WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary women's tennis team fell to No. 5-ranked North Carolina, 7-0, on Saturday morning at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.
 
The Tar Heels (1-0) took the doubles point with 6-1 wins at No. 1 and No. 3, before using straight-set singles wins in four of the six matches to pick up the team triumph in their season opener. The UNC lineup featured three nationally-ranked doubles teams and five nationally-ranked singles players, including four in the top 40.
 
Sophomore Rosie Cheng and junior Lauren Goodman turned in strong performance in three-set defeats at the No. 2 and No. 6 singles positions against nationally-ranked competition. Cheng rallied from a set deficit to force a third-set super tiebreaker against No. 11-ranked Makenna Jones. Despite dropping the first set, 6-3, Cheng picked up her play late in the set and carried the momentum over to the second, winning 6-2. Jones jumped out to an 8-4 lead in the third-set super tiebreaker, but Cheng would not go quietly, ripping off four-straight points to pull even at eight. Jones claimed the final two points though to tally the victory, 11-9.
 
At No. 6, Goodman won the opening set, 6-4, over No. 124-ranked Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, who was 13-1 in the ACC last season. The North Carolina junior answered by breaking Goodman in the final game of the second set to pull even with a 6-4 triumph. Ouellet-Pizer outlasted the Tribe junior in the third-set super tiebreaker, 10-4.
 
Up Next
The Tribe hosts its second-straight power conference opponent in SEC counterpart Tennessee on Sunday, Jan. 21. The match carries an 11 a.m., start time from the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. W&M owns a trio of wins over nationally-ranked SEC opponents under head coach Tyler Thomson. Fans can follow along with live scoring at TribeAthletics.com or watch live via PlaySight at TribeAthletics.com/TennisLive.
 
#5 North Carolina 7, William & Mary 0
Singles
No. 1 – #9 Alle Sanford (UNC) def. #68 Clara Tanielian (W&M) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 – #11 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Rosie Cheng (W&M) – 6-3, 2-6, 11-9
No. 3 – #38 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. Ekaterina Stepanova (W&M) – 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 – #18 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Natalia Perry (W&M) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Olivia Thaler (W&M) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – #124 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Lauren Goodman (W&M) – 4-6, 6-4, 10-4
Finishing Order: 3, 4, 5*, 1, 2, 6
 
Doubles
No. 1 – #18 Aney/Graham (UNC) def. Cheng/Goodman (W&M) – 6-1
No. 2 – #37 Daavettila/Sanford (UNC) vs. Stepanova/Thaler (W&M) – DNF, 4-3
No. 3 – #53 Jones/Akkerman (UNC) def. Perry/Wuenscher (W&M) – 6-1
Finishing Order: 1, 3*