WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - North Carolina women's tennis standouts Sara Daavettila and Alle Sanford woke up Thursday morning not expected to compete this week in the NCAA Doubles Championship. But a late scratch inserted the Tar Heel duo into the field and by Friday afternoon had earned All-America status by advancing into the quarterfinals.
Daavettila and Sanford were both eliminated from the NCAA Singles Championship on Wednesday, but stuck around Winston-Salem as the first alternates in the doubles field. Duke's Kelly Chen and Samantha Harris were scratched from the event early Thursday morning, and what followed was a very important phone call the two received around 9 a.