CHAPEL HILL - North Carolina welcomed Tennessee to town this weekend for the Tar Heel Invite. The Tar Heels and Volunteers competed on Friday and Sunday from the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
On Friday, Carolina picked up three singles wins over nationally-ranked players. The best match of the day pitted UNC's fifth-ranked Cameron Morra against No. 14 Rebeka Mertena.
The nearly three-hour battle went in favor of Morra by a third-set tiebreaker score of 8-6.
Mertena won the opening set, 5-7, before Morra cruised to a 6-1 win in the second set.