2016 Quick Facts

The University of Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 Undergraduate Enrollment: 18,370 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 Coach: Brian Kalbas (Notre Dame, ‘89) Record at Carolina: 296-85, 12 seasons Overall Record: 510-170, 23 seasons Kalbas’ Phone/Email: (919) 962-6262, [email protected] Assistant Coach: Courtney Nagle, Second 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] 2016 Roster...... 2 Assistant Coaches...... 5 Tennis Office Fax: (919) 962-2604 Player Profiles...... 6-17 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Parker’s Phone: (919) 962-6363 Team Physician: Kelly Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Eric Biener Head Athletic Trainer: Carrie Shearer Academic Advisor: Mike Greene 2015 Record: 30-2 2015 ACC Record: 14-0 2015 ACC Finish: 1st (regular season), lost in quarterfinals (tournament) Final 2015 ITA Ranking: 4th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2 ACC Titles: 6 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002, 2011) NCAA Appearances: 17 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 37-17 UNC Athletic Communications 2014-15 In Review This Is Carolina Office Phone: (919) 962-2123 2014-15 Results...... 18-19 Academics/CLA...... 22-23 Assistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact: Mark Kimmel 2014-15 Review...... 20 E-mail: [email protected] Chapel Hill/UNC...... 24-27 Kimmel’s Office Phone: (919) 962-0084 Service/Facilities...... 28-31 Kimmel’s Cell Phone: (919) 619-3344 Administration...... 32 Assistant Athletic Director for Communications: Kevin Best 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 relation- ship with Nike, Inc. The two parties signed a new 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 depart- ment with shoes, uniforms, coaching gear, balls and other equipment. Nike also gave the University $2 million for the Chancellor’s Academic Enhancement Fund to support 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/ACC History...... 34-35 NCAA History...... 36-37 Awards/Honors...... 38-39

2016 UNC 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 of- Content & Design: The 2016 UNC Women’s Tennis year- ficial site of North Carolina athletics. book was written, edited and designed by Mark Kimmel GoHeels.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all 28 of with assistance from the UNC Athletic Communications Carolina’s varsity sports. staff. Covers designed by Associate Athletic Communica- tions Director Dana Gelin.

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 1 2016 Roster

Left to right: Volunteer assistant coach Shinann Featherston, assistant coach Courtney Nagle, Kate Vialle, Rachel James-Baker, Jessie Aney, Cassandra Vazquez, , Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, Maggie Kane, Whitney Kay, Marika Akkerman, Ashley Dai and head coach Brian Kalbas.

2016 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 So. 5-7 Boca Raton, Florida and follow for approximately 1 mile. Turn left Jessie Aney Fr. 5-8 Rochester, Minnesota Century at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs Hayley Carter Jr. 5-11 Hilton Head, South Carolina Smith Stearns Academy to Tennis Center.

Ashley Dai Sr. 5-2 Temple City, California Weil Tennis Academy From points north of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Rachael James-Baker Sr. 5-6 Plantation, Florida American Heritage Academy South toward Durham. Exit left at US-15/501 Maggie Kane So. 5-8 Raleigh, North Carolina Broughton in Durham and follow 15/501 for approxi- Whitney Kay Sr. 5-8 Alpharetta, Laurel Springs mately 6.5 miles. At the I-40 junction, turn left at light onto I-40 East. Take I-40 East until exit Chloe Ouellet-Pizer Fr. 5-9 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Laurel Springs for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 Cassandra Vazquez So. 5-9 Houston, Texas West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stop- Kate Vialle Sr. 5-6 Leawood, Kansas Wolf Tennis Academy light into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

Coaching Staff/Support Staff From points west of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Head Coach: Brian Kalbas North toward Durham. When I-85 and I-40 split, take I-40 East. Continue on I-40 East until Assistant Coach: Courtney Nagle exit for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on Volunteer Assistant Coach: Shinann Featherston NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs Head Athletic Trainer: Carrie Shearer to Tennis Center. Team Physician: Dr. Kelly Waicus From Points South: Take US-15/501 North Strength and Conditioning: Chad Workman to Chapel Hill. Exit right onto 15/501 Bypass in Chapel Hill. Continue on 15/501 Bypass through 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 stoplight into Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

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The two-time ITA National Coach of the Year is currently in his 13th season at the University of North Carolina and his 24th season overall as a BRIAN KALBAS collegiate head coach, Brian Kalbas has led the HEAD COACH • 13TH SEASON • NOTRE DAME (‘89) Tar Heels to unmatched success in the women’s time UNC came out on top in the semifinals as Loeb outlasted Stanford’s Kris- tennis program during his time in Chapel Hill. tie Ahn in a three-setter for a place in the national championship against who Highlighted by two ITA National Team Indoor else, but UCLA. An epic match that will be remembered for years to come went Championships in 2013 and 2015, an appear- to the Bruins by a 4-3 margin. ance in the NCAA Team Championship national The Tar Heels were selected No. 2 in the preseason ITA rankings to begin final in 2014, an NCAA doubles title in 2007 and 2014-15 and those early accolades proved correct when Kalbas’ club won the most recently ’s NCAA singles crown 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the second such title in three in 2015, UNC has advanced to the NCAA Tourna- years. Carolina surrendered only two points in running through the field with ment all 12 years under Kalbas’ tutelage. Along wins over Oklahoma State, Miami, Florida and Georgia in consecutive days to the way he was named ACC Coach of the Year cement the programs footing as a national-title contender. five times, including this past season in 2015. North Carolina had a stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking for eight weeks Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the in the spring of collegiate tennis world in 2007 when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long 2015. The team defeated Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary to claim won its first 27 dual the NCAA Doubles Championship. The title capped an incredible season for the matches to start the duo that saw them reach No. 1 in the nation and earn National Doubles Team season, and would of the Year honors from the ITA, as they became the first Tar Heels to win an earn the No. 2 seed NCAA tennis title. in the NCAA Team The Tar Heels made a team run in 2010 that would rival the accom- Championship after plishments of Anundsen and Long. After rising to the No. 1 ranking in the finally losing in the ITA national poll for the first time in UNC history, Carolina was awarded a quarterfinals of the program-best No. 2 overall seed to the NCAA Team Championships and ad- ACC Champion- vanced to the national semifinals for the first time in school history. Wins over ship. The Tar Heels Richmond and UNLV in the Chapel Hill Regional led to a trip to the Sweet 16 in reached the quar- Athens, Ga., where the Tar Heels defeated ACC rivals Florida State and Duke for terfinals but lost to a spot in the Final Four. In addition to the memorable NCAA run, the Tar Heels UCLA in the NCAAs ran through the ACC with a perfect 11-0 record and finished the dual season for the third time in with a school record 30 wins. For Kalbas, the season culminated in his second the last four years. ITA National Coach of the Year award. That early exit in the tournament gave Loeb a few extra days of rest for Despite the loss of four seniors from the 2010 team, Kalbas and the the NCAA Singles Championship and the two-time ACC Player of the Year took Tar Heels did not miss a beat in 2011. Led by the All-America trio of Zoe De full advantage by winning six matches in the span of six days. Loeb outlasted Bruycker, Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale, UNC finished 26-6, ad- second-seeded of Stanford in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, to garner the vanced to the national quarterfinals and won the program’s first Atlantic Coast first singles national title in program history in Waco, Texas. Conference tournament title since 2002. Kalbas served as head coach of William & Mary’s women’s tennis team The aforementioned success was good, but Kalbas continued to push the for 11 years before accepting the head coaching position at Carolina in the program forward. In 2013, Carolina produced its first national indoor title with summer of 2003. At William & Mary, Kalbas posted a 214-85 overall record an incredible four-day run that culminated with a thrilling 4-3 victory over and was named the 1998 ITA National Coach of the Year. top-seeded UCLA. Then freshman Whitney Kay won a three-setter to clinch Kalbas’ teams have seen great success against ranked opponents. Since the final point in a tiebreaker, her second such clinching victory in a span of 1995 his teams have defeated 42 teams ranked in the Top 10 of the ITA poll, three days. All-America’s Caroline Price and Gina Suarez-Malaguti, who was highlighted by a win over No. 1 Duke in 2010, a win over No. 2 and eventual also named ACC Player of the Year, led the Tar Heels to another No. 2 national NCAA champion UCLA in 2008, No. 2 Alabama in the 2014 NCAA quarterfinals seed in the NCAA Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals before and second-ranked Florida in the 2015 ITA National Team Indoor semifinals. bowing out to the UCLA Bruins. Under Kalbas’ direction, 20 of his teams have been ranked in the Top 15 in the Expectations were sky-high leading into the 2013-14 season with the country. additions of Blue Chip prospects Kalbas was a four-time Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter Kalbas’ Year-by-year Results Coach of the Year, winning the honor in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2002. He was to an already seasoned roster. recognized as the ITA Regional Coach of the Year four times during his tenure YEAR RECORD PCT. The newcomers did not disap- 1992-93 13-6 .684 at W&M. point as Loeb was named ITA He piloted his William & Mary teams to nine CAA Championships, the 1993-94 17-7 .708 National Player and Rookie of 1994-95 23-6 .793 most recent being in 2002. Kalbas also coached William & Mary to two NCAA the Year, while Carter was the quarterfinals appearances. Under Kalbas’ direction at William & Mary and Car- 1995-96 20-8 .714 ITA National Player to Watch olina, he has coached a total of 19 All-Americas, the most recent being Carter 1996-97 23-7 .767 and the ACC Rookie of the Year. and Loeb in 2015. 1997-98 23-9 .719 Both players won at least 50 Carolina continued its impressive run of NCAA success under Kalbas in 1998-99 21-7 .750 singles matches and were No. 1 2009, with the team earning a bid as well as several individuals making the 1999-00 20-9 .690 and 3, respectively, in the final field. As a team, the Tar Heels defeated Georgia State before falling to ACC-rival 2000-01 10-12 .455 ITA rankings. Kalbas had a quar- Clemson in the second round. Individually, Marand and Tsang both earned 2001-02 19-8 .704 tet of All-America players at his singles bids, while Marand and Grabinski were joined in the doubles field by 2002-03 25-6 .806 disposal that year with Loeb and Tsang and senior Austin Smith. Marand advanced to the national quarterfinals, Carter earning that status in both At W&M: 214-85 (11 seasons) .716 becoming just the third Tar Heel to reach the final eight in program history. singles and doubles, while Kay 2003-04 20-9 .690 Both Tsang and Marand qualified for the NCAA Singles tournament in and Price received the nod in 2004-05 23-10 .690 2008 and Marand partnered with Grabinski to earn a doubles bid. Kalbas doubles. helped guide three singles players (Long, Tsang and Marand) and two doubles 2005-06 26-7 .788 Carolina rolled to the 2006-07 23-9 .719 pairs (Anundsen/Long, Marand/Caitlin Collins) to NCAA play in 2007, marking top-spot in the ACC standings the most Tar Heels ever to earn invites to the NCAA individual tournaments. 2007-08 18-9 .667 with a 12-2 mark and reached 2008-09 19-11 .633 Carolina also had more NCAA participants than any school in the nation in the semifinals of the ACC Tour- 2007. Long was also named the ITA Senior Player of the Year for her accom- 2009-10 30-5 .857 nament. Wins over VCU and plishments in 2007. 2010-11 26-6 .813 Georgia State in the Chapel Hill UNC had yet another highly successful season in dual match play in 2007. 2011-12 24-7 .774 Regional placed the seventh- Carolina finished third in the highly-competitive ACC, a league which produced 2012-13 28-4 .875 seeded Tar Heels back in Athens, all three NCAA women’s titles during the year (singles, doubles, team). The Tar 2013-14 29-6 .829 Ga., for the NCAA Sweet 16. The Heels were also named a host site for NCAA first and second round action, and 2014-15 30-2 .938 Tar Heels topped Texas A&M and they defeated Marist and rival Duke to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in Athens, At UNC: 296-85 (12 seasons) .777 No. 2 seeded Alabama to reach Ga., where they fell in a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to Notre Dame. the Final Four for the second Career Totals 510-170 .750 Carolina reached a new team pinnacle in 2006, earning a national ranking time in program history. This 2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 4 of No. 3 and advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the second straight season, falling to Duke in the Round of 16. With a final record of 26-7, UNC Brian Kalbas’ Career Highlights posted its highest win total since the 1981-82 squad finished 26-14. Kalbas was named the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for his ef- • Seven-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year (most recently in 2015) forts. • Five-time1998 and 2010ACC Coach ITA National of the Year; Coach four-time of the Year CAA Coach of the Year The 2004-05 season was capped by a dramatic run to the NCAA Quar- • Coached Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long to the 2007 NCAA Doubles title, the terfinals. After finishing 7-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, the Tar Heels first NCAA title in the history of Carolina tennis earned the right to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Team • Coached Jamie Loeb to the 2015 NCAA Singles title Championships. Carolina opened the tournament with a 4-0 victory over • Led Carolina to the 2013 & 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championships Richmond. UNC then defeated rival Duke 4-0 for a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. • Has coached 19 All-America players to 36 total All-America honors Playing in just its third Sweet Sixteen, Carolina opened with a 4-0 upset of • Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners fourth-ranked Vanderbilt. The Tar Heels finished one win away from the • Coach Jamie Loeb to ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year honors Final Four, falling to Clemson 4-1 in the quarterfinals. • Won nine CAA titles in 11 seasons at W&M In 2005, Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis both received national awards • His teams have defeated 48 top-10 opponents in 23 seasons from the ITA. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sports- • Coached teams to the NCAA quarterfinals eight times, made two appearances manship, marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both in the Final Four in 2010 and 2014 and the national title match in 2014. awards. Mojzis is the third player to win the national Arthur Ashe Award • Coached Team USA at the 2007 in Brazil. under Kalbas’ leadership. Carolijn van Rossum and Jessyca Arthur both won the award while Kalbas was coaching at William & Mary. In 2007, Kalbas was tabbed to lead the United States team at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-29. Kalbas fronted a team of three of the nation’s best collegiate players, including Atlantic Coast Conference standout and NCAA champion of Miami. Kalbas is a 1989 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he was a four-year varsity player, playing at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in singles. He was captain of the Fighting Irish men’s tennis team his senior year and received the most valuable player and sportsmanship awards from Notre Dame. After graduation, Kalbas served as an assistant coach for the Notre Dame men’s tennis team from 1989-92. During his tenure, the Fighting Irish made their way to the Top 20 for the first time in school history, and, in 1992, the Irish reached the NCAA Championship match. Kalbas and his wife, Suzanne, have two children, Sarah, 25, and Joseph, 16. COURTNEY NAGLE ASSISTANT COACH • SECOND SEASON • OREGON (‘05) Courtney Nagle begins her second season in 2015-16 as the top assistant coach for the highly-succesful North Carolina women’s tennis program. Hired in August 2014 by head coach Brian Kalbas, Nagle spent the previous two seasons as the assistant women’s tennis coach at the University of Iowa. Her first season was another good one in a long line of success for this Tar Heel program. Carolina won the 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championship in February and hold on to the No. 1 ranking by the ITA for eight weeks. The Tar Heels tied a school record with a 30-2 dual match record, and won their first 27 contests of the season before finally falling in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship. North Carolina received the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Team Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to UCLA for the third time in the last four years. Nagle also helped guide Jamie Loeb to the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship, the first in program history. The Hawkeyes reached as high as No. 57 in the ITA National Team Rankings and finished the 2013 season rated 8th in the Divi- sion I Midwest Regional Rankings. In her second season in 2014, Nagle helped guide Ruth Seaborne to first-team All-Big Ten honors for the second consecutive season. Nagle spent the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado. Prior to joining the Colorado staff, Nagle competed across the globe as a world-ranked tennis professional on the World Tennis Association (WTA) Tour where she earned World (WTT) Rookie of the Year honors with the Freedoms. She won 15 career professional doubles titles and reached a doubles ranking of No. 97. Nagle is a 2005 graduate of the University of Oregon earning a bachelor of arts degree in human physiology with a minor in Spanish. While at Eugene and as a freshman walk-on, Nagle would later earn a full athletic scholarship where she became UO’s first women’s doubles All-America in school history. Nagle was also awarded the Oregon Athletics Pride recipient and was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsman- ship Award winner. She was a four-year letterwinner and member of two Oregon NCAA Tournament teams in 2002 and 2004. In 2003, Nagle earned a NCAA Tournament singles berth, in addition to advancing to the NCAA Tournament doubles quarterfinals, also in 2003. She was a two-time Oregon Most Improved Player Award winner and helped Oregon to their highest ITA national ranking (No. 22) in school history. After her collegiate career, Nagle remained in Eugene becoming the Assistant Director of the Nike Junior Tennis Camps in 2004, and later joined the Ducks coaching staff in 2005 as a volunteer assistant coach. She moved on to Princeton University from 2007-2009 in the same capacity, before returning to Eugene in 2010 to become part of the Ducks coaching staff in a volunteer role. Nagle is affiliated with United States Professional Tennis Association (USTA) Professional Level l Certification and the Professional Tennis Registry Coaching Certification. SHINANN FEATHERSTON VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH • THIRD SEASON • UNC (‘12) Shinann Featherston begins her third season as the volunteer assistant coach during the 2015-16 season for the North Carolina women’s tennis program. No stranger to Tar Heel tennis, Featherston competed for four seasons under head coach Brian Kalbas from 2009-12. Carolina appeared in the NCAA Tournament every year she was on the roster. A native of Rockaway Park, N.Y., Featherston was named All-ACC as a junior and senior. She also earned ACC Championship Most Valuable Player honors in 2011 after winning the deciding matches against Miami in the semifinals and Florida State in the final. She earned ITA All-America honors with doubles partner Lauren McHale in both the 2011 and 2012 seasons, including a final ranking of No. 7 in the nation in 2011. Featherson was named 2008 National High School Tennis Athlete of the Year at St. Francis Prep. She was undefeated at No. 1 singles for all four years of high school, leading St. Francis Prep to four consecutive state titles.

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 5 ASHLEY DAI SENIOR • 5-2 • TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA

Dai’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2012-13 19-7 (.731) 30-11 (.732) 2013-14 17-10 (.630) 20-7 (.741) 2014-15 19-8 (.704) 26-12 (.684) Career 55-25 (.688) 76-30 (.717)

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 6 Ashley Dai JUNIOR SEASON (2014-15) Posted a 19-8 overall singles record in third season at North Carolina • Was 15-6 in dual matches and 8-4 versus the Atlantic Coast Conference • Ranked inside the top-100 a majority of the year, including as high as 66th in both February and March • Defeated 40th ranked Kourtney Keegan of Florida at the ITA National Indoor Team Championship • Teamed with Kate Vialle to create a formidable doubles team that was ranked all season • Reached No. 13 in the rankings and was in to the top-50 most of the year • The duo won the ITA Carolinas Regional in Chapel Hill to ad- vance to the USTA Indoor Nationals • They reached the Round of 16

Vialle recorded a 22-11 overall doubles record - 11-4 in tournaments andin the 11-7 Main in Drawdual matches and the semifinals(7-4 against of the the ACC). consolation bracket • Dai/

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14) Finished the season ranked No. 97 record, including a 12-7 dual match record • Went 4-1 in ACC singles competitionin the final ITA • Was Tennis ranked singles in the rankings top-100 for• Recorded most of the a 17-10 season singles • Fin- ished the season by winning 11 of 13 singles matches • Took 13th- ranked Chanelle Van Nguyen to three sets in NCAA Championship

Tessa Lyons • Their best win was 8-2 over 71st ranked Alabama in the final against UCLA • In doubles, owned a 13-5 record playing with point over the Crimson Tide • Also went 5-0 playing with Jamie Loeb quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship that clinched the doubles early May • Dai/Loeb beat Duke’s 30th ranked Goldfeld/Smith, 8-3, in thethat quarters saw the duoof the briefly ACC Championship. ranked No. 76 in the ITA doubles rankings in

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13) Finished with an overall singles re- cord of 19-7, including an 11-3 mark in dual match play • Went 3-2 in ACC singles play • Was ranked as high as No. 65 in the country in Nebraska’s Weinstein and Weinreich in the NCAA Round of 16 • Also went 7-3, including 5-2, with Zoe De Bruycker and 4-0 matched with spanned seven weeks of competition • Teamed with Whitney Kay to Caroline Price in doubles. formsingles a strong and finished doubles at combinationNo. 121 • Won that 10-straight owned a 15-8singles overall matches doubles that JUNIOR/PREP No. 10 overall player in the class and considered a Blue Chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net • Three-time UTSA Gold doublesrecord • Thematches duo rankedof the season,No. 8 nationally including in twoearly victories January andover finished ranked Ball winner • Won the Winter National Championships doubles title opponentsthe season fromNo. 33 Tennessee in the country and Florida • Dai Stateand Kay at the won Furman their firstFall Clasnine- three straight years from 2007 to 2009 • Captured the Casablanca sic • Also joined Lauren McHale in doubles and the two notched a ITF G4 singles event in 2010 • Part of a team that won the 2011 16s 3-0 record, including a win at Boston College and an 8-2 victory over Intersectionals, and she was undefeated in the event.

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 7 WHITNEY KAY SENIOR • 5-8 • ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA

Kay’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2012-13 31-14 (.689) 31-14 (.689) 2013-14 13-15 (.464) 27-10 (.730) 2014-15 22-9 (.710) 26-3 (.897) Career 66-38 (.635) 84-27 (.757)

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 8 Whitney Kay JUNIOR (2014-15) Competed primarily at No. 4 singles for a North FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13) Carolina team that was ranked No. 1 for the majority of the 2015 sea- with Carolina by posting a 31-14 overall singles record, including a son • Recorded a 22-9 overall singles record - 4-1 in tournaments, 19-5 mark in dual match play • HerEnjoyed 8-1 recordan outstanding in ACC competition first season 18-8 in dual matches (7-4 against the ACC) • Finished the season led the team • Was ranked as high as No. 19 nationally in singles and ranked 86th in the country • Reached 53rd in the rankings in mid- February after helping lead the team to the ITA National Indoor Team collegiate matches at the Duke Fab Four, including a straight-set vic- Championship • Was 3-1 in the indoor championship with wins over toryfinished over the No. season 17 Cristinia at No. Stancu 44 in of the Texas country A&M • • Won Earned her 12-straight first three No. 43 Peggy Porter of Florida and No. 88 Clementina Riobueno of singles wins that spanned two months of the spring season • That Miami • Named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 20 after reaching the included three wins in leading Carolina to the National Indoor title - in February • She had victories over No. 19 Zoe Scandalis of USC, 6-2, al Championship in Las Vegas • Best victory of the dual match season wassemifinals a straight-set of singles win and over the finalsNo. 33 of Catherine doubles at Harrison the Freeman at the Memori NCAA Pamela Montez of UCLA, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5) • Teamed with Ashley Dai to - form5-7, 6-3, a strong No. 40doubles Ester combinationGoldfield of thatDuke owned in straight-sets a 15-8 overall and doubles No. 96 ley Carter to form a strong doubles team • The duo was 23-3 over- Team Championship quarterfinals in Waco, Texas • Teamed with Hay season ranked 43rd, and reached the top-20 in February and March doublesrecord • Thematches duo rankedof the season,No. 8 nationally including in twoearly victories January andover finished ranked •all The - 20-2 duo inwon dual 17 matches consecutive (8-1 matchesagainst thethat ACC) spanned • They late finished January the to opponentsthe season fromNo. 33 Tennessee in the country and Florida • Dai Stateand Kay at the won Furman their firstFall Clasnine- early April. sic • Kay later joined forces with Caroline Price and went 13-4 in doubles, including 10-3 in dual matches • The duo went 5-2 in the SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14) Earned All-America status in ACC and also took down No. 8 Northwestern, 9-8 (6) in Evanston, Ill. • doubles playing with partner Caroline Price • The duo earned an at- large bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship and reached the quar- JUNIOR/PREPPrice and Kay finished No. 5 overall the season player ranked in the classNo. 37 and in theconsidered country. a Blue Chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net • One of the nation’s top ju- includingterfinals • 18-5Kay andin dual Price matches finished and the anseason 8-2 markranked against No. 9 theaccording ACC • nior players since the age of nine, and reached the No. 1 spot in the Theyto the were ITA •9-3 Kay/Price at #1 and finished 9-2 at with#2 doubles a 25-8 •overall The tandem doubles won record, four national rankings in 2010 • Won 31 National titles, including 12 USTA doubles matches in the NCAA Team Championship over VCU, Texas National Championship Gold Balls. Also earned 8 USTA National A&M, Alabama and Stanford • Beat #3 Michigan (Bolender/Bektas) Championship Silver Balls • Won 26 Southern Championship Titles and #7 William & Mary (Belaya/Loomans) at Riviera ITA All-Ameri- including winning the Southern Section Closed Championship at the 12s, 14s, and 18s • Two-time Southern Section Junior Female Player 15 singles record • Defeated Texas A&M’s Stefania Hristov in straight of the Year • Two-time Georgia Junior Female Player of the Year • setscans in to the advance NCAA into Team semifinals Championship of Main • WasDraw ranked Doubles as high• Posted as #33 a 13- by Was awarded several regional and national Sportsmanship Awards the ITA in singles. including: The 2012 USTA Bill Talbert Sportsmanship Award which includes a permanent plaque at the International Tennis Hall of Fame; the 2012 USTA Southern Bill Ozaki Sportsmanship Award; and 2012 USTA Spring Nationals, 2010 USTA Spring Nationals, and 2009 USTA National Championship Hard Courts Sportsmanship Awards.

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 9 KATE VIALLE SENIOR • 5-6 • LEAWOOD, KANSAS

Vialle’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2012-13 9-2 (.818) 5-3 (.625) 2013-14 20-7 (.741) 16-8 (.667) 2014-15 21-10 (.677) 25-11 (.694) Career 50-19 (.725) 46-22 (.676)

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 10 Kate Vialle SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14) Finished the season with a 20-7 record in singles play, including 19-6 in dual matches and 12-2 in the ACC • Defeated No. 75 Catherine Harrison of UCLA, 6-4, 6-4, at #5 singles in the NCAA Championship match • Also

• Won six-straight matches against ACC opponents • Teamed withbeat Alabama’sLaura Slater Emily to post Zabor a 13-8 in the doubles NCAA quarterfinals,mark, including 6-1, a 6-45-4

ITA Carolinas Regional, falling to teammates Hayley Carter and Jamiedual match Loeb, record8-2 • Played • Slater/Vialle with Ashley advanced Dai in the to theACC finals Champion of the- ship and won 8-4 over Florida State.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13) Joined the program in Janu-

• She was 8-1 in dual matches, including 3-1 against the ACC ary and finished with an impressive 9-2 overall singles record

• She won five-straight singles matches and eight of her final againstnine to endNebraska’s the year Izabella • The final Zgierska two victoriesin the NCAA came Round in straight of 16 •sets Finished over Melissa with a Bolivar5-3 overall of Miami doubles in therecord ACC • Semifinals Was 3-1 com and- bined with Gina Suarez-Malaguti.

PREP/PERSONAL No. 17 overall player in the class and con- JUNIOR SEASON (2014-15) Saw a majority of her court time sidered a blue chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net • USTA at Nos. 5 and 6 for a North Carolina team that was ranked No. National Championship gold ball winner and USTA National 1 for the majority of the 2015 season • Finished the year with Championship silver ball winner • USTA National Open singles a 21-10 overall singles record - 15-5 in dual matches (9-3 and doubles winner • Agassi No Quit award winner • USTA against the ACC) • Was ranked as high as #116 in late February National Open Sportsmanship Award winner • Also won the Missouri Valley Heart of America Player of the Year Award and season, including a win over No. 96 Wendy Zhang of Miami • completed her Missouri Valley Section career with the No. 1 Teamed• Recorded with a 9-1Ashley record Dai over to create her final a formidable 10 singles doubles results of team the ranking • Her father, mother and grandfather played college that was ranked all season • Reached No. 13 in the rankings tennis. and was in to the top-50 most of the year • The duo won the ITA Carolinas Regional in Chapel Hill to advance to the USTA Indoor Nationals • They reached the Round of 16 in the Main - alle recorded a 22-11 overall doubles record - 11-4 in tourna- Drawments and and the11-7 semifinals in dual matches of the consolation(7-4 against bracketthe ACC). • Dai/Vi

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 11 HAYLEY CARTER JUNIOR • 5-11 • HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA

Carter’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2013-14 50-7 (.877) 34-8 (.810) 2014-15 31-10 (.756) 26-6 (.813) Career 81-17 (.827) 60-14 (.811)

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 12 Hayley Carter SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15) Finished season ranked No. an ITA All-America in singles for the second-consecutive year • Was14 in ranked the final No. Oracle/ITA 43 in doubles national alongside singles partner rankings Whitney • Named Kay • First Team All-ACC selection for the second time • Earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Singles Championship • Earned Ac- ademic All-District honors, was an ITA Scholar Athlete and was named to both the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Honor Roll • Played a key role in leading Carolina to a school-record tying 30 dual match wins in 2015 • Tar Heels were ranked No.

1 by the ITA eight times during the season, and finished fourth- pionship,after reaching and wasthe NCAAnamed Quarterfinals to the all-tournament as the No. team 2 seed at inNo. the 3 field • Helped lead UNC to the 2015 ITA National Indoor Cham- iera/ITA All-American Championship • Posted a 31-10 singles doubles with Whitney Kay • Reached the semifinals of the Riv was 19-4 in duals during 2015 • Teamed up with Whitney Kay forrecord a 22-3 • Also doubles won record,her first including 12 dual 20-2matches in dual of thematches, year and8-1 against the ACC. the NCAA Singles Championship in Athens, Ga. • Reached the champion of Virginia in the quarterfinals of FRESHMAN SEASON (2013-14): All-American Championship • Advanced to the Main Draw Sin- Tennis rankings in both singles and doubles alongside Jamie glesquarterfinals bracket at of theMain USTA/ITA Draw Singles National at the Indoor Riviera/ITA Intercollegiate Women’s Ranked No. 3 in the final ITA- Championship • Won the black draw singles title at the season ica in both singles and doubles • Selected ITA National Player - Loeb in first season at North Carolina • Named ITA All-Amer nal of the ITA Carolinas Regional, before falling in three sets to named ACC Freshman of the Year • First Team All-ACC • Was Duke’sopening Beatrice Duke Fab Capra Four • TeamedInvitational with • Loeb Reached to win the the singles doubles fi theto Watch No. 7 •seed Became in the the NCAA first Singlesplayer inBracket program and history reached to the be title at the ITA Carolinas Regional.

JUNIOR/PREP: No. 2 overall player in the class considered aquarterfinals 50-7 overall • singles Carter recordand Loeb • That were included the No. 3a seed26-2 indual the record NCAA a Blue Chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net • Played at the andDoubles 12-1 Bracket mark in and ACC advanced play, all toat the#2 singlesquarterfinals • Notched • Recorded a 24-5 Smith Stearns Tennis Academy • Won a record 14 South Caro- tournament play record in the fall • Carter and Loeb were 34-6 lina state championships • Also a nine-time Southern region in doubles, including 18-2 in duals and a perfect 9-0 in ACC champion • Won the South Carolina IF event two years straight matches • Went 5-0 in singles during the NCAA Team Tourna- • Has won four USTA National Championship Gold Balls - three ment, culminating with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over then 8th-ranked in singles and one doubles - as well as four bronze balls. in the championship match against UCLA • Won 16-straight singles matches, before falling to eventual national

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 13 Marika Akkerman MARIKA AKKERMAN SOPHOMORE • 5-7 • BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014-15) Recorded - son at North Carolina • Was a perfect 6-0 in duala 13-8 matches, overall singlesincluding record a 3-0 in mark first againstsea the ACC • Defeated #95 Tristen Dewar of Clemson during the ITA Carolinas Regional in Chapel Hill • Was ranked No. 116 in mid March • Notched a 9-7 overall doubles record • Playing primarily with classmate Cassanda Vazquez, the rookie duo went 6-6 • Also was 2-0 playing alongside Whitney Kay.

JUNIOR/PREP: Ranked as high as 59th in the ITF Juniors and was the top rated Canadian junior player in her class • Played in the US Open, for the US Open Juniors Main Draw in 2012 • Won the Copa Cariari ITFFrench in Costa Open Rica and inWimbledon both 2011 Junior and 2012. events in 2013 • Also qualified

Akkerman’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2014-15 13-8 (.619) 9-7 (.563)

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 14 Maggie Kane MAGGIE KANE SOPHOMORE • 5-8 • RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014-15) Saw limited

• Recorded a 3-7 overall singles record • court time in first season at North Carolina- mellino of Appalachian State at the ITA Caro- linasEarned Regional first collegiate in Chapel win Hill over • Also Brianna picked Ar up dual match victories over William & Mary and Appalachian State • Posted 1-1 records in doubles matches playing with Marika Akker- man, Hayley Carter and Cassandra Vazquez.

JUNIOR/PREP: Earned All-America status during high school ca- reer at Needham Broughton • Named the 2013 North Carolina High School Female Tennis Player of the Year • 2012 North Carolina 4A singles champion • 2010 4A doubles champion • Led Broughton to team state titles in both 2010 and 2012 • Was ranked as high as 79th nationally in 2013 • Parents both attended North Carolina • Mom played tennis for Kitty Harrison and dad played soccer for legendary coach Anson Dorrance.

Kane’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2014-15 3-7 (.300) 4-3 (.571)

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 15 Cassandra Vazquez CASSANDRA VAZQUEZ SOPHOMORE • 5-9 • HOUSTON, TEXAS FRESHMAN (2014-15) Put together a 10-11

Carolina • That included a 4-1 record in dual matchesoverall singles and a record2-1 mark in firstagainst season the ACCat North • Was ranked #95 in the country in mid Febru-

season • Picked up a big victory on court six inary the • Won 4-3 victoryfour of herover last 12th-ranked five matches Virginia of the on April 10 • Had an 11-7 overall doubles re- cord • Playing primarily with classmate Marika Akkerman, the rookie duo went 6-6 on the season.

JUNIOR/PREP: Ranked as high as 59th in the ITF Juniors and was the top rated Canadian junior player in her class • Played in the US Open, for the US Open Juniors Main Draw in 2012 • Won the Copa Cariari ITFFrench in Costa Open Rica and inWimbledon both 2011 Junior and 2012. events in 2013 • Also qualified

Vazquez’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2014-15 10-11 (.476) 11-7 (.611)

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 16 Newcomers RACHEL JAMES-BAKER SENIOR • 5-6 • PLANTATION, FLORIDA JUNIOR SEASON (2014-15 at Baylor): Registered a 14-9 singles record in only season at Baylor • Record included a 9-8 mark in dual matches, 1-2 in the Big 12 • Posted a 14-10 doubles record with a variety of play- ing partners • Went 7-4 competing alongside Kiah Generette • Was ranked inside the top-100 by the ITA for most of the 2015 spring season • Held the No. 82 singles ranking for back-to-back ranking periods during the month of March • Racked up 5-1 record in singles action during two fall tournaments as country’s 117th- ranked player • Won all three matches at season-opening Under Armour Kick-Off, including straight-set upset of USC’s 15th-ranked Zoe Scandalis • Named to fall Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-2014 at NC State): Amassed a team-high 13 dual singles wins on the year, including victories over three ranked opponents • Played all 22 dual singles matches from the No. 2 spot in the order • Closed the season with four straight dual singles wins, including a 7-5, 6-4 win over No. 42 of Notre Dame and a 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 victory over No. 119 Francesca Fusinato of Virginia Tech • The win over No. 42 Gleason was the highest-ranked opponent a member of the Wolfpack defeated in dual singles play…Tied for the team lead with three dual singles wins over ranked opponents and 13 dual doubles victories.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13 at NC State): Recorded the third-most singles wins on the team with 17 • Collected 13 dual singles wins dur- ing the spring season • Played in all but one singles match during the season • Picked up five wins at No. 3 singles, and went 8-4 at the No. 4 PERSONAL/PREP:spot in the lineup • WonRanked five No. ACC 40 singles overall matches. among newcomers in 2012 by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked No. 9 overall by the USTA Florida Section for 18-and-under in 2011-12 • Named all-country three times • Led American Heritage High School to three-straight state champion- ships from 2009-11 • Won the No. 1 doubles championship as a senior in 2012 • Was the No. 1 singles champion and No. 1 doubles runner- up as a junior in 2011 • Won the No. 2 doubles championship as a freshman and sophomore • Won the No. 4 singles championship as a fresh- man • Also played two years of volleyball in high school • Born Rachael Cecilia James-Baker on Dec. 30 to Kent Baker and Adrian James. JESSIE ANEY FRESHMAN • 5-8 • ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA JUNIOR/PREP: Considered a blue chip recruit and was ranked as high as No. 5 in her class by tennisrecruit- ing.net • Ranked 4th in the country by the United States Tennis Association for girls 18 and under • Played

pair of USTA balls (titles) in singles, including one gold, and also earned four balls in doubles play • Reached exclusively against the boy’s in final year of high school and posted an undefeated record in 2015 • Won a National Selection Tournament in February, 2015 and the USTA National Winter Championship in December, 2014the finals • Finished of the 2015third USTAat the Northern 2014 USTA Section National Championship Clay Court championship • Won consolation • Became bracket the titles youngest at the high USTA school singles champion in Minnesota history when she won the 2011 title as an eighth grader • The following year

was considered the top ice hockey player in the state of Minnesota • Led her league in scoring during the 2013-14she won theseason 2A doubles with 109 title points with (51 her goals sister, and Katie, 58 assists)in her final and seasonagain in playing 2014-15 for with Century 96 points • A two-sport (44 goals star, and 52 assists) • Amassed 414 career points and holds the state’s all-time assists record • Honored on numerous occasions for sportsmanship, including at the National Clay Courts in both 2012 and 2013 • Also received the Jerry Noyce Junior Sportsman-

Sportskid of the Year award. In 2010 • Sister, Katie, plays hockey and tennis at Gustavus Adolph’s College • Graduating high school one year earlyship award from the in 2014, online given education to only program, one player the in Minnesota the Northern Virtual section Academy. by the USTA • Was the first and only girl to earn the Sports Illustrated CHLOE OUELLET-PIZER FRESHMAN • 5-9 • CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA

JUNIOR/PREP: Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net • Was rank as high as No. 1 in her class at the ages of 14 and 15 • Won the 2013 Memphis USTA Girls 18 Clay Court Championship as a 15-year-

Nationalold, earning Open the that first same USTA year Level • Finished 1 title of fourthher career in 2012 • Gained at the a Orange spot in Bowlthe main and drawsecond of inthe the 2013 event U.S. in Open 2013 •Juniors Won two tournament bronze balls • Southern in doubles Closed - 2011 Singles Clay andCourt Doubles and Winter Champion Nationals in 2011 • Earned • Was a also silver a finalist ball in atsingles the at the 2013 Winter Nationals • Twice named North Carolina Player of the Year in 2011 and again in 2013 • Earned numerous sportsmanship awards, including at the 2011 Easter Bowl and the 2012 Winter Nationals • Born in , Quebec, .

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 17 2014-15 Season Review 2014-15 Singles Results Player #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tourn. Dual ACC Overall Jamie Loeb 20-3 11-2 20-3 13-1 31-5 Hayley Carter 2-0 17-4 12-6 19-4 11-2 31-10 Caroline Price 4-0 23-4 12-4 27-4 12-2 39-8 Whitney Kay 2-0 16-8 4-1 18-8 7-4 22-9 Kate Vialle 2-0 1-0 6-1 6-4 6-5 15-5 9-3 21-10 Ashley Dai 3-0 8-4 4-2 4-2 15-6 8-4 19-8 Marika Akkerman 1-0 2-0 3-0 7-8 6-0 3-0 13-8 Cassandra Vazquez 1-0 3-1 6-10 4-1 2-1 10-11 Maggie Kane 1-1 2-6 1-1 0-0 3-7 Overall 22-3 21-4 27-4 21-8 17-5 17-8 64-44 125-32 64-17 189-76

2014-15 Doubles Results Player #1 #2 #3 Tourn. Dual ACC Overall Carter/Kay 4-1 4-1 12-0 3-1 20-2 8-1 23-3 Dai/Loeb 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1 Price/Vialle 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 Loeb/Price 13-2 9-1 1-0 22-3 10-1 23-3 Dai/Vialle 4-2 3-0 4-5 11-4 11-7 7-4 22-11 Carter/Kane 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 Carter/Loeb 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 Carter/Price 2-1 0-0 0-0 2-1 Akkerman/Vazquez 1-0 5-6 1-0 0-0 6-6 Akkerman/Kay 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 Akkerman/Kane 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 Dai/Vazquez 2-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 Kane/Vazquez 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 Kay/Vazquez 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 Overall 21-5 18-3 23-5 28-16 62-13 26-6 90-29

2014-15 Rankings Summary Team ITA Rankings Singles ITA Rankings Singles ITA Rankings Doubles ITA Rankings Doubles ITA Rankings

Pre #2 Marika Akkerman Jamie Loeb Carter/Kay Carter/Loeb 1/6/15 #4 3/10/15 #116 Pre #1 2/10/15 #19 Pre #2 1/20/15 #3 1/6/15 #8 2/24/15 #22 1/28/15 #3 Hayley Carter 2/10/15 #5 3/10/15 #18 Price/Kay 2/10/15 #1 Pre #3 2/24/15 #8 3/24/15 #33 Pre #5 1/6/15 #31 2/17/15 #1 3/10/15 #8 4/7/15 #21 2/10/15 #18 2/24/15 #1 3/24/15 #9 4/14/15 #27 2/24/15 #19 3/3/15 #1 3/10/15 #14 4/7/15 #6 4/21/15 #30 3/10/15 #1 3/24/15 #27 4/14/15 #6 5/1/15 #35 3/17/15 #1 4/7/15 #24 4/21/15 #7 Final #43 3/24/15 #2 4/14/15 #15 5/1/15 #7 3/31/15 #2 4/21/15 #15 Final #3 Dai/Vialle 4/7/15 #2 5/1/15 #16 Pre #58 4/14/15 #1 Final #14 Caroline Price 1/6/15 #13 4/21/15 #1 Pre #35 2/10/15 #23 5/1/15 #2 Ashley Dai 1/6/15 #22 2/24/15 #20 Final #4 Pre #70 2/10/15 #21 3/10/15 #36 2/10/15 #66 2/24/15 #15 3/24/15 #34 2/24/15 #68 3/10/15 #14 4/7/15 #49 3/10/15 #66 3/24/15 #18 4/14/15 #49 3/24/15 #78 4/7/15 #19 4/21/15 #53 4/7/15 #105 4/14/15 #25 5/1/15 #74 4/14/15 #111 4/21/15 #115 4/21/15 #20 Final #62 5/1/15 #20 Whitney Kay Final #26 Loeb/Price 2/10/15 #53 2/10/15 #20 2/24/15 #76 Kate Vialle 2/24/15 #11 3/10/15 #61 2/24/15 #116 3/10/15 #12 3/24/15 #72 3/10/15 #125 3/24/15 #13 4/7/15 #93 4/7/15 #120 4/7/15 #6 4/14/15 #97 4/14/15 #11 4/21/15 #112 Cassandra Vazquez 4/21/15 #11 5/1/15 #102 2/10/15 #95 5/1/15 #16 Final #86 Final #18

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 18 2015 Results Overall Record: 30-2 • ACC: 14-0 Home: 13-0 • Away: 9-0 • Neutral: 8-2 Against Ranked Opponents: 23-2 • Postseason: 4-2

Date UNC’s Rank Opponent Result Score Doubles Record Jan. 9 #4 No. 75 Elon Win 6-1 2-0 1-0 Jan. 9 #4 Appalachian State Win 7-0 2-0 2-0 Jan. 24 #3 No. 73 Minnesota (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win 4-0 2-1 3-0 Jan. 25 #3 No. 37 LSU (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win 4-0 2-0 4-0 Feb. 1 #3 vs. No. 17 Texas A&M Win 4-3 2-0 5-0 Feb. 6 #3 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma State (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 5-1 2-0 6-0 Feb. 7 #3 vs. No. 12 Miami (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-0 2-1 7-0 Feb. 8 #3 vs. No. 2 Florida (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-0 2-1 8-0 Feb. 9 #3 vs. No. 9 Georgia (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-1 2-0 9-0 Feb. 19 #1 at No. 69 NC State* Win 7-0 2-0 10-0, 1-0 ACC Feb. 22 #1 at No. 15 Michigan Win 5-2 2-0 11-0 Feb. 27 #1 No. 27 Georgia Tech* Win 5-2 2-0 12-0, 2-0 ACC March 1 #1 No. 41 Virginia Tech* Win 7-0 2-0 13-0, 3-0 ACC March 7 #1 vs. East Carolina Win 4-0 2-0 14-0 March 7 #1 at Charlotte Win 7-0 2-0 15-0 March 13 #1 at No. 28 Notre Dame* Win 5-2 2-1 16-0, 4-0 ACC March 15 #1 at Louisville* Win 6-1 2-0 17-0, 5-0 ACC March 20 #1 Syracuse* Win 7-0 2-0 18-0, 6-0 ACC March 22 #1 No. 61 Wake Forest* Win 7-0 2-0 19-0, 7-0 ACC March 27 #2 No. 19 Clemson* Win 4-3 2-1 20-0, 8-0 ACC March 29 #2 Pitt* Win 7-0 2-0 21-0, 9-0 ACC April 2 #2 at No. 66 Florida State* Win 5-2 2-1 22-0, 10-0 ACC April 4 #2 at No. 16 Miami* Win 5-2 2-1 23-0, 11-0 ACC April 10 #2 No. 12 Virginia* Win 4-3 2-0 24-0, 12-0 ACC April 15 #1 No. 23 Duke* Win 4-1 0-2 25-0, 13-0 ACC April 17 #1 at No. 59 Boston College* Win 5-2 2-0 26-0, 14-0 ACC April 24 #1 vs. No. 39 Virginia Tech (ACC Championship) Win 4-0 2-0 27-0 April 25 #1 vs. No. 10 Virginia (ACC Championship) Loss 1-4 1-2 27-1 May 9 #2 Quinnipiac (NCAA Championship First Round) Win 4-0 2-0 28-1 May 10 #2 No. 31 Dartmouth (NCAA Championship Second Round) Win 4-0 2-0 29-1 May 15 #2 vs. No. 15 Miami (NCAA Championship Round of 16) Win 4-1 2-0 30-1 May 17 #2 vs. No. 7 UCLA (NCAA Championship Round of 8) Loss 1-4 1-2 30-2

*Denotes ACC match.

Texas A&M match played in Houston, Texas ITA National Team Indoor Championship matches played in Charlottesville, Va. East Carolina match played in Charlotte, N.C. ACC Championship matches played in Cary, N.C. (Virginia Tech) and Durham, N.C. (Virginia) NCAA Championship matches played in Chapel Hill, N.C. (First and Second Rounds), Waco, Texas (Round of 16 and Round of 8).

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 19 2014-15 Season Recap NORTH CAROLINA WINS SECOND ITA NATIONAL INDOOR TITLE LOEB, KALBAS EARN TOP HONORS FROM ACC North Carolina staked its claim as the top women’s tennis program in Aophomore Jamie Loeb was named the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference the nation with its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship in the last Women’s Tennis Player of the Year, while Tar Heels’ coach Brian Kalbas was three years, winning 4-1 over Georgia from the Boar’s Head Sports Club in named Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his career. Charlottesville, Virginia. Loeb has been named the ACC Player of the Year for the second consecu- Senior Caroline Price, who went 4-0 at third singles, 4-0 at second dou- tive year. She is just the third North Carolina student-athlete to earn the award bles, and clinched the championship point against Georgia, was unanimously and the seventh multiple-time winner in the history of the conference. selected as the Most Outstanding Player. Joining Price on the all-tournament Kalbas collected his 500th career victory in his 23rd season as a collegiate team was Jamie Loeb at No. 1 singles and Whitney Kay at No. 4 singles. Loeb head coach. and Price were also selected at No. 2 doubles and Hayley Carter and Kay were Senior Caroline Price earned her third All-ACC selection, while sopho- tabbed at No. 3 doubles. more Hayley Carter collects All-ACC honors for the second time. UNC was the only team to place three on the All-ACC First Team. JAMIE LOEB WINS NCAA SINGLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Jamie Loeb defeated No. 2 seed Carol Zhao of Stanford to win the 2015 KALBAS, PRICE GARNER ITA REGIONAL AWARDS NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles National Championship in Waco, Texas. Caroline Price and Brian Kalbas earned ITA Carolina Region awards for The seventh seeded player in the field, Loeb won in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, their outstanding efforts during the 2014-15 season. Price was named Senior 6-1. Loeb is the first singles national champion in Carolina women’s tennis his- Player of the Year and Kalbas took home Coach of the Year honors, his seventh tory. Cinda Gurney reached the title match in 1993. Loeb joins Jenna Long and ITA Regional Coach of the Year honor. Sara Anundsen who won the 2007 doubles title as the only NCAA champions in program history. CARTER, LOEB NAMED ITA ALL-AMERICA Weather played a significant role over the two weeks in Waco, and the North Carolina sophomores Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb were named title match was no different. The match began outside and Loeb dominated the first team All-America by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Carter earned first set to the tune of a 6-2 win. Then the rains came with Zhao up 1-0 in the her award by finishing in the Top 20 of the Oracle/ITA National Singles Rank- second set. The venue change didn’t seem to bother Loeb as she was close to ings, while Loeb garnered All-America status by virtue of her Top 16 seed in winning in straight sets after leading 4-2 in the second, however, Zhao fought the NCAA Singles Championship, a tournament she eventually won as the No. diligently and won the next four points to capture the set and send the finale 7 seed to become UNC’s first NCAA singles title holder. Both are named All- into a third set. America for the second successive season. Playing her sixth three-set match in the last 10 days, Loeb took the open- ing point in the third set on a service break, but Zhao answered right back for CAROLINA AGAIN THE BEST OF THE ACC IN 2015 a 1-1 tie. Loeb broke Zhao for a third successive time in the third set to gain a The Atlantic Coast Conference has established itself as the country’s best 4-1 advantage and continued on for the 6-1 victory. top-to-bottom women’s tennis league, and 2015 was more of the same. 10 of Loeb is the seventh sophomore in the last 11 years to win the NCAA sin- the 15 league teams were ranked in the final ITA poll, including two in the top gles championship. 10 and six squads in the top 20. Carolina recorded an unbeaten 14-0 league record to clinch the ACC regu- CAROLINA REACHES THIRD-STRAIGHT “ELITE 8” lar season and earn the No. 1 seed in the ACC Championship. North Carolina received the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship, and was pegged for the 13th time in 14 seasons and the 12th time under the direction of head coach Brian Kalbas to host a regional, welcom- 2014-15 ACCOLADES ing Dartmouth, Quinnipiac and William & Mary to the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Marika Akkerman Center. Highest Singles Ranking - No. 116 Carolina advanced to the round of 16 for the sixth-consecutive season Hayley Carter with a pair of 4-0 victories over Quinnipiac and Dartmouth. In Waco, Texas, site ITA Scholar Athlete of the 2015 NCAA Tennis Championship, the Tar Heels disposed of 15th-seed CoSIDA Academic All-District Miami, setting up another postseason bout with UCLA. ACC All-Academic Team NCAA Singles Championship Selection UNC surrendered the doubles point and never recovered in a 4-1 loss, NCAA Doubles Championship Selection marking the third year in a row the Tar Heels were ousted in the event by the ITA National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament team Bruins. ITA All-America (singles) Carolina finished the season with a program best 30-2 record. All-ACC First Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 3 UNC NO. 4 IN FINAL ITA RANKINGS Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 2 North Carolina received the No. 4 ranking in the final ITA Division I Na- Ashley Dai tional Team Rankings. UNC is the only team to finish in the top four of the Highest Singles Ranking - No. 66 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 13 rankings in each of the last three seasons. Carolina advanced to the NCAA Whitney Kay Quarterfinals for the third-straight year and reached the Round of 16 for the Highest Singles Ranking - No. 53 sixth time in a row. Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 5 The Tar Heels tied the program record for wins (30)in a season, and Jamie Loeb enjoyed an extended run at No. 1 in the country after winning the ITA Team NCAA Singles National Champion (No. 7 seed) Indoor National Championship back in February. NCAA Doubles Championship Selection Ten of the 15 ACC schools finished in the top 75, including six of the top ITA All-America (singles) All-ACC First Team 20. UNC is also in an exclusive club of six schools that have both its men’s and ACC Player of the Year women’s tennis teams ranked in the top 11. The Tar Heel men’s team claimed the 11th slot to conclude their outstanding season. Highest Singles Ranking - No. 1 HondaHighest Sports Doubles Award Ranking for Women’s - No. 2 Tennis (finalist) CAROLINE PRICE WINS PATTERSON MEDAL Caroline Price Caroline Price, the Most Outstanding Player at the ITA National Indoor UNC Patterson Medal Tennis Championships received the 2014-15 Patterson Medal, the most pres- ITA Carolina Region Senior Player of the Year tigious athletic honor awarded at the University of North Carolina. Most Outstanding Player ITA National Team Indoor Championship NCAA Singles Championship Selection Price is the first women’s tennis player to win the Patterson Medal. All-ACC First Team Price led the Tar Heel women’s tennis team to its winningest four-year Highest Singles Ranking - No. 14 stretch in program history. She earned All-America honors in singles as a Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 2 sophomore and in doubles the following year, and was a first-team All-ACC Kate Vialle selection in 2015. She ranks second all-time in singles victories at UNC with Highest Singles Ranking - No. 116 128. Price led the nation in 2015 with 27 dual match singles victories. Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 13 Cassandra Vazquez Highest Singles Ranking - No. 95

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The Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, which is home to both the women’s and men’s tennis teams, was dedicated in Septem- ber 1992 in keeping with the University of North Carolina’s tradition of offering quality facilites for its student-athletes. The

Hill. indoor/outdoorThe facility is facility named is for adjacent Ceasar to Cone the UNCII, a 1928Finley alumnus Golf Course of the and University behind the who Friday played Center tennis on at N.C. Carolina Highway and 54 was in Chapel a great benefactor of the school. The center also bears the name of John Kenfield, the legendary Tar Heel men’s tennis coach who had a sterling record of 434-30-2 from 1928-55. Kenfield’s teams won 15 Southern Conference and two Atlantic Coast Con- ference team championships during his tenure. He coached the likes of Bitsy Grant, Wilmer Hines and Vic Seixas at UNC, and his 1948 team finished third in the country. Kenfield was Carolina’s first-ever tennis coach, and he took over the leadership of the UNC team in time to coach Cone in his senior season in 1928. The complex includes six indoor and 12 outdoor, lighted hard surface tennis courts, spectator viewing on the upper level of the indoor center, men’s and women’s varsity dressing facilities, public and visitor dressing facilities and fully- equipped weight-training rooms for both varsity teams. Other recent additions include an electronic scoreboard for the outdoor courts, additional stadium seating at the out- door courts and a new electronic scoreboard for the indoor courts. UNC has hosted NCAA Championship first and second round play in 13 of the last 14 years, with the Tar Heel women advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 after home victories in nine - field Tennis Center, including a perfect 14-0 mark in 2010 and another unblemished 13-0 record in 2015. of the last 11 seasons. In the 12 years under head coach Brian Kalbas, UNC has posted a record of 139-20 at the Cone-Ken CONE-KENFIELD TENNIS CENTER HOME OF THE TAR HEELS Administration/Support Staff

Tar Heels also had top-10 finishes in field hockey (second), baseball (third), men’s lacrosse (fifth), men’s Bubba Cunningham soccer (fifth) and women’s tennis (fifth). The women’s tennis team captured the ITA national indoor title and six other programs finished in the top 25. Director of Athletics The UNC women’s athletics program captured the 2013 Capital One Cup, which is awarded to the Lawrence R. (Bubba) Cunningham is in his fifth year as the director of best men’s and women’s Division I athletics programs in the country. For winning its first Capital One athletics at the University of North Carolina. Cunningham officially began his Cup, the Tar Heels earned $200,000 toward student-athlete scholarships and a spot at the annual ESPY duties at UNC on November 14, 2011. Awards show in Los Angeles. Cunningham is the seventh director of athletics in Carolina history, Carolina student-athletes have excelled in the classroom as well. During the 2014-15 academic following Robert A. Fetzer (1923-52), Chuck Erickson (1953-67), Homer calendar, more than 300 student-athletes made the ACC Academic Honor Roll, which requires a cumula- Rice (1969-75), Bill Cobey (1976-80), (1980-97) and Dick tive GPA of at least 3.0 for the year. It was the third-consecutive season Carolina had produced more Baddour (1998-2012). than 300 honorees. In each of his four seasons, Carolina has finished in the top 15 of the Cunningham is in his 14th year as a Division I director of athletics. He came to Chapel Hill after Learfield Director’s Cup, including three top-10 finishes. During that same period, the number of UNC spending the previous six years as the director of athletics at the University of Tulsa. He also was the AD student-athletes on the ACC Academic Honor Roll has steadily increased. for three years from 2002-2005 at Ball State University. He was honored as the 2008-09 FBS Central Among Cunningham’s many accomplishments since arriving in Chapel Hill are the implementation Region Athletics Director of the Year, an award presented by the National Association of Collegiate of a strategic plan for Carolina athletics; a partnership with Disney to enhance customer service and Directors of Athletics. organizational practices; the development of the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group; At Tulsa, Cunningham guided the Golden Hurricane through its initial move to Conference USA and a complete compliance review by an outside firm; the development of a master plan for UNC’s athletic spearheaded a $60 million athletics initiative, which included a $20 million renovation to Skelly Field at facilities; and the creation of the Rammys - an innovative end-of-the-year awards show popular with H.A. Chapman Stadium, a goal of $20 million for an athletics scholarship endowment and $20 million for Carolina’s student-athletes and staff. coaches’ salary endowment. College athletics has seen many changes in recent years and Cunningham, who is the 3rd Vice Cunningham implemented and developed a strategic plan for personal and professional growth President of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), has Carolina posi- and development for Tulsa’s student-athletes, coaches and staff. He presided over the completion of tioned to have a voice in the on-going conversation about the future, whether it is in the state university the $8.5 million Case Athletic Complex, which houses football offices and academic support center for system, the Atlantic Coast Conference or at the NCAA level. student-athletes. In 2012, Cunningham led a planning committee that worked with Dr. Paul Friga, associate professor Tulsa won 34 league championships in his tenure, more than any other school in Conference USA. of strategy and entrepreneurship at Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business, to develop Carolina’s The football program played in five bowl games in his last six years, winning four of those games. Cun- strategic plan. From that process was the creation of UNC’s mission statement - “We Educate and ningham hired former Tulsa football coach Todd Graham, who led the Golden Hurricane to three 10-win Inspire Through Athletics.” The plan also identified four core values for Carolina Athletics- Responsibility, seasons in a four-year span, the first time it had been accomplished in school history. Innovation, Service and Excellence. Tulsa student-athletes excelled academically, earning 17 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Amer- Carolina’s work with the Disney Institute, one of the most recognized names in business solutions ica performances over the last five years, and 11 student-athletes won C-USA Scholar Athlete of the and professional development, began in 2013. Members of the Disney Institute worked with the ath- Year honors. letic department to learn more about Carolina athletics and provide recommendations on best practices. At Ball State, Cunningham led a program with 19 intercollegiate sports and a budget of $12.4 million. Several cross unit work teams were organized within the department to provide an assessment of the In his final year, Ball State completed a $12 million campaign to renovate the football stadium. In raising organization and provide feedback to Disney. those funds, Cunningham secured the largest single gift in Ball State athletics history. Cunningham joined with provost James W. Dean and other University officials to develop the Stu- From 1988-2002, Cunningham worked in the athletics department at the University of Notre Dame. dent-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group, which was launched in fall 2013. That group spent He served as Notre Dame’s associate athletics director for finance and facilities from 1995-2000 and was several months developing a comprehensive approach to assessing and enhancing how the University the associate director of athletics for external affairs from 2000-02. Cunningham increased corporate provides academic support to student-athletes. The group is implementing a rigorous and transparent sponsorship income, created a financial/equity plan for the department and served as chairman of the set of processes and metrics as part of an ongoing initiative. The objective is to ensure proper alignment NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee. He also developed an equity plan to meet Title IX require- with the University’s academic mission, a goal that is consistent with Cunningham’s strategic plan for the ments, completed the master plan for athletic facilities and helped plan and complete the $50 million Department of Athletics. renovation and 20,000-seat expansion of Notre Dame Stadium. He also coordinated the planning and On the field, Carolina has achieved outstanding success under Cunningham’s leadership. Carolina construction of the Warren Golf Course, an 18-hole championship course on the Notre Dame campus. finished fifth in the 2014-15 Learfield Director’s Cup, its highest finish since a second place in 2008-09. Cunningham earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, both from Notre Ten Tar Heel teams posted top-10 national finishes and 25 advanced to postseason play, led by a second- Dame, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He played on the Irish golf team in 1982-83. place finish by women’s lacrosse and a final four appearance by field hockey. Carolina also had top-10 Cunningham is a member of the USTA Athletic Director Advisory Group. He is a former member finishes in men’s soccer (fifth), volleyball (fifth), men’s lacrosse (fifth), men’s tennis (fifth), women’s tennis of NACDA’s Executive Committee, and was on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimers Association of (fifth), men’s basketball (ninth), women’s basketball (ninth) and women’s soccer (ninth). Oklahoma and the Folds of Honor Foundation Board. Cunningham also served on the Gatorade National In addition, the women’s cross country team won its first ACC title in 11 years and the women’s tennis Advisory Board and has been a featured speaker at numerous NACDA and I-A institute conferences. team captured the ITA national indoor team championship for the second time in the last three years. Born in Flint, Mich., and raised in Naples, Fla., Cunningham and his wife, Tina, have four children: Individually, Jamie Loeb won UNC’s first-ever women’s tennis NCAA singles championship. Matthew, Michael, John and Sarah. Carolina finished 14th in the 2013-14 Learfield Director’s Cup with seven teams posting top-10 national finishes. In 2012-13, Cunningham’s first full season at UNC, Carolina finished eighth in the Director’s Cup on the strength of national championships in women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse. The Women’s Tennis Support Staff UNC Athletics Administration Chancellor...... Carol Folt Faculty Representative...... Lissa Broome Director of Athletics...... Bubba Cunningham Exec. Assoc. AD...... Larry Gallo Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA...... Nicki Moore Sr. Assoc. AD/Bus. & Finance...... Martina Ballen Sr. Assoc. AD/Operations...... Clint Gwaltney Sr. Assoc. AD/Compliance...... Vince Ille Sr. Assoc. AD/Strategic Communications...... Steve Kirschner Sr. Assoc. AD/Marketing...... Rick Steinbacher Assoc. AD/Compliance...... Marielle vanGelder Carrie Shearer Mario Ciocca Assoc. AD/Football...... Corey Holliday Assoc. AD/Risk Management...... Paul Pogge Head Athletic Trainer Director of Sports Asst. AD/Marketing and Promotions...... Michael Beale Medicine Asst. AD/Communications...... Kevin Best Asst. AD/Faculty Planning & Management...... Mike Bunting Asst. AD/New Media...... Ken Cleary Asst. AD/Football & Olympic Sports Operations...... Ellen Culler Asst. AD/Student-Athlete Development...... Cricket Lane Asst. AD/Business & Finance...... Mike Perkins Asst. AD/Ticket Operations...... Tim Sabo Exec. Director Rams Club...... John Montgomery Director of Sports Medicine...... Dr. Mario Ciocca Dir. of Academic Support/Student-Athletes...... Michelle Brown

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Carolina Tennis History The women’s tennis program has a long-standing tradition of excellence in school history, finished fifth in the country, and had a sparkling 25-5 record. in the overall women’s athletics program at the University of North Carolina, Pinchbeck earned first-team All-America honors after advancing to the quar- beginning with legendary head coach Frances Hogan and continuing into the terfinals of the NCAA Championships. 21st century highlighted by standout players the likes of Marlene Mejia, Kate In 2003, Brian Kalbas was named head coach, and he has enjoyed 12 suc- Pinchbeck, Kendall Cline, Aniela Mojzis, Sara Anundsen, Jenna Long, Sanaz Ma- cessful seasons with the Tar Heels. Kalbas has led UNC to NCAA Tournament rand, Shinann Featherston, Gina Suarez-Malaguit, Caroline Price, Hayley Carter appearances in each of his first 12 years at Carolina, including a 2014 run to and Jamie Loeb. Although Hogan was involved at the roots of the program, it the national finals, the program’s best NCAA showing. has been players of more recent vintage who have kept Carolina in the national The Tar Heels have produced 17 All-America selections during Kalbas’ spotlight. tenure. Aniela Mojzis was an individual All-America selection in 2004 and Hogan, the former women’s athletic director at Carolina, was the guiding teamed with Kendall Cline to earn All-America honors in doubles in 2005. force during the game’s early years on the Chapel Hill campus. As the first head Mojzis and Cline also earned national awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis coach of Tar Heel women’s tennis teams since the 1940s, she spurred inter- Association in 2005. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship est in the sport by instituting North Carolina Women’s Tennis Day in 1958, Award and Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and a yearly fixture for collegiate and prep aficionados of the sport around the Sportsmanship, marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both state. Despite limitations on match play, Hogan was instrumental in ensuring awards. In 2006, Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long earned All-America honors the team played a full schedule. Her tennis team was the first women’s sports as one of the nation’s top doubles pairs. That tandem capped its stellar career team at the University to travel out of the state to compete. In 1970, prior to by winning the 2007 NCAA Doubles Championship, giving Anundsen and Long the advent of Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women-sponsored the first NCAA tennis title in UNC history. women’s tennis at the collegiate level which did not come until 1971, Hogan became the next Tar Heel All-America singles performer coached the late Laura DuPont to the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s in 2008, a season in which she lost just one singles dual match and defeated collegiate singles championship. During that same year, Carolina posted a na- the nation’s top-ranked player twice in the span of three weeks. Marand would tional ranking of sixth place in the USLTA collegiate ratings. repeat her All-America performance in 2009 as well as team with Sophie Gra- Eight women’s sports at North Carolina, including the tennis program, binski for doubles accolades. were officially elevated to varsity status in 1971, when Carolina became a char- Carolina reached new heights in team competition in 2010, rising to the ter member of the newly-formed Association For Intercollegiate Athletics For No. 1 ranking in the ITA poll for the first time in school history and advancing Women. The eight sports as varsity entities were under the supervision of the to the NCAA Final Four, also a program first. UNC defeated seven top-10 op- Physical Education Department until October 1974, when the Department of ponents en route to a school-record 30-5 season that featured an undefeated Intercollegiate Athletics took over supervision of all Carolina varsity sports— 11-0 ACC regular season mark. The Tar Heels also advanced to the finals of the men’s and women’s at UNC. ITA Team Indoor Championships for the first time and earned the No. 2 overall That fall, Camey Timberlake was awarded the first-ever women’s athletic seed in the NCAA Team Championship. scholarship for any sport at the University. She went on to capture the Atlantic 2011 saw three more Tar Heels earn ITA All-America honors in the dou- Coast Conference championship at No. 2 singles during the fall of 1977 in the bles tandem of Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale and singles standout first-ever ACC women’s sports championship event of any kind. Zoe De Bruycker. The team advanced to the national quarterfinals for the third After the sport came under the direction of the athletic department, time and, behind Featherston’s MVP performance, won the ACC Champion- Hogan coached the first two tennis teams to outstanding 13-1 and 13-2 records ship for the first time since 2002. Featherston and McHale earned back-to-back in 1975 and 1976, respectively. During the 1976 season, Hogan guided the Tar doubles All-America honors after a 21-6 record during the 2011-12 campaign. Heels to a No. 16 national ranking and the team won the Southern Collegiates The 2012 campaign featured a spot in the NCAA Round of 16 and a regu- in Columbus, Miss., by defeating Rollins College in the final. lar season ACC title with a 10-1 league record. In addition, Zoe De Bruycker, When Hogan retired from coaching in 1976 to concentrate full-time on Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale earned All-ACC accolades, with her senior women’s administrator duties, she was replaced by Kitty Harrison, Featherston and McHale earning All-America honors in doubles. who continued to build the success of the Tar Heel program for over two de- North Carolina won the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in cades. Eight of Harrison’s 21 teams were ranked among the Top 25 nationally. 2013, marking the program’s first team national championship. Freshman Under Harrison’s direction, Carolina won four ACC championships in a row in Whitney Kay won a three-setter, clinching the final point in a tiebreaker to the 1970s and 1980s and finished as the league runner-up four other times. earn Most Outstanding Player honors. The victory set the tone for a season that Harrison retired after the 1997-98 season as the winningest tennis coach in saw Carolina reach the No. 1 national ranking for ten-straight weeks and the ACC history at the time in terms of dual-match victories. quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. Gina Suarez-Malaguti was selected Carolina was a force to be reckoned with during the days of AIAW com- ACC Player of the Year, while she joined Caroline Price as the latest All-America petition from 1971 until the organization was disbanded in 1982. The Tar selections. Heels won the NCAIAW Tournament three straight times from 1979 to 1981. The first decade under the tutelage was Kalbas was nothing short of In 1982, they avenged a 6-3 loss to Duke in the state tournament by defeating amazing, however, the 2014 season may have been his best to date. The Tar the Blue Devils 7-2 to capture the AIAW Southern Region II title. The Tar Heels Heels made their first appearance in the NCAA national championship match, earned a bid to the AIAW national tournament three times, finishing 15th in and along the way saw freshmen Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter earn just about 1979, 11th in 1981 and 17th in 1982. every national and conference honor that was awarded that year. Loeb was There were numerous outstanding players during Harrison’s tenure, in- the ACC and ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year, while Carter was the cluding three first-team All-America selections. Kathy Barton was an AIAW top ACC Freshman and ITA Player to Watch. Loeb and Carter would earn All- first-team All-America in 1982. Cinda Gurney, a three-time ACC Player of the America honors in both singles and doubles, while Caroline Price and Whitney Year, was an All-America in singles in both 1992 and 1993. Gurney and Alisha Kay also earned All-America status in doubles. Portnoy combined to earn first-team All-America honors in doubles in 1993. Carolina won its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship in As a senior, Gurney advanced to the NCAA championship match without losing 2015, while Jamie Loeb won the program’s first NCAA singles national title to a set in any of her five preliminary matches in the field of 64. She completed cap an amazing two-year UNC career that saw her win ACC Player of the Year that year seventh individually in singles in the ITA rankings and achieved the honors twice. Both she and Hayley Carter were again named ITA All-America. highest rating ever by a Carolina player in singles when she was ranked third During the era of individual ACC competition, Tar Heel players won 33 nationally in December of 1991. conference titles in singles, including four by Gurney, three by Jennifer Balent Former Tar Heel men’s tennis standout Roland Thornqvist, an All-Amer- and two each by Janet Shands, Margie Brown, Lloyd Hatcher and Gigi Neely. ica and ACC Player of the Year as a player at UNC, took over the team’s coach- Brown teamed with Betsy Heidenberger for two of her three doubles titles, ing duties in 1998 and led UNC to its first ever NCAA Tournament berth and and the duo of Shands and Betty Baugh Harrison were as tough to beat in the subsequent victory. Thornqvist spent three successful years at the helm of the late ‘70s as Gurney and Portnoy were during the 1992-93 season when they Tar Heels, finishing with a 42-30 record and Carolina’s first three NCAA tour- won the ITA Clay Court Doubles Championship, earned a national No. 1 rank- nament appearances in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Although only a sophomore in ing after the fall season and finished the spring season ranked fourth in the 2001, Marlene Mejia earned ITA All-America honors in singles, helping the Tar country. Heels earn a Top 20 ranking that season. Following the 2001 season, Thorn- Despite playing one of the country’s toughest dual-match schedules year qvist left Carolina to take over the coaching reigns at Florida. in and year out, Carolina teams continue to win with regularity. Only on six In 2002, under coach Jen Callen, the Tar Heels won the ACC Champion- occasions has the Tar Heel women’s tennis program suffered a losing season ship, advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time while competing as a varsity sport.

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After falling one match short of the title in 2010, the 2011 Tar Heels won their first Atlantic Coast Conference title since 2002 with a 4-3 victory over Florida State in the final in Cary, N.C. Shinann Featherston (bottom right) clinched both the semifinal and the final to earn MVP honors.

North Carolina ACC Championships - 6 North Carolina All-ACC Selection History

Year Head Coach Runner-up 2015 2007 1997 1977 Kitty Harrison Clemson Hayley Carter Jenna Long Jenni Burnette 1978 Kitty Harrison Virginia Jamie Loeb Katrina Tsang 1979 Kitty Harrison Clemson Caroline Price 1996 1980 Kitty Harrison Clemson Marianna Land 2002 Jen Callen Duke 2006 2011 Brian Kalbas Florida State 2014 Caitlin Collins Hayley Carter Jenna Long 1993 Jamie Loeb Cinda Gurney ACC Women’s Tennis Individual Honors Caroline Price (2nd) 2005 1991...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Kendall Cline 1992 1992...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year 2013 Jenna Long Alisha Portnoy 1993...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Zoe De Bruycker Aniela Mojzis Angela Bernal 2002...... Kate Pinchbeck, ACC Championship MVP Caroline Price Cinda Gurney 2011...... Shinann Featherston, ACC Championship MVP Gina Suarez-Malaguti 2004 2013...... Gina Suarez-Malaguti, Player of the Year Kendall Cline 1991 2014...... Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year 2012 Aniela Mojzis Cinda Gurney 2014...... Hayley Carter, Freshman of the Year Zoe De Bruycker 2015...... Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year Shinann Featherston 2003 1990 2015 ACC Tournament Results Lauren McHale Kendall Cline Valerie Famer Cinda Farmer Cary, N.C., Cary Tennis Park Tanja Markovic First Round 2011 Aniela Mojzis Gigi Neely #13 Louisville d. #12 Syracuse...... 4-3 Zoe De Bruycker Kate Pinchbeck #10 Florida State d. #15 Pitt...... 4-0 Jelena Durisic 1989 #14 NC State d. #11 Wake Forest...... 4-2 Shinann Featherston 2002 Spencer Barnes Second Round Marlene Mejia Gina Goblirsch #10 Florida State d. #7 Notre Dame...... 4-3 2010 Aniela Mojzis #9 Virginia Tech d. #8 Boston College...... 4-3 Sanaz Marand Kate Pinchbeck 1988 #5 Clemson d. #13 Louisville...... 4-0 Katrina Tsang Julie Rotondi Spencer Barnes #6 Georgia Tech d. #14 NC State...... 4-0 Gina Goblirsch Quarterfinals 2009 2001 #1 North Carolina d. #9 Virginia Tech...... 4-0 #10 Florida State d. #2 Miami...... 4-3 Sanaz Marand Marlene Mejia 1987 #4 Virginia d. #5 Clemson...... 4-1 Katrina Tsang Julie Rotondi Petra Wessels #6 Georgia Tech d. #3 Duke...... 4-3 Valerie Farmer Semifinals 2008 2000 Gina Goblirsch Virginia d. North Carolina...... 4-1 Sanaz Marand Marlene Mejia Georgia Tech d. Florida State...... 4-3 Katrina Tsang Finals Virginia def. Georgia Tech...... 4-0 2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 35 NCAA Tournament History

(1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,NCAA Tournament 2010, 2011, 2012, Appearances 2013, 2014, - 2015)17 Record: 37-17 Best Finish: Reached national championship in 2014

2015 NCAA Team Championships First Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #2 North Carolina d. Quinnipiac...... 4-0 NCAA Postseason Team Results Second Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #2 North Carolina d. Dartmouth...... 4-0 2015 Quinippiac...... W, 4-0 2008 SC State...... W 4-0 Round of 16, Waco, Texas Dartmouth...... W, 4-0 Arkansas...... L 3-4 #2 North Carolina d. #15 Miami...... 4-1 Miami...... W, 4-1 2007 Marist...... W 4-0 Quarterfinals, Waco, Texas UCLA...... L, 1-4 Duke...... W 4-1 #7 UCLA d. #2 North Carolina...... 1-4 2014 VCU...... W, 4-0 Notre Dame...... L 3-4 Georgia State...... W, 4-0 2006 SC State...... W 4-0 2015 NCAA Singles Championships Texas A&M...... W, 4-0 Wake Forest...... W 4-3 First Round, Waco, Texas Alabama...... W, 4-2 Duke...... L 1-4 Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Zoe Scandalis, USC...... 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 Stanford...... W, 4-3 2005 Richmond...... W 4-0 Carolina Price, UNC d. Kourtney Keegan, Florida...... 6-1, 6-3 UCLA...... L, 3-4 Duke...... W 4-0 Ema Burgic, Baylor d. Hayley Carter, UNC...... 6-3, 6-4 2013 South Carolina St...... W 4-0 Vanderbilt...... W 4-0 Tennessee...... W 4-1 Clemson...... L 4-1 Second Round, Waco, Texas Nebraska...... W 4-1 2004 Winthrop...... W 4-0 Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Simona Parajova, TCU...... 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 UCLA...... L, 1-4 Tennessee...... L 4-3 Sinead Lohan, Miami d. Hayley Carter UNC...... 7-6 (3), 7-5 2012 Richmond...... W 4-0 2003 C. of Charleston...... W 4-0 Arizona...... W 4-2 Clemson...... W 4-1 Round of 16, Waco, Texas Miami...... L 2-4 California...... L 4-1 Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Joana Eidukonyte, Clemson...... 6-3, 6-1 2011 ETSU...... W 4-0 2002 Loyola (Md.)...... W 5-0 Washington...... W 4-1 Furman...... W 4-0 Quarterfinals, Waco, Texas Vanderbilt...... W 4-0 Arizona State...... W 4-1 Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Danielle Collins, Virginia...... 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 Baylor...... L 3-4 Stanford...... L 4-1 2010 Richmond...... W 4-0 2001 Iowa...... W 4-1 Semifinals, Waco, Texas UNLV...... W 4-0 California...... L 4-1 Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Stephanie Wagner, Miami...... 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Florida State...... W 4-1 2000 Arkansas...... L 5-2 Duke...... W 4-3 1999 Washington...... W 5-4 Finals, Waco, Texas Florida...... L 0-4 Mississippi...... L 5-1 Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Carol Zhao, Stanford (2)...... 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 2009 Georgia State...... W 4-0 Clemson...... L 0-4 2015 NCAA Doubles Championships First Round, Waco, Texas Jamie Loeb/Caroline Price, UNC d. Katz/Santamaria, USC...... 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Round of 16, Waco, Texas Davidson/Zhao, Stanford (2) d. Jamie Loeb/Caroline Price...... 6-2, 6-3

Carolina celebrates a victory over Alabama in the 2014 NCAA Team Cham- pionship in Athens, Ga. The Tar Heels reached the national championship match for the first time in program history.

Carolina celebrates its win over Duke in the 2010 national quarterfinals in Athens, Ga.

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Hayley Carter Sanaz Marand Aniela Mojzis 2015First NCAA Singles round lost to Ema Burgic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-4 2010First NCAA Singles round def. Jennifer Widjaja (Pacific), 6-1, 6-4 2005First NCAA Singles round def. (Stanford), 6-7 (6), 6-0, ret. Jamie Loeb Second round lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 7-6 (4), 6-4 Second round lost to Zuzana Zemenova (Baylor), 6-1, 7-6 (0) First round def. Zoe Scandalis (USC), 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 Katrina Tsang Kendall Cline Second round def. Simona Parajova (TCU), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 First round def. Denise Muresan (Michigan), 6-0, 7-6 (1) First round def. Bianca Dulgheru (Pepperdine), 6-2, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Joana Eidukonyte (Clemson) 6-3, 6-1 Second round lost to Maria Mosolova (Northwestern), 6-0, 7-6 (4) Second round lost to Riza Zalameda (UCLA), 7-6 (7), 6-0 Quarterfinals def. Danielle Collins (Virginia), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 Semifinals def. Stephanie Wagner (Miami), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Finals def. Carlo Zhao (Stanford), 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline Caroline Price 2010First NCAA Doubles round lost to Kali Krisik/Kristi Frilling (Notre Dame), 6-3, 6-2 2005First NCAA Doubles round def. Chloe Carlotti/Virginia Tomatis (Miss.), 7-6 (7), 7-5 First round def. Kourtney Keegan (Florida) 6-1, 6-3 Rd of 16 lost to Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 6-2, 6-4 Second round lost to Sinead Lohan (Miami), 7-6 (3), 7-5 Sanaz Marand 2009First NCAA Singles round def. Georgia Rose (Northwestern), 6-4, 6-2 Aniela Mojzis Jamie Loeb/Caroline Price Second round def. Natasha Marks (Arizona), 6-3, 7-5 2004First NCAA Singles round def. Lyndsay Shosho (Georgia Tech), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 2015First NCAA Doubles round def. Katz/Santamaria (USC), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Laura Gioia (Furman), 6-1, 6-1 Second round lost to Cristelle Grier (Northwestern), 6-0, 6-4 Round of 16 def. lost to Davidson/Zhao (Stanford) 6-2, 6-3 Quarterfinals lost to Julia Cohen (Miami), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 Katrina Tsang First round lost to Jana Juricova (California), 6-4, 6-3 Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline Hayley Carter 2004First NCAA Doubles round def. Luana Magnani/Carina Vermeulen (USC), 6-3, 6-4 2014First NCAA Singles round def. Maho Kowase (Georgia), 6-4, 6-3 Round of 16 lost to Daniela Bercek/Lauren Fisher (UCLA), 6-1, 7-5 Second round def. (Arizona State), 6-2, 6-2 Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand Round of 16 def. Jenny Julien (St. Mary’s) 7-5, 6-2 2009First NCAA Doubles round lost to Marrit Boonstra/Jo Mather (Florida), 6-2, 6-2 Quarterfinals lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Austin Smith/Katrina Tsang Kate Pinchbeck Jamie Loeb First round lost to Hilary Barte/ (Stanford), 6-2, 6-1 2003First NCAA Singles round def. Julia Scaringe (Florida), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 First round def. Alexandra Cercone (Florida), 6-2, 7-5 Second round lost to Agata Cioroch (Georgia), 6-3, 6-4 Second round def. Zoe Scandalis (Southern Cal), 6-3, 6-2 Marlene Mejia Round of 16 def. Breaunna Addison (Texas) 7-5, 6-4 Sanaz Marand First round def. Saras Arasu (Duke), 6-1, 7-6 (6) Quarterfinals lost to Lynn Chi (California) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 2008First NCAA Singles round def. (Tennessee), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Second round lost to Jewel Peterson (USC) Caroline Price Second round lost to Katrina Zheltova (Sac. State), 7-6 (4), 1-6, 4-6 Aniela Mojzis First round lost to Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 Katrina Tsang First round def. Nathalie Roels (Kentucky), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5) First round def. Cristina Visico (California), 7-5, 6-3 Second round lost to Mira Radu (Mississippi), 6-0, 6-2 Second round lost to Tracy Lin (UCLA), 6-2, 6-3 Whitney Kay/Caroline Price 2014First NCAA Doubles round def. to Janowicz/Keegan (Florida) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline Round of 16 def. Gumulya/Rompies (Clemson) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand 2003First NCAA Doubles round lost to Courtney Nagle/Daria Panova (Oregon), 7-5, 6-2 Quarterfinals lost to Capra/Mar (Duke) 7-5, 6-2 2008First NCAA Doubles round lost to Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe (Fresno State), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb First round def. Jiang/Leung (Columbia) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Kate Pinchbeck Round of 16 def. Gleason/Sanders (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-3 Jenna Long 2002First NCAA Singles round def. Katja Kovac (Baylor), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Quarterfinals lost to Burgmans/Flickinger (Auburn) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 2007First NCAA Singles round lost to Megan Alexander (Florida), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) Second round def. Maja Mlakar (Arizona), 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 Sanaz Marand Round of 16 def. Lauren Kalvaria (Stanford), 7-5, 6-3 First round lost to Diana Srebrovic (Florida), 6-1, 6-0 Quarterfinals lost to (Wake Forest), 6-2, 6-4 Zoe De Bruycker Katrina Tsang Julie Rotondi 2013First NCAA Singles round def. Abigail Tere-Apisah (Georgia State), 6-4, 7-5 First round def. Sylvia Kosakowski (Pepperdine), 6-4, 6-1 First round def. Darija Klaic (Washington), 6-3, 7-5 Second round lost to Yana Koroleva (Clemson), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Second round lost to Melanie Glorida (Fresno State), 6-2, 6-3 Second round lost to Erin Burdette (Stanford), 7-5, 6-2 Whitney Kay Marlene Mejia First round lost to Klara Fabikova (California), 7-5, 6-2 First round lost to Alice Pirsu (Penn), 6-3, 6-2 Caroline Price Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen First round def. Lacey Smyth (Arizona), 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 2007First NCAA Doubles round def. Alex Haney/Melissa Koning (Auburn), 6-4, 6-3 1993 NCAA Singles Second round def. Julie Elbaba (Virginia), 6-2, 6-1 Round of 16 def. Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 7-6 (5), 7-5 Cinda Gurney Round of 16 lost to Natalie Beazant (Rice), 6-1, 6-2 Quarterfinals def. Catrina Thompson/Christian Thompson First round def. Jody Yin (Indiana), 6-4, 6-1 Gina Suarez-Malaguti (Notre Dame), 6-2, 6-0 Second round def. Beth Berris (Stanford), 6-3, 6-1 First round def. Mary Anne Macfarlane (UCLA), 6-2, 6-4 Semifinals def. Ana Cetnik/Anna Sydorska (TCU), 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 Round of 16 def. Laxmi Poruri (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3 Second round def. Beatrice Gumulya (Clemson), 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 Finals def. Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (William & Quarterfinals def. Christine Neuman (Duke), 7-5, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Petra Niedermayerova (Kansas State), 6-1, 6-1 Mary), 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 Semifinals def. Andrea Farley (Florida), 7-6 (12), 6-2 Quarterfinals lost to Breaunna Addision (Texas), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 Caitlin Collins/Sanaz Marand Finals lost to (Florida), 6-3, 6-1 First round def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 lost to Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic 1993 NCAA Doubles Zoe De Bruycker (W&M), 6-1, 6-2 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 2012First NCAA Singles round lost to Sona Novakova (Baylor), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 First round def. Domanico/Saret (BYU), 6-3, 6-0 Lauren McHale Second round lost to Jensen/Koves (Kansas), 6-1, 6-3 First round lost to Nina Secerbegovic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-2 Jenna Long 2006First NCAA Singles round lost to Nicole Leimbach (TCU), 6-2, 6-3 1992 NCAA Singles Cinda Gurney Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale First round def. Kylie Johnson (Stanford), 6-3, 6-3 2012First NCAA Doubles round lost to Natalie Pluskota/Kata Szekely (Tennessee), 7-6 (2), 6-3 Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen Second round lost to Shawn McCarthy (Georgia), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 2006First NCAA Doubles round def. Hannah Grady/Jessica Weeks (Long Beach State), 6-4, 6-4 Round of 16 def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 7-6 (3) 1992 NCAA Doubles Zoe De Bruycker Quarterfinals def. Gabriela Duch/Neyessa Etienne (USF), 6-2, 6-4 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 2011First NCAA Singles round def. (Stanford), 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 Semifinals lost to Lucia Sainz/Katharina Winterhalter (Fresno St.), 7-5, 6-3 First round def. Downs/Viollet (Miami), 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 Second round def. Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (), 6-2, 6-2 Second round lost to Ceniza/McCalla (UCLA), 6-3, 7-6 (1) Round of 16 lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

Jenna Long (left) and Sara Anundsen accept their 2007 NCAA Doubles Championship trophies while head coach Brian Kalbas looks on.

2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 37 Honors and Awards ACC Doubles Champions* 1978 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands 1979 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands 1980 #3 Marjorie Black/Margie Brown 1981 #1 Betsy Heidenberger/Margie Brown 1982 #2 Lloyd Hatcher/Katharine Hogan 1982 #1 Margie Brown/Betsy Heidenberger 1984 #2 Kathy Barton/ Stephanie Rauch 1985 #3 Sara Turner/Liz Wachter 1989 #1 Spencer Barnes/Gina Goblirsch 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 2001 #1 Kendrick Bunn/Kate Pinchbeck, #3 Courtney Zalinski/Erin Neibling *The ACC discontinued recognition of the doubles championships in 2002. ACC Singles Champions* 1977 #2 Camey Timberlake 1988 #3 Spencer Barnes 1977 #3 Lloyd Hatcher 1988 #4 Landis Cox Katrina Tsang became UNC’s fourth four-time All-ACC selection in 2010. 1977 #5 Betty Baugh 1989 #6 Gigi Neely Harrison 1990 #1 Cinda Gurney All-America Selections 1977 #6 Janet Shands 1990 #4 Valerie Farmer 1992 Cinda Gurney 1978 #2 Jennifer Balent 1990 #6 Gigi Neely 1993 Cinda Gurney, Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy (doubles) 1978 #3 Susie Black 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney 2001 Marlene Mejia 1978 #5 Janet Shands 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney 1978 #6 Margaret Scott 1992 #2 Angela Bernal 2002 Kate Pinchbeck 1979 #2 Jennifer Balent 1992 #6 Scotti Thomas 2003 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles), Kate Pinchbeck 1979 #4 Margie Brown 1993 #1 Cinda Gurney 2004 Aniela Mojzis 1979 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 1996 #6 Alison Levy 2005 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles) 1980 #2 Kathy Barton 1997 #6 Jeni Burnette 2006 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles) 1980 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 2001 #1 Marlene Mejia 2007 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles), Jenna Long 1980 #6 Jennifer Balent 2001 #3 Kate Pinchbeck 2008 Sanaz Marand 1981 #3 Margie Brown 1981 #6 Sandy Fleischman 2009 Sanaz Marand/Sophie Grabinski (doubles), Sanaz Marand 1984 #3 Nancy Boggs *The ACC discontinued 2011 Zoe De Bruycker, Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles) 1985 #2 Elizabeth Alexander recognition of the singles 2012 Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles) 1987 #6 Petra Wessels championships in 2002. 2013 Caroline Price, Gina Suarez-Malaguti 2014 Hayley Carter, Jamie Loeb, Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb (doubles) Whitney Kay/Caroline Price (doubles) 2015 Hayley Carter, Jamie Loeb

Sanaz Marand, a three-time All-America performer in 2008 and ‘09, compiled a program record 131 singles victories.

Jamie Loeb with the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship trophy. Loeb was Caroline Price was a two-time All-America selection in 2013 and ‘14, named ACC Player of the Year and was an All-America selection in her and became the program’s first recipient of the Patterson Medal in only two seasons at North Carolina in 2014 and ‘15. 2015, the highest athletic honor given at UNC. 2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 38 ACC 50th Anniversary Team Jennifer Balent, North Carolina (1978-1981) Jennifer Balent won three ACC singles titles during her career at Carolina ... captured the No. 2 flight Championship in 1978 and 79 and the No. 6 title in 1980 ... regional All- America selection in 1980.

Kathy Barton, North Carolina (1981-1984) Kathy Barton won the 1980 No. 2 singles championship and was an AIAW All-America in 1982 ... Carolina’s first All-American women’s tennis player ... in 1984, she teamed with Stephanie Rauch to win the ACC No. 2 doubles titles ... she was the runner-up for the No. 4 ACC singles title in 1983.

Angela Bernal, North Carolina (1992) Completed one of the most successful freshmen seasons in school history ... won ACC individual Championship, playing at #2 for the 25th ranked Tar Heels ... finished season with 28-10 overall record and 7-1 conference record as the 59th ranked player in the country ... played in NCAA Individual Championships.

Margie Brown, North Carolina (1979-1982) Member of Carolina’s ACC Championship team in 1981 ... won two individual singles ti- tles and three doubles championships ... in 1979, she won the No. 4 flight and in 1981 she captured the title at the No. 3 flight ... 1980-82 Brown was a part of three ACC champion- ship doubles teams ... 1980 she teamed with Marjorie Black for the No. 3 doubles crown ... 1981 and 82 she and Betsy Heidenberger won the No. 1 ACC doubles title ... 1980 she was a regional All-America selection ... considered one of the top players of her era.

Laura DuPont, North Carolina (1967-1970) Won the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s collegiate singles championship in Cinda Gurney is regarded as one of the best players in Carolina and 1970, becoming UNC’s first female national champion ... she played on the pro tour for 12 ACC history. She is a two-time All-America and earned three ACC Player of the Year honors. years and was ranked as high as ninth in the world ... DuPont was inducted into the In- tercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Women’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002 ... she was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977 ... she won the 1984 and ‘85 U.S. Open championship for women over 35.

Gina Goblirsch, North Carolina (1987-1990) A three-time All-ACC selection from 1987-89 ... outstanding doubles player ... 1989 she teamed with Spencer Barnes to win the No. 1 ACC doubles championship ... Goblrisch was also an outstanding student and was named the Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award in 1990.

Cinda Gurney, North Carolina (1990-1993) A two-time All-America in singles, Gurney earned ACC Player of the Year three times in 1991, 92 and 93 ... won the ACC No. 1 singles flight championship all four years at Caro- lina, becoming only the second player in ACC history to accomplish that feat ... In 1993, she advanced to the NCAA singles championship match ... compiled a 116-32 singles record and is considered Carolina’s best women’s tennis player ever.

Marlene Mejia, North Carolina (2000-2003) Earned first-team All-ACC honors in her first two years at No. 1 singles ... tied for the ACC title at the No. 1 singles flight in 2001 ... in her sophomore year, she finished the season ranked No. 18 and was selected first-team ITA All-America.

Alisha Portnoy, North Carolina (1990-1993) An All-ACC selection in 1992 ... teamed with Cinda Gurney to win the No. 1 ACC doubles title in both 1991 and 92 ... she and Gurney went on to win the ITA Clay Court doubles championship in 1992 ... Portnoy and Gurney were 21-7 in doubles play in 1994.

AIAW REGION II SINGLES CHAMPION AIAW SOUTHERN REGION II 1982 Betsy Heidenberger DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 1976 Nina Cloninger/ ITA CLAY COURT DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 1992 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy Jane Preyer 1981 Lloyd Hatcher/ NORTH CAROLINA AIAW SINGLES CHAMPIONS Katharine Hogan 1982 Margie Brown/ Alisha Portnoy teamed with Cinda Gurney to win the 1992 ITA Clay 1975 - Camey Timberlake 1981 - Lloyd Hatcher 1979 - Sandy Fleischman 1982 - Margie Brown Betsy Heidenberger Court Doubles title, the first in UNC history. 1980 - Jennifer Balen

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