March 13, 2001

Gainesville, Fla. ------ Fourth-ranked Florida scored a 7-0 victory over No. 16 North Carolina in women's tennis action Tuesday evening in Gainesville. Carolina falls to 8-2 on the season, while Florida improved to 8-0 in dual competition. The match was clinched at the No. 5 singles when Julia Scaringe defeated Kendrick Bunn, 6-2, 6-3, giving the Gators their fourth overall point of the match.

Florida won the doubles point, winning 8-0 in the No. 3 position and 8-3 in the No. 2 position. At No. 1 doubles, Carolina fought to the end, but came up short in the tiebreaker, losing 9-8 (7-4).

In the best match of the day at No. 1 singles, 12th-ranked Marlene Mejia of UNC fell to No. 27 Whitney Laiho, 2-6, 7-6 (2), 2-6. Kate Pinchbeck pushed Florida's Lindsay Dawaf to a third set before falling, 2-6, 7-5, 2-6.

The Tar Heels next match is Thursday at South Florida at 2:30 p.m.

RESULTS
No. 4 Florida 7, No. 16 North Carolina 0

Singles No. 1 - Whitney Laiho (UF) def. Marlene Mejia (UNC), 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-2
No. 2 - Jessica Lehnhoff (UF) def. Julie Rotondi (UNC), 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 - Lindsay Dawaf (UF) def. Kate Pinchbeck (UNC), 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
No. 4 - Stephanie Hazlett (UF) def. Lee Bairos (UNC), 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 - Julia Scaringe (UF) def. Kendrick Bunn (UNC), 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 - Annika Bengtsson (UF) def. Kristin Koenig (UNC), 6-1, 7-6 (2)

Doubles
No. 1 - Whitney Laiho/Jessica Lehnhoff (UF) def. Kendrick Bunn/Kate Pinchbeck (UNC), 9-8 (7-4)
No. 2 - Julia Scaringe/Stephanie Hazlett (UF) def. Marlene Mejia/Julie Rotondi (UNC), 8-3
No. 3 - Lindsay Dawaf/Annika Bengtsson (UF) def. Erin Neibling/Courtney Zalinski (UNC), 8-0