March 20, 1999

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina's 48th-ranked women's tennis team continued its clutch play Saturday afternoon as it defeated 34th-ranked Wisconsin 6-3 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on the UNC campus.

The victory was the third in a row for Coach Roland Thornqvist's team and it improved Carolina's overall record to 8-3 on the season. The Tar Heels have already won three more matches this season than they did all of last year when they finished 5-17. The 34th-ranked Badgers fell to 3-8 on the season.

After winning four of the six singles matches, UNC's #1 doubles team of Cena Hackler and Jessica Zaganczyk held serve to win at #1 doubles over the 39th-ranked Wisconsin duo of Andrea Nathan and Barbara Urbanska. 8-5. With the win, doubles team of Hackler and Zaganczyk improved to 6-2 on the season at #1 doubles.

Carolina led 4-2 after singles play after UNC freshman Caroline Hill gave the Tar Heels a key victory at #2 singles over 58th-ranked Andrea Nathan. At #6 singles, Tar Heel junior Jeni Burnette improved her dual-match record to 11-0 with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Roz Sweeney of Wisconsin. UNC will return to action on Monday with a match against Furman at 2:30 p.m. at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

FINAL SCORE: #48 NORTH CAROLINA 6, #34 WISCONSIN 3

1. #46 Barbara Urbanska (UW) d. Jessica Zaganczyk (UNC)  7-5, 7-5
2. Caroline Hill (UNC) d. #58 Andrea Nathan (UW)         6-4, 6-2
3. April Gabler (UW) d. Sarah Hawkins (UNC)              4-6, 7-5, 6-3 
4. Cena Hackler (UNC) d. Dena Baritot (UW)               6-2, 7-5
5. Courtney Zalinski (UNC) d. Debbie Reynolds (UW)       7-5, 7-5 
6. Jeni Burnette (UNC) d. Roz Sweeney (UW)               6-2, 6-2

1. Jessica Zaganczyk/Cena Hackler (UNC) d. #39 Andrea Nathan/Barbara Urbanska, 8-5 
2. April Gabler/Dena Baritot (UW) d. Caroline Hill/Courtney Zalinski (UNC),    8-4 
3. Jeni Burnette/Sarah Hawkins (UNC) d. Debbie Reynolds/Katie Dougherty (UW),  9-8 (9-7)