Just 10 days after leading No. 18 North Carolina to a dramatic 4-3 comeback road victory against arch-rival Duke, the Tar Heels’ top two singles players could not quite repeat the feat.
Following the same path through the ACC tournament as last year, the No. 18 North Carolina men’s tennis team failed to stop Duke for the second straight season.
After a first-round bye, the No. 8 Tar Heels started off the ACC tournament against No. 32 Florida State on Friday with a 4-2 win at Cary Tennis Park. After beating Georgia Tech Saturday 4-3, the Tar Heels fell in the final against Duke, 4-2.
It’s good to be home. After almost three weeks of road matches, including a trip to Puerto Rico during spring break, that’s exactly how the No. 11 North Carolina women’s tennis team felt. That home-court advantage showed Wednesday with a convincing 6-1 victory against N.C. State.
As Zoe De Bruycker walked back to the sideline, she didn’t look like she had just won the first set of her tennis match against UNC-Greensboro’s Niltooli Wilkins. But she had.
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