Feb. 11, 2005

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The 13th-ranked North Carolina women's tennis team posted a convincing 6-1 win over Minnesota on Friday at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The Tar Heels are now 6-2 heading into Saturday's face-off with third-ranked Kentucky at 1 p.m.

Playing for the first time at the No. 2 seed in dual match play, sophomore Sara Anundsen clinched the match after a dominating 6-1, 6-2 win over Minnesota's Ida Malmberg. Anundsen is 6-2 in dual match play and 14-6 on the season.

Carolina won the doubles point after taking all three matches and dropping a total of only five games. Anundsen and fellow sophomore Jenna Long, who usually play at No. 2 doubles, took an 8-3 victory at the No. 1 seed. The tandem is 2-0 at the No. 1 seed and 7-1 overall in dual match play.

At the No. 2 seed, senior Kendall Cline and sophomore Caitlin Collins paired up for only the third time this season to beat Minnesota's Marina Bugaenco and Danielle Mousseau 8-1. Cline and Collins are 3-0 this season.

Freshmen Alexandra Jurewitz and Charlotte Tansill both finished 2-0 on the day in singles and doubles. Together, they cruised to an 8-1 victory at the No. 3 doubles seed. In singles, Tansill beat Bugaenco 6-4, 6-1 at the No. 5 seed. The first to finish in singles, Jurewitz defeated the Gophers' Megan Steiger 6-0, 6-2.

In other singles action, Long's victory at the No. 3 seed moves her dual match record to 6-2 on the season. Collins edged Mousseau at the No. 4 seed 7-5, 6-2.

Tomorrow's meeting between the Tar Heels and Wildcats is a rematch of the quarterfinals at the ITA National Team Indoors on Feb. 4 in Madison, Wis. Kentucky beat UNC 5-2 and advanced to the finals, where it fell to Stanford. The match will be played at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

#13 North Carolina 6, Minnesota 1
Doubles(Point to UNC)
1. Sara Anundsen / Jenna Long (UNC) def. Nischela Reddy/Ida Malmberg (UM), 8-3
2. Kendall Cline / Caitlin Collins (UNC) def. Marina Bugaenco/Danielle Mousseau (UM), 8-1
3. Charlotte Tansill / Alexandra Jurewitz (UNC) def. Megan Steiger/Jenna Tellefsen (UM), 8-1

Singles
1. Nischela Reddy (UM) def. #26 Aniela Mojzis (UNC), 7-5, 6-1
2. Sara Anundsen (UNC) def. Ida Malmberg (UM), 6-1, 6-2 *
3. Jenna Long (UNC) def. Jane Anderson (UM), 6-2, 6-2
4. Caitlin Collins (UNC) def. Danielle Mousseau (UM), 7-5, 6-2
5. Charlotte Tansill (UNC) def. Marina Bugaenco (UM), 6-4, 6-1
6. Alexandra Jurewitz (UNC) def. Megan Steiger (UM), 6-0, 6-2
Order of finish (singles): 6,3,2,5,1,4
* Clinched the match

Records: North Carolina 6-2, Minnesota 2-2

#13 North Carolina 6, Minnesota 1

Records: UNC 6-2, Minnesota 2-2