the contest went unfinished. 

The hosts wouldn't let up in singles action, as it won the six matches in straight sets. Teodora Sevo aimed to force a tiebreaker in the first set but fell 7-5 before falling in the second frame to Makenna Jones, who was 49th in the nation in singles. 

App State travels to Spartanburg, S.C. on Saturday to face Wofford at 2 p.m.

Singles
1. #120 Fiona Crawley (UNC) vs. María José Zacarias (APP) 6-0, 6-2
2. #49 Makenna Jones (UNC) vs. Teodora Sevo (APP) 7-5, 6-0
3. Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) vs. Ksenia Aleshina (APP) 6-2, 6-0
4. Alle Sanford (UNC) vs. Virginia Poggi (APP) 6-0, 6-0
5. Reilly Tran (UNC) def. Helena Figueras (APP) 6-0, 6-0
6. Kacie Harvey (UNC) vs.  Sandra Anglesjö (APP) 6-2, 6-0

Order of Finish: 4,5,3,1,6,2

Doubles
1. Scotty/Jones (UNC) def. Zacarias/Sevo (APP) 6-1
2. Crawley/Yarlagadda (UNC) vs. Aleshina/Anglesjö (APP) 4-3 (unfinished)
3. Tran/Harvey (UNC) def. Poggi/Figueras (APP) 6-0

Order of Finish: 3,1