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Tar Heel Tandem Tops No. 1 Seed, Reaches NCAA Semis

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - 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 in the field 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.

Daavettila and Sanford will face Jessica Golovin and Eden Richardson of LSU on Saturday at 3 p.m. The winner will advance to Monday's national championship match.