Saturday’s women’s semifinals at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa provided a three-set thriller which saw UNC senior Alexa Graham come from behind to defeat Anna Turabi of Texas, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Graham is the No. 3 seed at the tournament. Turabi was seeded No. 15.

With a win Sunday night in the finals, Graham would become just the third Tar Heel to ever claim the singles title at the All-American Championships. She will take on No. 12 Kelly Lahey of Pepperdine, a player she eliminated in the second round of last year’s NCAA Singles Championships.

That match will be shown on ESPNU at 7 p.m.

 

 

 

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