Women's Tennis Concludes Play at USTA/ITA Carolina Regional Championships

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Senior Niltooli Wilkins (Burnsville, Minn. / Homeschooled) won 7-5, 6-2 against South Carolina's Adriana Pereira, but fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to Mary Clayton from Duke, ending her winning streak throughout the USTA/ITA Carolina Regional Championships, Saturday, Oct. 20. 

Senior Alex Whitehead (Victoria, Australia / Star of the Sea College) picked up a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 win against Duke's Andressa Garcia, before falling to Ximena Siles from South Carolina, 6-3, 3-6, 10-4 in consolation. 

UNCG will end the fall season at the Kitty Harrison Invitational, in Chapel Hill, N.C., Nov. 9-11.

2012 USTA/ITA Carolina Regional Championships (Day Three) 

Singles

Niltooli Wilkins (UNCG) defeated Adriana Pereira (South Carolina), 7-5, 6-2

Mary Clayton (Duke) defeated Niltooli Wilkins (UNCG), 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

Singles (Cons.)

Alex Whitehead (UNCG) defeated Andressa Garcia (Duke), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

Ximena Siles (South Carolina) defeated Alex Whitehead (UNCG), 6-3, 3-6, 10-4

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