CARY, N.C. – North Carolina has placed three of its standout women’s tennis players in the Main Draw Singles Semifinals on Friday at the ITA All-American Championships from Cary Tennis Park.
Junior Fiona Crawley will take on sophomore teammate Carson Tanguilig in one semifinal on Saturday, while senior Anika Yarlagadda faces LSU’s Kylie Collins, a member of the back-to-back NCAA national-championship teams at Texas in 2021 and 2022. Both matches are scheduled for 10 a.m. ET.
The Tar Heel trio will attempt to become just the second player in program history to win this championship, joining Jamie Loeb, who won the event in 2013 when she battled through the prequalifying, qualifying and main draws to win 11 matches in nine days to capture the title.
On Friday morning, No. 28 Tanguilig beat fellow Tar Heel and 15th ranked Abbey Forbes, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 21 Crawley lost the first set – the only set she’s lost in 10 matches this fall – but quickly regrouped to take down No. 58 Mary Stoiana of Texas A&M, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Yarlagadda registered her sixth win of the tournament in a three-set battle with No. 27 Rebeka Mertena, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. Unranked to start the season, the West Bloomfield, Michigan, native boasts a 10-1 singles record this fall.
In doubles, No. 31 Forbes and Elizabeth Scotty were victorious over No. 4 seed Maria Olivia Castedo and Page Freeman, 6-4, 6-3, to reach the quarters.
The Cracked Racquets CrossCourt Cast will continue to provide coverage of the main draw on Saturday and Sunday. Offering an elevated experience from the traditional live-stream broadcast, this CrossCourt Cast will offer viewers a unique experience to keep up with all of the best matches on the court.
All of the action will be streamed through the Cracked Racquets YouTube page.
ITA Women’s All-American Championships
Main Draw Singles
Wednesday, Oct. 5 – Round of 32
#21 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. #102 Laia Conde Monfort (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-0
#28 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. #65 Snow Han (USC) 6-3, 6-3
#15 Abbey Forbes (UNC) def. [6] #9 Carson Branstine (TAMU) 6-4, 6-2
#18 Natasha Subhash (UVA) def. [8] #12 Elizabeth Scotty (UNC) 6-4, 6-4
Anika Yarlagadda (UNC) def. #52…
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