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Carolina Advances Past Auburn At ITA Kick-Off

CHAPEL HILL - No. 2 North Carolina defeated Auburn 4-0 on Friday afternoon at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center during ITA Kick-off Weekend.

To begin today's match, doubles duo Elizabeth Scotty and Cameron Morra dominated on court three, winning 6-1. In an exciting top-10 matchup, #6 Alexa Graham and Sara Daavettila battled back and forth against #9 Taylor Russo and Seli Ovunc. In come-from-behind fashion, Carolina (3-0) ultimately won the set 7-5 to grab the early 1-0 edge over the Tigers.

On court two, it appeared that Alle Sanford and Makenna Jones would win comfortably to clinch the opening point after taking a 5-2 lead, but Auburn (2-1) fought back to send the set to a tiebreaker.