April 20, 2001

Orlando, Fla. - The No. 3 seed Tar Heels fell to No. 6 seed Virginia Cavaliers, 4-3, in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament at Lake Cane Tennis Center in Orlando, Fla. The Cavaliers will advance to the semifinals to play Wake Forest on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Virginia won the doubles point with victories from No. 1 Christie Schweer and Henriette Williams as well as at No. 3 from Jen Tuchband and Kelly Weaver. Sophomore Marlene Mejia and freshman Julie Rotondi were the lone Tar Heel doubles tandem to win their match defeating Kim/O'Donnell 8-4. Mejia/Rotondi improved their record to 15-6 overall.

In singles play, the Tar Heels fell short despite wins at the top three positions. At No. 1 Mejia defeated Amy O'Donnell 6-3, 6-0, No. 2 Rotondi defeated Williams 6-4, 6-2 and No. 3 Kate Pinchbeck defeated Christie Schweer 6-2, 6-1. The Cavs picked up wins at No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles to clinch the match.

With the victory Virginia improves its record to 11-9 while North Carolina drops to 15-6 overall and 6-3 in the ACC. The Tar Heels now await an NCAA at-large bid.

#59 Virginia 4, #17 North Carolina 3

SINGLES

No. 1 - Marlene Mejia[#11] (UNC) d. Amy O'Donnell 6-3, 6-0

No. 2 - Julie Rotondi[#57] (UNC) d. Henriette Williams 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 - Kate Pinchbeck[#81] (UNC) d. Christie Schweer 6-2, 6-1

No. 4 - Jen Tuchband (UVa) d. Kristin Koenig 6-4, 6-4

No. 5 - Laura James (UVa) d. Lee Bairos 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7)

No. 6 - Kelly Weaver (UVa) d. Courtney Zalinski 6-2, 7-6 (7)

DOUBLES

No. 1 - Schweer/Williams (UVa) d. Bunn/Pinchbeck[#39] 8-5

No. 2 - Mejia/Rotondi[#48] (UNC) d. Kim/O'Donnell 8-4

No. 3 - Tuchband/Weaver (UVa) d. Niebling/Zalinski 8-3