Pirates Fall in Season Opener at No. 5 North Carolina

GREENVILLE, N.C. --- ECU women's tennis team fell 7-0 in the season opener at No. 5 North Carolina.

The Pirates battled with the Tar Heels for nearly three hours on Tuesday afternoon. In singles, No. 52 Celia Ruiz secured two match points against No. 9 Alle Sanford.

Records
ECU (0-1), UNC (4-0)

Coach's Quote
"It wasn't the result we were looking for, credit to UNC Chapel Hill, they have a solid team - best we have seen from them in the last few years. I felt our team played hard throughout our lineup and had a couple of opportunities in singles with Celia (Ruiz) losing to No. 9 (Sanford) in three after having two match points and Nastja (Rettich) played a solid match against No. 18 (Aney) – ECU Head Coach Tom Morris

Results:

Singles

No. 9 Alle Sanford (UNC) vs. No. 52 Celia Ruiz (ECU) 6-1, 6-7 (8), 1-0 (11)
No. 11 Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Lisa Hofbauer (ECU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 38 Sara Daavettila (UNC) def. Alisa Diercksen (ECU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 18 Jessie Aney (UNC) def. Nastja Rettich (ECU) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Hsia Ho Chiao (ECU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 124 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer (UNC) def. Annija Veinsteina (ECU) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

No. 18 Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham (UNC) def. Celia Ruiz/Lisa Hofbauer (ECU) 5-3, unfinished
No. 37 Sara Daavettila/Alle Sanford (UNC) vs. Maria Gomez/Alisa Diercksen (ECU) 6-3
Marika Akkerman/Makenna Jones (UNC) def. Hsia Ho Chiao/Nastja Rettich (ECU) 6-0

Up Next
ECU will have over a week off before heading to Buies Creek for a road match at Campbell on Feb. 3 at noon.

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Players Mentioned

Alisa Diercksen

Maria Gomez

Lisa Hofbauer

Ho Chiao Hsia

Nastja Rettich

Celia Ruiz

Annija Veinsteina

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