Feb. 22, 2004

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.--North Carolina was a tough state in which to play for Northwestern's seventh-ranked women's tennis team.

One day after falling to Duke in Durham, N.C., the Wildcats dropped their second match in a row, losing to No. 9 North Carolina 5-2 at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

NU (7-3), which usually finds success in doubles, this time managed just one victory, and it came at No. 3, where Andrea Yung (San Marino, Calif./San Marino) and Ruth Barnes (Cambridge, England/Hills Road Sixth Form College) edged Sara Amundsen and Jenna Long 9-8 (6).

In singles, fourth-ranked Cristelle Grier (Surrey, England/Putney) got the 'Cats on the scoreboard with her 6-3, 6-2 defeat of No. 34 Aniela Mojzis at No. 1. Alexis Prousis (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) then claimed the team's only other victory by topping No. 98 Caitlin Collins 7-5, 6-3 at No. 3.

The win for the Tarheels (9-1) was their fifth over a top-25 team this season.

The Wildcats return this week to Combe Tennis Center, where they will entertain No. 5 Washington at 11 a.m. Saturday.

No. 9 North Carolina 5, No. 7 Northwestern 2

Singles
No. 1 -- #4 Cristelle Grier (NU) def. #34 Aniela Mojzis (UNC), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 -- Lee Bairos (UNC) def. #36 Jessica Rush (NU), 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 -- Alexis Prousis (NU) def. #98 Caitlin Collins (UNC), 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 -- Kendall Cline (UNC) def. Jamie Peisel (NU), 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 -- #65 Sara Anundsen (UNC) def. Andrea Yung (NU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 -- Kendrick Bunn (UNC) def. Ruth Barnes (NU), 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 -- #41 Mojzis/Cline (UNC) def. #1 Grier/Rush (NU), 8-6
No. 2 -- Collins/Bunn (UNC) def. Peisel/Prousis (NU), 8-3
No. 3 -- Yung/Barnes (NU) def. Anundsen/Jenna Long (UNC), 9-8 (6)

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