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2018 Quick Facts The University of North Carolina Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 Undergraduate Enrollment: 18,523 Chancellor: Carol Folt Director of Athletics: Bubba Cunningham Senior Women’s Administrator: Nicki Moore Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Atlantic Coast Nickname: Tar Heels Mascot: Rameses the ram School colors: Carolina Blue and white Athletic department Web site: GoHeels.com Carolina Women’s Tennis Head Coach: Brian Kalbas (Notre Dame, ‘89) Record at Carolina: 360-91, 14 seasons Overall Record: 574-176, 25 seasons Kalbas’ Phone/Email: (919) 962-6262, [email protected] Assistant Coach: Courtney Nagle, Fourth season (Oregon, ‘05) Introduction Meet The Tar Heels Nagle’s Phone: (919) 962-6161 Quick Facts .................................1 Head Coach Brian Kalbas ...........4 Nagle’s Email: [email protected] 2017 Roster .................................2 Assistant Coaches .......................5 Tennis Office Fax: (919) 962-2604 Player Profiles ....................... 6-23 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Parker’s Phone: (919) 962-6363 Team Physician: Kelly Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Chad Workman Head Athletic Trainer: Carrie Shearer Academic Advisor: Mike Greene 2017 Record: 33-3 2017 ACC Record: 13-1 2017 ACC Finish: 1st (regular season), Won ACC Championship Final 2017 ITA Ranking: 5th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/1 ACC Titles: 8 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002, 2011, 2016, 2017) NCAA Appearances: 19 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 42-19 UNC Athletic Communications 2016-17 In Review This Is Carolina Office Phone: (919) 962-2123 2016-17 Results .................. 24-25 Academics/CLA .................. 28-29 Assistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact: Mark Kimmel 2016-17 Review ........................26 E-mail: [email protected] Chapel Hill/UNC ................ 30-33 Kimmel’s Office Phone: (919) 962-0084 Tennis Facility .................... 34-35 Kimmel’s Cell Phone: (919) 619-3344 Administration ..........................36 Mailing Address: PO Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Supporting UNC Women’s Tennis The University of North Carolina is proud of its long-standing relationship with Nike, Inc. The two parties signed a 10-year contract in May 2009 for Nike to continue as the exclusive supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and accessory products. Nike will provide the athletic department with shoes, uniforms, coaching gear, balls and other equipment. Nike also gave the Uni- versity $2 million for the Chancellor’s Academic Enhancement Fund to sup- port faculty. This partnership has benefitted all 28 varsity sports and provided millions of dollars for academics and student scholarships at the University. History and Records UNC History/All-America ................... 38-40 ACC History ........................................ 41-42 NCAA History/Awards ........................ 43-47 2018 Carolina Women’s Tennis Yearbook Credits: Photos by Jeffrey Camarati, Bill Kallenberg and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Media and fans can follow the Carolina women’s tennis team and the rest of the UNC athletic program from anywhere in the world on the official site Content & Design: The 2018 UNC Women’s Tennis year- of North Carolina athletics. book was written, edited and designed by Mark Kimmel with GoHeels.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all 28 of Caro- lina’s varsity sports. assistance from the UNC Athletic Communications staff. 2018 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 1 2018 Roster (L to R): Volunteer Assistant Coach Alex Anghelescu, assistant coach Courtney Nagle, Sara Daavettila, Marika Akkerman, Maggie Kane, Cassandra Vazquez, Alle Sanford, Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, Alexa Graham, Jessie Aney, Anna Harmon, Makenna Jones and head coach Brian Kalbas. 2018 North Carolina Tar Heels To Reach Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center ... From RDU and points east: Take I-40 West Name Yr. Ht. Hometown High School/Academy to Chapel Hill. Exit at NC-54 West (exit 273A) Marika Akkerman RJr. 5-7 Boca Raton, Florida Laurel Springs and follow for approximately 1 mile. Turn left at Jessie Aney Jr. 5-8 Rochester, Minnesota Century stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Sara Daavettila So. 5-6 Williamston, Michigan Williamston Tennis Center. Alexa Graham So. 5-9 Garden City, New York Garden City From points north of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Anna Harmon Fr. 5-8 Huntersville, North Carolina Hough South toward Durham. Exit left at US-15/501 in Makenna Jones So. 5-7 Greenville, South Carolina Travelers Rest Durham and follow 15/501 for approximately 6.5 miles. At the I-40 junction, turn left at light onto Maggie Kane Sr. 5-8 Raleigh, North Carolina Broughton I-40 East. Take I-40 East until exit for NC-54 Alle Sanford Fr. 5-11 Westerville, Ohio West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 West ap- Chloe Ouellet-Pizer Jr. 5-9 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Laurel Springs proximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into the Cassandra Vazquez Sr. 5-9 Houston, Texas Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. From points west of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Coaching Staff/Support Staff North toward Durham. When I-85 and I-40 split, take I-40 East. Continue on I-40 East until exit for Head Coach: Brian Kalbas NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 West Assistant Coach: Courtney Nagle approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alex Anghelescu the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker From Points South: Take US-15/501 North to Head Athletic Trainer: Carrie Shearer Chapel Hill. Exit right onto 15/501 Bypass in Team Physician: Dr. Kelly Waicus Chapel Hill. Continue on 15/501 Bypass through Strength and Conditioning: Chad Workman two stoplights. After second light, take next exit, which will be NC-54 East. Continue on NC-54 East approximately 1.5 miles. Turn right at stop- light into Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. 2018 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 2 Brian Kalbas enters his 26-6, advanced to the national 15th season at the Uni- quarterfinals and won the pro- versity of North Carolina gram’s first Atlantic Coast Con- BRIAN KALBAS as the winningest coach ference tournament title since HEAD COACH • 15TH SEASON • NOTRE DAME (‘89) in the history of Atlantic 2002. Carter repeated as ACC Player of the Year and MVP of the Coast Conference wom- The aforementioned success was good, but Kalbas league’s tournament, while Sara Daavettila was named ACC en’s tennis. The 2017-18 continued to push the program forward. In 2013, Carolina Freshman of the Year. campaign also marks the produced its first national indoor title with an incredible four- The Tar Heels garnered the second overall seed in the 26th year as a collegiate day run that culminated with a thrilling 4-3 victory over top- NCAA Team Championship and reached the quarterfinals be- head coach for the two- seeded UCLA. Freshman Whitney Kay won a three-setter to fore bowing out to defending champion Stanford. UNC set a time ITA National Coach clinch the final point in a tiebreaker, her second such clinching school record with 33 dual-match victories, while its No. 5 of the Year. victory in a span of three days. All-America’s Caroline Price final ITA rankings allowed the Tar Heels to become the only Highlighted by a pair and Gina Suarez-Malaguti, who was also named ACC Player school in the top 5 every season going back to 2013. In addi- of ITA National Team of the Year, led the Tar Heels to another No. 2 national seed in tion, Carter earned her sixth and seventh All-America honors Indoor Championships the NCAA Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles, while Aney and Daavettila earned in 2013 and 2015, an ap- before falling to the UCLA Bruins. pearance in the NCAA Team Championship national final in Expectations were sky-high leading into the 2013- 2014, an NCAA doubles title in 2007 and most recently Jamie 14 season with the additions of Blue Chip prospects Jamie Loeb’s NCAA singles crown in 2015, UNC has advanced to Loeb and Hayley Carter to an already seasoned roster. the NCAA tournament all 14 years under Kalbas’ tutelage. The newcomers did not disappoint as Loeb was named Along the way he was named ACC Coach of the Year five ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year, while Carter times, most recently in 2015. was the ITA National Player to Watch and the ACC Kalbas begins his 26th year as a head coach with a Rookie of the Year. Both players won at least 50 singles 574-176 (.765) career mark, and a scintillating 360-91 (.798) matches and were No. 1 and 3, respectively, in the final record with the Tar Heels. Kalbas passed Kitty Harrison to ITA rankings. Kalbas had a quartet of All-America play- become Carolina’s all-time wins leader during the 2016-17 ers at his disposal that year with Loeb and Carter earning season, and also moved past Duke’s Jamie Ashworth as the that status in both singles and doubles, while Kay and winningest coach in ACC history. Price received the nod in doubles. Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the collegiate Carolina rolled to the top-spot in the ACC stand- tennis world in 2007 when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna ings with a 12-2 mark and reached the semifinals of the Long defeated Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic of ACC Tournament. Wins over VCU and Georgia State in William & Mary to claim the NCAA Doubles Championship. the Chapel Hill Regional placed the seventh-seeded Tar The title capped an incredible season for the duo that saw them Heels back in Athens, Ga., for the NCAA Sweet 16.