Tar Heel Doubles Tandem Tops No. 1 Seed, Reaches NCAA Semifinals

Posted May 26, 2018
North Carolina's Sara Daavettila and Alle Sanford continued their improbable run at the NCAA Doubles Championship on Saturday with a win over the top seed to reach the semifinals at Wake Forest University. The Carolina duo, ranked No. 33 nationally, upended the No. 1 ranked team of Paige Hourigan and Kenya Jones of Georgia Tech in three sets, 6-4, 1-6, 10-7. (GoHeels.com)

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