Carolina defeats Notre Dame 7-0 in ACC Action

Carrboro, N.C. – No. 1 North Carolina earned a 7-0 victory over No. 14 Notre Dame on Sunday at Chapel Hill Tennis Club.

The Tar Heels improve to 18-0 on the season and 4-0 within league play. The Cardinals fall to 10-5 overall and 1-3 in the conference.

Senior Elizabeth Scotty led the Tar Heel’s strong start winning on court four in consecutive sets 6-0 and 6-1. Scotty has won in straight sets in 11 of 13 victories. She is still undefeated, sitting at 13-0.

Reese Brantmeier and Carson Tanguilig took care of business, winning in succession on courts two and three to clinch the victory for Carolina.

Anika Yarlagadda, Abby Forbes, and No. 1 Fiona Crawley also picked up singles wins. Crawley rallied after being down 5-2 in the first set to win 7-5. She never looked back, winning the second set 6-4. Forbes bounced back after losing a tail-biting first set to win the second set 6-2 and a third set tiebreak 10-4. 

North Carolina won all three doubles matches to start the afternoon. The rookie and veteran tandem of Brantmeier and Scotty won 6-1 on court one to set up Forbes and junior Riley Tran to put the Tar Heels on the scoreboard, winning 6-1 as well. The fourth-ranked duo took care of business on court two, winning 6-2 soon after.

The Tar Heels will hit the road to next weekend taking on Georgia Tech on Friday, March 10th at 5 p.m. before facing off against Clemson on Sunday, March 12th at noon to wrap up the ACC road trip.

Singles 

1. No. 1 Fiona Crawley (UNC) def. Page Freeman (ND) 7-5, 6-4
2. No. 27 Reese Brantmeier (UNC) def. Julia Andreach (ND) 6-4, 6-3
3. No. 7 Carson Tanguilig (UNC) def. Yashna Yellayi…