Feb. 10, 2001

EVANSTON, ILL. - In a battle of unbeatens, it was #16 Northwestern who fell to No. 28 North Carolina, 4-3. The 'Cats entertained the Tar Heels (4-0, 0-0 ACC) Saturday afternoon at the Johnson Tennis Center. Northwestern falls to 4-1 on the season.

UNC opened the match strong, taking the doubles point with wins at Nos. 2 and 3. NU's Colleen Cheng and Jessica Rush defeated UNC's Lee Bairos and Marlene Mejia at No. 1, 8-6.

In singles, the Tar Heels won three of the six matches including three set wins by Kate Pinchbeck and Lee Bairos which secured the one point win for Carolina.

NORTHWESTERN VS. NORTH CAROLINA

UNC 4, NU 3

Singles No. 1 Marlene Mejia (UNC) def. Lia Jackson (NU), 6-2, 6-4 No. 2 Kate Pinchbeck (UNC) def. Colleen Cheng (NU), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 No. 3 Shannon Duffy (NU) def. Kendrick Bunn (UNC), 6-4, 6-4 No. 4 Marine Piriou (NU) def. Kristin Koenig (UNC), 6-2, 6-3 No. 5 Simona Petrutiu (NU) def. Caroline Hill (UNC), 6-3, 6-0 No. 6 Lee Bairos (UNC) def. Jessica Rush (NU), 6-1, 6-7, 6-4

Doubles No. 1 Cheng/Rush (NU) def. Bairos/Mejia (UNC), 8-6 No. 2 Bunn/Pinchbeck (UNC) def. Duffy/Piriou (NU), 8-3 No. 3 Erin Niebling/ Zalinski (UNC) def. Jackson/Petrutiu (NU), 9-7

Records: Northwestern 4-1, North Carolina 4-0