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National Champions!

ORLANDO - Makenna Jones and Elizabeth Scotty are NCAA National Champions!

The North Carolina duo won just the second doubles title in program history on Friday afternoon in the finals of the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship from the USTA National Campus.

Seeded fourth in the field, Jones and Scotty defeated No. 19 Kylie Collins and Lulu Sun from Texas, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 10-8.

Jones and Scotty quickly fell behind 3-0 in the opening set, but rallied to square the set at 3-3. Later on, they forced a tiebreaker that saw them win seven of the final eight points in the breaker to collect the first set, 7-6 (3).