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JESSIE ANEY D O U B L E S ALEXA GRAHAM MAKENNA JONES D O U B L E S SARA DAAVETTILA S I N G L E S ALLE SANFORD D O U B L E S D O U B L E S
UNC LED NCAA DIVISION I WITH FIVE ALL-AMERICANS IN 2018 @ U N C _ W T E N N I S 2019 Quick Facts
The University of North Carolina Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 Undergraduate Enrollment: 18,814 Interim Chancellor: Kevin M. Guskiewicz Director of Athletics: Bubba Cunningham Senior Women’s Administrator: Marielle VanGelder Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Atlantic Coast Nickname: Tar Heels Mascot: Rameses the ram School colors: Carolina Blue and white Athletic department Web site: GoHeels.com
Carolina Women’s Tennis Head Coach: Brian Kalbas (Notre Dame, ‘89) Record at Carolina: 388-95, 15 seasons Overall Record: 602-180, 26 seasons Kalbas’ Phone/Email: (919) 962-6262, [email protected] Associate Coach: Tyler Thomson, First season (Montana, ‘94) Introduction Meet The Tar Heels Thomson’s Phone: (919) 962-6161 Quick Facts ...... 1 Head Coach Brian Kalbas ...... 4-6 Thomson’s Email: [email protected] 2019 Roster ...... 2 Assistant Coaches ...... 7 Tennis Office Fax: (919) 962-2604 Player Profiles ...... 8-23 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Parker’s Phone: (919) 962-6363 Student Manager: Jake De Vries Team Physician: Kelly Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Jordan Conner Athletic Trainer: Brian Greene Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer: Rebecca Barta Academic Advisor: Mike Greene 2018 Record: 28-4 2018 ACC Record: 13-1 2018 ACC Finish: 3rd (regular season), Won ACC Championship Final 2018 ITA Ranking: 3rd Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/3 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/0 ACC Titles: 9 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018) NCAA Appearances: 20 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 44-20 2017-18 In Review This Is Carolina 2017-18 Results ...... 24-25 Academics/CLA ...... 28-29 UNC Athletic Communications 2017-18 Review ...... 26 Chapel Hill/UNC ...... 30-33 Office Phone: (919) 962-2123 Tennis Facility ...... 34-35 Assistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact: Mark Kimmel Administration ...... 36 E-mail: [email protected] Kimmel’s Cell Phone: (919) 619-3344 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 another 10-year contract that runs through the 2027-28 season for Nike to continue as the exclusive sup- plier of athletic footwear, apparel and accessory products. Nike will provide the athletic department with shoes, uniforms, coaching gear, balls and other equipment. This partnership has benefitted all 28 varsity sports and provided millions of dollars for academics and student scholarships at the University.
GoHeels.com 2011 ACC Champions History and Records Media and fans can follow the Carolina women’s tennis team and the rest UNC History/All-America ...... 38-40 of the UNC athletic program from anywhere in the world on the official site ACC History ...... 41-42 of North Carolina athletics. NCAA History/Awards ...... 43-47 GoHeels.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all 28 of Caro- lina’s varsity sports. 2019 Carolina Women’s Tennis Yearbook Credits: Photos by Jeffrey Camarati, Bill Kallenberg and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
Content & Design: The 2019 UNC Women’s Tennis year- book was written, edited and designed by Mark Kimmel with assistance from the UNC Athletic Communications staff.
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 1 2018-19 Roster
(L to R): Anna Harmon, Sara Daavettila, Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, Alle Sanford, Cameron Morra, Alexa Graham, Jessie Aney, Makenna Jones and Sophia Patel.
2018-19 North Carolina Tar Heels To Reach Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center ... From RDU and points east: Take I-40 West Name Yr. Ht. Hometown High School/Academy to Chapel Hill. Exit at NC-54 West (exit 273A) Jessie Aney Sr. 5-8 Rochester, Minnesota Century and follow for approximately 1 mile. Turn left at Sara Daavettila Jr. 5-6 Williamston, Michigan Williamston stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Alexa Graham Jr. 5-9 Garden City, New York Garden City Tennis Center.
Anna Harmon So. 5-8 Huntersville, North Carolina Hough From points north of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Makenna Jones Jr. 5-7 Greenville, South Carolina Travelers Rest South toward Durham. Exit left at US-15/501 in Cameron Morra Fr. 5-10 Rockville, Maryland Durham and follow 15/501 for approximately 6.5 miles. At the I-40 junction, turn left at light onto Chloe Ouellet-Pizer Sr. 5-9 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Laurel Springs I-40 East. Take I-40 East until exit for NC-54 Sophia Patel Fr. 5-3 Cary, North Carolina West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 West ap- Alle Sanford So. 5-11 Westerville, Ohio Oletangy Orange proximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.
From points west of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Coaching Staff/Support Staff North toward Durham. When I-85 and I-40 split, Head Coach: Brian Kalbas take I-40 East. Continue on I-40 East until exit for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 West Associate Coach: Tyler Thomson approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into Volunteer Assistant Coach: Hayley Carter the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. Student Manager: Jake De Vries From Points South: Take US-15/501 North to Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Chapel Hill. Exit right onto 15/501 Bypass in Athletic Trainer: Brian Greene Chapel Hill. Continue on 15/501 Bypass through Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer: Rebecca Barta two stoplights. After second light, take next exit, Team Physician: Dr. Kelly Waicus which will be NC-54 East. Continue on NC-54 East approximately 1.5 miles. Turn right at stop- Strength and Conditioning: Jordan Conner light into Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 2 JESSIE ANEY CHLOE OUELLET- PIZER
MEET THE HEELS
2018-19 WOMEN’S TENNIS Brian Kalbas, the winningest coach in the his- tory of Atlantic Coast Conference women’s BRIAN KALBAS tennis, enters his 16th season at the University HEAD COACH • 16TH SEASON • NOTRE DAME (‘89) of North Carolina. The 2018-19 season marks the 27th year as a collegiate head coach for national poll for the first time in UNC history, Carolina was awarded the the two-time ITA National Coach of the Year. No. 2 overall seed to the NCAA Team Championships and advanced to the national semifinals for the first time in school history. Wins over Rich- Highlighted by three ITA National Team mond and UNLV in the Chapel Hill Regional led to a trip to the Sweet 16 Indoor Championships (2013, ’15, ’18), an in Athens, Ga., where the Tar Heels defeated ACC rivals Florida State and appearance in the NCAA Team Champion- Duke for a spot in the Final Four. In addition to the memorable NCAA run, ship national final in 2014, an NCAA doubles the Tar Heels ran through the ACC with a perfect 11-0 record and finished title in 2007 and most recently Jamie Loeb’s the dual season with a then school record 30 wins. For Kalbas, the season NCAA singles crown in 2015, UNC has ad- culminated in his second ITA National Coach of the Year award. vanced to the NCAA tournament all 15 years under Kalbas’ tutelage. Additionally, he has won four ACC Champion- ships, included three straight from 2016-18, and was named ACC Coach of the Year five times.
Kalbas begins his 27th year as a head coach with a 602-180 (.770) career record, and a scintillating 388-95 (.803) mark with the Tar Heels. Kalbas passed Kitty Harrison to become Carolina’s all-time wins leader during the 2016-17 season, and also moved past Duke’s Jamie Ashworth as the winningest coach in ACC history.
Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the collegiate tennis world in 2007 when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long defeated Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary to claim the NCAA Doubles Championship. The title capped an incredible season for the duo that saw them reach No. 1 in the nation and earn National Doubles Team of the Year honors from the ITA, as they became the first Tar Heels Despite the loss of four seniors from the 2010 team, Kalbas and the Tar to win an NCAA tennis title. Heels did not miss a beat in 2011. Led by the All-America trio of Zoe De Bruycker, Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale, UNC finished 26-6, The Tar Heels made a team run in 2010 that would rival the accomplish- advanced to the national quarterfinals and won the program’s first Atlantic ments of Anundsen and Long. After rising to the No. 1 ranking in the ITA Coast Conference tournament title since 2002.
Brian Kalbas Year-By-Year Results The aforementioned success was good, but Kalbas continued to push the program forward. In 2013, Carolina produced its first national indoor title YEAR RECORD PCT. with an incredible four-day run that culminated with a thrilling 4-3 vic- 1992-93 ...... 13-6 ...... 684 tory over top-seeded UCLA. Freshman Whitney Kay won a three-setter 1993-94 ...... 17-7 ...... 708 to clinch the final point in a tiebreaker, her second such clinching victory 1994-95 ...... 23-6 ...... 793 in a span of three days. All-America’s Caroline Price and Gina Suarez- 1995-96 ...... 20-8 ...... 714 Malaguti, who was also named ACC Player of the Year, led the Tar Heels 1996-97 ...... 23-7 ...... 767 to another No. 2 national seed in the NCAA Championships and advanced 1997-98 ...... 23-9 ...... 719 to the quarterfinals before falling to the UCLA Bruins. 1998-99 ...... 21-7 ...... 750 1999-00 ...... 20-9 ...... 690 Expectations were sky high leading into the 2013-14 season with the ad- 2000-01 ...... 10-12 ...... 455 ditions of blue chip prospects Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter to an already 2001-02 ...... 19-8 ...... 704 seasoned roster. The newcomers did not disappoint as Loeb was named 2002-03 ...... 25-6 ...... 806 ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year, while Carter was the ITA At WM: 214-85 (11 seasons) .716 National Player to Watch and the ACC Rookie of the Year. Both players 2003-04 ...... 20-9 ...... 690 won at least 50 singles matches and were No. 1 and 3, respectively, in the 2004-05 ...... 23-10 ...... 690 final ITA rankings. Kalbas had a quartet of All-America players at his 2005-06 ...... 26-7 ...... 788 disposal that year with Loeb and Carter earning that status in both singles 2006-07 ...... 23-9 ...... 719 and doubles, while Kay and Price received the nod in doubles. 2007-08 ...... 18-9 ...... 667 2008-09 ...... 19-11 ...... 633 Carolina rolled to the top-spot in the ACC standings with a 12-2 mark 2009-10 ...... 30-5 ...... 857 and reached the semifinals of the ACC Championship. Wins over VCU 2010-11 ...... 26-6 ...... 813 and Georgia State in the Chapel Hill Regional placed the seventh-seeded 2011-12 ...... 24-7 ...... 774 Tar Heels back in Athens, Ga., for the NCAA Sweet 16. The Tar Heels 2012-13 ...... 28-4 ...... 875 topped Texas A&M and No. 2 seed Alabama to reach the Final Four for 2013-14 ...... 29-6 ...... 829 the second time in program history. This time UNC came out on top in 2014-15 ...... 30-2 ...... 938 the semifinals as Loeb outlasted Stanford’s Kristie Ahn in a three-setter 2015-16 ...... 31-3 ...... 912 for a place in the national championship against who else, but UCLA. An 2016-17 ...... 33-3 ...... 917 epic match that will be remembered for years to come went to the Bruins 2017-18 ...... 28-4 ...... 875 by a 4-3 margin. At UNC: 388-95 (15 seasons) .803 Career 602-180 (25 seasons) .770
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 4 The Tar Heels were selected No. 2 in the preseason ITA rankings to begin 2014-15 and those early accolades proved correct when Kalbas’ club won Brian Kalbas’ Career Highlights the 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the second such title • 1998 and 2010 ITA National Coach of the Year in three years. Carolina surrendered only two points in running through the • Seven-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year field with wins over Oklahoma State, Miami, Florida and Georgia in con- • Five-time ACC Coach of the Year; four-time CAA Coach of the Year secutive days to cement the programs footing as a national-title contender. • Three ITA National Team Indoor Championships (2013, ‘15, ‘18) • Four ACC Championship titles (2011, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18) North Carolina had a stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking for eight weeks • Coached Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long to the 2007 NCAA Doubles National in the spring of 2015. The team won its first 27 dual matches to start the Championship, the first NCAA title in the history of Carolina tennis season, and would earn the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Team Championship • Coached Jamie Loeb to the 2015 NCAA Singles National Championship after finally losing in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship. The Tar • Has coached 24 players to 47 total All-America honors Heels reached the quarterfinals, but lost to UCLA in the NCAAs for the • Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners third time in four years. • Coached Jamie Loeb to ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year honors • Won nine CAA titles in 11 seasons at William & Mary That early exit in the tournament gave Loeb a few extra days of rest for the • His teams have defeated 56 top-10 opponents in 25 seasons NCAA Singles Championship and the two-time ACC Player of the Year • Coached teams to the NCAA quarterfinals nine times, made two appearances took full advantage by winning six matches in six days. Loeb defeated in the Final Four in 2010 and 2014 and to the national title match in 2014. second-seeded Carol Zhao of Stanford in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, to garner • Coached Team USA at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. the first singles national title in program history in Waco, Texas. ence crowns with a victory over Georgia Tech in the title match. Carter The 2015-16 season saw the program forced to fill the shoes of departed repeated as ACC Player of the Year and MVP of the league’s tournament, All-America’s Caroline Price to graduation and Loeb to professional ten- while Sara Daavettila was named ACC Freshman of the Year. nis, however, Carter turned in another spectacular season by recent Tar Heel standouts. She became the first UNC player ranked No. 1 nationally The Tar Heels garnered the second overall seed in the NCAA Team Cham- in both singles and doubles at the same time, was named ACC Player of pionship and reached the quarterfinals before bowing out to defending the Year and earned All-America status in both singles and doubles with champion Stanford. UNC set a school record with 33 dual-match victories. playing partner Whitney Kay. Additionally, the Tar Heels set a program Carter earned her sixth and seventh All-America honors in both singles record for victories with a 31-3 mark and won the ACC Championship for and doubles, while Aney and Daavettila grabbed their first in doubles and the seventh time. That came after Carolina recorded a second-straight 14-0 singles, respectively. record against the ACC in the regular season. Program prosperity continued into the 2017-18 campaign. Carolina won The combination of Carter, a pair of standout sophomores and a trio of the ITA Indoor National Team Championship for the third time, spent a talented freshmen drove the 2016-17 edition of Tar Heel tennis to an- school record 10 consecutive weeks as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, other successful campaign. Carolina was again the No. 1 seed in the ACC won its third-straight ACC Championship and was awarded the No. 2 seed Championship for the fifth year in a row and made it back-to-back confer- in the NCAA Team Championship.
The program saw a new face rise to promise in the likes of Makenna Jones. The second-year player vaulted to the top of the ITA national singles rank- ings, and received the No. 2 seed at the NCAA Singles Championship that gave her All-America status for the first time. Jones was joined by a quartet of teammates that earned All-America plaudits in doubles (Aney, Daavettila, Alexa Graham, Alle Sanford), giving UNC a school record five All-Americans in 2018.
Kalbas served as head coach of William & Mary’s women’s tennis team for 11 years before accepting the head coaching position at Carolina in the summer of 2003. At William & Mary, Kalbas posted a 214-85 overall record and was named the 1998 ITA National Coach of the Year.
Kalbas’ teams have seen great success against ranked opponents, defeat- ing 56 teams in the Top 10 of the ITA poll. Carolina got a win over No. 1 Duke in 2010, and has a quartet of victories over No. 2 ranked clubs: eventual NCAA champion UCLA in 2008, Alabama in the 2014 NCAA Team Championship quarterfinals, Florida in the 2015 ITA National Team Indoor semifinals and Georgia in the 2016 ITA National Team Indoor semifinals.
Kalbas was a four-time Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year, winning the honor in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2002. He was recognized as the ITA Regional Coach of the Year four times during his tenure at W&M.
He piloted his William & Mary teams to nine CAA Championships, the most recent being in 2002. Kalbas also coached William & Mary to two NCAA quarterfinals appearances. Under Kalbas’ direction at William & Mary and Carolina he has coached 24 players to 47 total All-America honors. 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 5 Carolina continued its impressive run of NCAA success under Kalbas in 2009, with the team earning a bid as well as several individuals making the field. As a team, the Tar Heels defeated Georgia State before falling to ACC-rival Clemson in the second round. Individually, Marand and Tsang both earned singles bids, while Marand and Grabinski were joined in the doubles field by Tsang and senior Austin Smith. Marand advanced to the national quarterfinals, becoming just the third Tar Heel to reach the final eight in program history.
Both Tsang and Marand qualified for the NCAA Singles tournament in 2008 and Marand partnered with Grabinski to earn a doubles bid. Kalbas helped guide three singles players (Long, Tsang and Marand) and two doubles pairs (Anundsen/Long, Marand/Caitlin Collins) to NCAA play in 2007, marking the most Tar Heels ever to earn invites to the NCAA indi- vidual tournaments. Carolina also had more NCAA participants than any school in the nation in 2007. Long was also named the ITA Senior Player of the Year for her accomplishments in 2007.
UNC had yet another highly successful season in dual match play in 2007. Carolina finished third in the highly-competitive ACC, a league which produced all three NCAA women’s titles during the year (singles, doubles, team). The Tar Heels were also named a host site for NCAA first and In 2005, Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis both received national awards second round action, and they defeated Marist and rival Duke to advance from the ITA. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship to the Sweet Sixteen in Athens, Ga., where they fell in a heartbreaking 4-3 Award and Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership decision to Notre Dame. and Sportsmanship, marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both awards. Mojzis is the third player to win the national Arthur Carolina reached a new team pinnacle in 2006, earning a national ranking Ashe Award under Kalbas’ leadership. Carolijn van Rossum and Jessyca of No. 3 and advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the second straight Arthur both won the award while Kalbas was coaching at William & Mary. season, falling to Duke in the Round of 16. With a final record of 26-7, UNC posted its highest win total since the 1981-82 squad finished 26-14. In 2007, Kalbas was tabbed to lead the United States team at the 2007 Pan Kalbas was named the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-29. Kalbas fronted a for his efforts. team of three of the nation’s best collegiate players, including Atlantic Coast Conference standout and NCAA champion Audra Cohen of Miami. The 2004-05 season was capped by a dramatic run to the NCAA Quar- terfinals. After finishing 7-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, the Tar Kalbas is a 1989 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he was Heels earned the right to host the first and second rounds of the NCAA a four-year varsity player, playing at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in singles. Team Championships. Carolina opened the tournament with a 4-0 victory He was captain of the Fighting Irish men’s tennis team his senior year and over Richmond. UNC then defeated rival Duke 4-0 for a trip to the Sweet received the most valuable player and sportsmanship awards from Notre Sixteen. Playing in just its third Sweet Sixteen, Carolina opened with a 4-0 Dame. After graduation, Kalbas served as an assistant coach for the Notre upset of fourth-ranked Vanderbilt. The Tar Heels finished one win away Dame men’s tennis team from 1989-92. During his tenure, the Fighting from the Final Four, falling to Clemson 4-1 in the quarterfinals. 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 and Joseph.
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 6 He had a total of five participants (three singles and two dou- TYLER bles teams) in the NCAA Individual Championships. Maria Be- laya, the 2013 CAA Player of the Year, and Jeltje Loomans, who finished the year ranked No. 13 nationally, advanced to the round THOMSON of 16 in the 2013 NCAA Doubles Championship. ASSOCIATE COACH Nearly a quarter of Thomson’s 86 career victories with Wil- FIRST SEASON • MONTANA (‘93) liam & Mary came against nationally-ranked competition. During the 2018 campaign, W&M handed No. 19 Wake Forest a 4-3 set- Tyler Thomson was named associate back in Williamsburg. The Green and Gold knocked off 20 Power head coach of the North Carolina wom- Five Conference opponents in Thomson’s six seasons. en’s tennis program in August 2018. Thomson spent one season as an assistant coach at Allegheny Thomson comes to Carolina after six sea- College (Pa.) prior to joining W&M in 1997. He was a four-year sons as head coach at The College of William & Mary and brings starter during his playing days at the University of Montana. Thom- 17 years of head coaching experience at the Division I level. son earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Montana “One of the best decisions I made in my life was hiring Tyler in 1993. A Bismarck, N.D., native, he earned All-America honors Thomson 21 years ago as my assistant at William & Mary,” said in 1989 as a senior at Bismarck High School. Brian Kalbas, UNC head women’s tennis coach. Thomson and his wife, Amy, have two children, a daughter, “I’m so thrilled to have the opportunity to bring him, his wife Bryter (11), and a son, Lincoln (8). Amy and their two children back into our program, this time at North Carolina. The wealth of experience he brings is second to none when you look at the championship level his programs have competed at for nearly two decades. Tyler will be a mentor to our HAYLEY CARTER student-athletes and an outstanding ambassador for our univer- VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH sity.” FIRST SEASON • NORTH CAROLINA (‘16) No program in collegiate tennis can match Carolina’s coaching duo in terms of total years as a head coach. Kalbas, the winningest Hayley Carter, the winningest player in ACC coach in Atlantic Coast Conference women’s tennis history, com- women’s tennis history, returns to North Carolina as pleted his 26th season last spring. Toss in Thomson’s 17 years into a volunteer assistant coach for the 2018-19 season. the mix and UNC will have 43 years of Division I head coaching Carter, who served as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State acumen court side for the 2018-19 campaign. during the 2017-18 campaign, is back at her alma mater while also Kalbas and Thomson spent four seasons together as head competing professionally at the same time. coach and assist coach, respectively, at William & Mary from The Hilton Head, South Carolina, native is the only women’s 1997-01, winning three Colonial Athletic Association Champion- tennis player in ACC history to be named the Scholar-Athlete of ships (1998, 1999 and 2000) and reaching the NCAA Team Cham- the Year, ACC Player of the Year and Tournament Most Valuable pionship on three occasions, including a quarterfinals appearance Player back-to-back years. in 1998. Carter is the ACC’s all-time leader in women’s tennis singles “I’m incredibly excited to work with Coach Kalbas again, and victories (168) and was a seven-time ITA All-American (four in to meet the team,” said Thomson. “Brian’s built an outstanding singles, three in doubles). She was a 2017 Patterson Medal recipi- program, and I feel grateful for the opportunity to support him and ent, the most prestigious athletic honor awarded at the University the student-athletes at UNC. My family and I are eager to join the of North Carolina. Tar Heels and the Chapel Hill community.” She Finished with career records of 168-25 in singles and 126- Thomson became the head coach at the University of Min- 23 in doubles, and led the Tar Heels to a four-year record of 123-14 nesota in 2001 and spent 11 years in Minneapolis. He led the and 53-3 in ACC regular-season play Golden Gophers to 111 victories and the program’s first Big Ten Carolina won four regular-season ACC titles, two ACC Tour- regular season title in 2003. That season, Minnesota advanced to nament championships and the 2015 ITA Indoor National Cham- the championship match of the Big Ten Tournament for the first pionship. time, earned a spot in the NCAA Championship, and for his efforts, Thomson garnered Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. Thomson returned to Williamsburg, Virginia, in 2012 as JAKE DE VRIES the ninth head women’s tennis coach at William & Mary. In six GRADUATE STUDENT MANAGER seasons, the Tribe won five CAA Championships and earned the FIRST SEASON • BOSTON UNIV. (‘17) league’s coach of the year award in his first season of 2013 and Jake De Vries, a four-year letterwinner on the during his final season this past spring in 2018. W&M made five Boston University men’s tennis team and a current NCAA Championship appearances, and finished inside the top 50 graduate assistant in the North Carolina Athletics of the final ITA National Rankings on four occasions. Business Office, has joined the Tar Heel women’s Thomson saw 21 Tribe players earn All-CAA honors in sin- tennis program as a student manager for the 2018-19 season. gles and nine doubles teams garnered All-CAA accolades. He had De Vries graduated with a journalism degree from Boston the CAA Player of the Year on five occasions, the CAA Freshman University in 2017 and is currently in the Sport Administration of the Year three times and the Most Outstanding Performer of the master’s program at UNC. CAA Championship three times. 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 7 JESSIE ANEY SENIOR • 5-8 ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 8 Jessie Aney
CAREER Ranks ninth in program history with 102 career singles victo- unbeaten against the ACC • 24-2 singles record in dual matches • 23-7 over- ries • Owns a 102-31 career singles record • 35-4 record in ACC regular all doubles record, 6-1 in ACC playing with Kate Vialle • Won the doubles season dual matches • Two-time All-America doubles player • Won the title with Kate Vialle at the 2015 ITA Carolinas Regional • 15 singles wins 2018 ITA National Team Indoor Championship • Member of three ACC over ranked opponents • Had a 17-match singles winning streak from Feb. Championship teams • Competed on the UNC men’s club ice hockey team 26-May 13 • Named to All-ACC Academic Team. as a sophomore and junior. JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit and was ranked as high as JUNIOR SEASON (2017-18) ITA All-America selection in doubles for No. 5 in her class by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked 4th in the country by the second-straight season • No. 2 seed at NCAA Doubles Championship • United States Tennis Association for girls 18 and under • Played exclusive- Finished season ranked No. 3 in doubles with Alexa Graham and No. 86 ly against the boy’s in final year of high school and posted an undefeated in singles • Ranked as high as No. 18 singles and No. 1 on two occasions record in 2015 • Won a pair of USTA balls (titles) in singles, including one in doubles during the season • Notched 30 singles wins for a third time gold, and also earned four balls in doubles play • Reached the finals of the with a 30-15 overall mark • Went 9-4 against the ACC and 19-9 overall 2015 USTA Northern Section Championship • Won consolation bracket in dual matches • Had a 27-11 doubles record playing alongside Graham • titles at the USTA National Selection Tournament in February, 2015 and Named to the all-tournament team of the 2018 ITA National Team Indoor the USTA National Winter Championship in December, 2014 • Finished Championship after picking up two singles wins and three doubles vic- third at the 2014 USTA National Clay Court championship • Became the tories • Aney/Graham defeated No. 1 ranked Hourigan/Jones of Georgia youngest high school singles champion in Minnesota history when she won Tech on March 24. the 2011 title as an eighth grader • The following year she won the 2A doubles title with her sister, Katie, in her final season playing for Century SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016-17) ITA All-American in doubles • • A two-sport star, was considered the top ice hockey player in the state of ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch • First team All-ACC • All-ACC Minnesota • Led her league in scoring during the 2013-14 season with 109 Academic Team • No. 4 seed at NCAA Doubles Championship • Earned points (51 goals and 58 assists) and again in 2014-15 with 96 points (44 at-large bid to NCAA Singles Championship • Finished season No. 39 in goals and 52 assists) • Amassed 414 career points and holds the state’s all- singles & No. 5 in doubles with Hayley Carter • Ranked as high as No. 9 time assists record • Honored on numerous occasions for sportsmanship, during 2017 season • 37-8 singles record, including 26-3 in dual matches including at the National Clay Courts in both 2012 and 2013 • Also received (21-2 at No. 3) Defeated 13 ranked opponents • Owns an unblemished the Jerry Noyce Junior Sportsmanship award in 2014, given to only one 26-0 career record in ACC regular season singles dual matches • Had a player in the Northern section by the USTA • Was the first and only girl 24-4 doubles record playing with Hayley Carter • Won doubles national to earn the Sports Illustrated Sportskid of the Year award. In 2010 • Sister, championship in fall with Carter at 2016 Riviera/ITA All-Americans • Katie, plays hockey and tennis at Gustavus Adolph’s College • Graduating Aney/Carter also won the doubles crown at 2017 Freeman Memorial high school one year early from the online education program, the Minne- Championship (Las Vegas) • Received an at-large singles bid to the 2016 sota Virtual Academy. USTA/ITA National Indoor Championship; reached 2nd round.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2015-16) Finished freshman season ranked No. Aney’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 49 in singles; reached as high as 48th in early March • Ranked as high as 2015-16 35-8 (.814) 25-7 (.781) No. 16 with Kate Vialle in doubles during the 2016 season • Received 2016-17 37-8 (.822) 31-10 (.756) an at-large selection into the NCAA Singles Championship • Defeated 2017-18 30-15 (.667) 27-11 (.711) No. 28 Kennedy Shaffer (Georgia) in NCAA first round, before bowing Career 102-31 (.767) 83-28 (.748) out to eventual national champion Danielle Collins (Virginia) in second round • 35-8 overall singles record, 13-0 in the ACC - only UNC player 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 9 CHLOE OUELLET- PIZER SENIOR • 5-9 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 10 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer
FRESHMAN SEASON (2015-16) 31-12 overall singles record, 9-5 against the ACC • 22-2 in doubles, 8-1 in ACC playing with Ashley Dai • Picked up singles wins in the NCAA Championship against ETSU and Northwestern • Teamed up with Ashley Dai for doubles wins in the NCAAs against ETSU and Virginia • Owned a perfect 3-0 doubles record with Ashley Dai in ACC Championship • Defeated No. 78 Ellyse Hamlin of Duke in straight sets • Won the clinching singles match in the 4-3 win over Miami and the 4-3 road victory at Virginia Tech • Won in come-from-behind fash- ion against Georgia, sending UNC to ITA National Team Indoor Championship match • Recorded a 3-0 doubles record in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruit- ing.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-old, earning the first USTA Level 1 title of her career • Gained a spot in the main draw of the 2013 U.S. Open Juniors tournament • Southern Closed Singles and Doubles Champion in 2011 • Was also a finalist at the National Open that same year • Finished fourth in 2012 at the Orange Bowl and sec- ond in the event in 2013 • Won two bronze balls in doubles - 2011 Clay Court and Winter Nationals • Earned a silver ball in singles at the 2013 Winter Nationals • Twice named North Carolina Player of the Year in 2011 and again in 2013 • Earned numerous sports- CAREER Has a 86-37 career singles record • Won the 2018 ITA manship awards, including at the 2011 Easter Bowl and the 2012 National Team Indoor Championship • Member of three ACC Winter Nationals • Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Championship clubs.
JUNIOR SEASON (2017-18) Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll • Finished the season ranked No. 117 in singles • Was ranked as high as No. 51 in doubles with Makenna Jones and No. 53 with Marika Ak- kerman • Had a 27-12 singles record • 19-7 in dual matches and a 10-4 record against the ACC • Was 7-1 at No. 5 singles and 11-6 at No. 6 singles • Posted an 11-3 doubles mark with Makenna Jones • Went 10-2 in singles over the final six weeks of the season, includ- ing a 3-0 mark in the ACC Championship.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016-17) All-ACC Academic Team • Recorded a 28-13 overall singles record • 22-3 in dual matches and a sparkling 13-1 mark against the ACC • Was a dominating 15-1 at No. 6 singles • Recorded a 21-1 singles record in final 22 deci- sions of the season, including a perfect 11-0 mark over the final six weeks of the season • Won NCAA singles matches at No. 6 over Furman and Ole Miss • Teamed up with Rachael James-Baker to register a 17-9 overall doubles record • The duo was 8-3 in dual matches and a perfect 2-0 mark against the ACC • Also picked up a win against Furman in doubles No. 3 • Best win came over #50 Moldovan/Wiktorin of NC State in ITA Carolina Regional.
Ouellet-Pizer’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2015-16 31-12 (.721) 26-8 (.765) 2016-17 28-13 (.683) 19-11 (.633) 2017-18 27-12 (.692) 14-4 (.778) Career 86-37 (.699) 59-23 (.720)
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 11 SARA DAAVETTILA JUNIOR • 5-6 WILLIAMSTON, MICHIGAN
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 12 Sara Daavettila
CAREER Owns a 72-23 career singles record • Won the 2018 ITA Na- tional Team Indoor Championship • Member of two ACC Championship clubs.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18) ITA All-American in doubles • Most Outstanding Player of the 2018 ITA National Women’s Team In- door Championship • All-ACC Third Team • Earned at-large selection to both the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships • Finished the season ranked No. 42 in singles and No. 17 in doubles with Alle Sanford • The duo reached the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship to garner All-America status after being added as the first alternate in the field when Duke’s Kelly Chen and Samantha Harris were a late scratch • Compiled a 29-12 overall singles record, including a 22-3 dual record and 8-3 mark against the ACC • Went 22-11 in doubles with Sanford that included a 14-7 duals record and 4-2 vs. the ACC • Won all four of her singles matches at ITA Indoors - two at No. 2 and two at No. 3 singles • Also went 3-1 with Sanford at No. 2 doubles • Reached quarterfinals of Oracle ITA Masters • Competed at the 2017 Riviera/ITA All-Americans • Lost in the semifinals of the 2017 ITA Carolinas Regional singles bracket.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17) ITA All-American in singles • ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year • ACC Freshman of the Year • First Team All-ACC • All-ACC Academic Team • Earned at-large selection in NCAA Singles Championship • Advanced to the quarterfinals to gain All- American status in first season • Finished season ranked No. 14 in singles and No. 29 in doubles with Hayley Carter • 43-11 overall singles record • Third most wins by a UNC freshman • 23-4 tournament record, 20-7 in dual matches (9-4 vs. the ACC) • Played majority of the dual match sea- son at No. 2 and recorded a 19-7 record at that line • 25 singles victories el 1 Indoor and Outdoor Championship • In 2015, won the G18 USTA Na- over nationally-ranked players • 22-5 overall doubles record • Was 10-0 tional Selection, the G18 USTA Midwest Level Outdoor Championship playing with Hayley Carter and 9-2 with Makenna Jones • Started the and the 2015 USTA Midwest Level 2 December Designated title • Won 11 season ranked the No. 1 freshman/newcomer in 2017 by the ITA • Won total USTA Midwest Championships between 2013-2016 • Daughter of the singles consolation title at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercolle- Bruce and Breita Daavettila • Mother played collegiate tennis at Western giate Championship • Defeated No. 7 Sinead Lohan (Miami[Fla.]) in the Michigan • Has three sisters and two brothers. finals • Won the 2016 ITA Carolinas Regional singles title • Reached the semifinals of the 2016 Oracle/ITA Masters • Advanced to the Main Draw bracket at 2016 Riviera/ITA All-Americans. Daavettila’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2016-17 43-11 (.796) 22-5 (.815) JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit and was considered the 2017-18 29-12 (.707) 24-11 (.686) No. 1 player in her class by tennisrecruiting.net • 2014 and 2015 high Career 72-23 (.758) 46-16 (.742) school state champion • Broke a national record for not losing a single game during the 2015 season • In 2016, won the G18 USTA Midwest Lev-
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 13 ALEXA GRAHAM JUNIOR • 5-9 GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 14 Alexa Graham
CAREER Owns a 69-15 career singles record • Won the 2018 JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruit- ITA National Team Indoor Championship • Member of two ACC ing.net • Ranked as high as No. 6 in her class of 2016 • Earned Championship clubs. highest ranking of #475 in the world by the WTA • Reached finals of three pro events, winning the 10K tournament in Hilton Head, SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18) ITA All-American in dou- South Carolina • Won a Gold Ball at USTA Indoor National Event bles • All-ACC Second Team • No. 2 seed at NCAA Doubles and a bronze ball at both the Easter Bowl and Clay Court National Championship • Finished season ranked No. 3 in doubles with Jes- Championship • Also won two G18 USTA National Selections • sie Aney and No. 89 in singles • Had a 33-9 overall singles record Daughter of Bill and Debbie Graham • Has two brothers. • Her 25-3 dual record gave her the second most victories in the country • Went 13-1 against the ACC • Had a 27-11 doubles record playing with Aney • Named to the all-tournament team of the 2018 ITA National Team Indoor Championship after picking up four singles wins and three doubles victories • Aney/Graham defeated No. 1 ranked Hourigan/Jones of Georgia Tech on March 24 • En- joyed a 23-match singles winning streak between 1/20-4/15.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17) Third Team All-ACC • All- ACC Academic Team • Finished season ranked No. 78 in singles • 36-6 overall singles record • 28-3 dual match singles record (12-1 vs. the ACC) • 19-3 playing at No. 4 singles • 16-11 overall dou- bles record • Went 10-7 playing with Cassandra Vazquez • Earned five singles wins over ranked players • Had a 23-1 record in her last 24 singles decisions • Was a perfect 3-0 in the ACC Champi- onship and 2-0 in the NCAA Team Championship • Defeated No. 90 Caroline Lampl (Stanford) in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
Graham’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2016-17 36-6 (.857) 16-11 (.593) 2017-18 33-9 (.786) 27-11 (.711) Career 69-15 (.821) 43-22 (.662)
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 15 MAKENNA JONES JUNIOR • 5-7 GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 16 Makenna Jones CAREER Owns a 59-17 career singles record • Won the 2018 ITA National Team Indoor Championship • Member of two ACC Championship clubs.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2017-18) ITA All-American in singles • ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch • Honda Sports Award finalist • ACC Championship Most Valuable Player • All- ACC First Team • All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection • No. 2 seed in the NCAA Singles Championship • Fin- ished the season ranked No. 4 in singles and was ranked as high as No. 51 in doubles with Chloe Ouellet-Pizer • 35-5 overall singles record gave her the fourth most wins by a Tar Heel sophomore in program history • 24-2 in dual matches • Joined former All-Amer- ica Jamie Loeb (2014) as the only two Carolina players to notch a perfect 14-0 record against the ACC • Went 15-3 in doubles with Marika Akkerman • Ranked as high as No. 2 in singles on 5/3 • Won 18-straight singles matches from 3/2-5/23 that included a 12-0 record at No. 1 singles • Reached the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship • Won her flight to open season at both the Duke Bonk Invitational and Furman Fall Classic.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2016-17) All-ACC Academic Team • Finished the season ranked No. 111 in singles • Posted a 24-12 overall singles record in first collegiate season • 19-5 record in dual matches and 11-2 against the ACC • Had an 11-3 record at No. 5 singles • 11-7 overall doubles record • Recorded a 9-2 mark with Sara Daavettila • Defeated three ranked singles players, including No. 19 Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt) • Had a 10-match singles win- ning streak and went 17-4 in final 21 decisions of the season.
JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruit- ing.net • Ranked as high as No. 4 in her class in 2016 • Named 2015 Southern Region Player of the Year • Earned the South Carolina Wilton McKinney Award • Reached the semifinals of the Shape Magazine Invitational in 2016, a wild card tournament to gain en- try into the WTA Tour’s Volvo Car Open • Led Travelers Rest High School to a team state title in 2013 • Won state singles titles in both 2013 and ’14 • Daughter of Kelly and Tami Jones • Father, Kelly, is the head coach of the men’s tennis program at Furman University, and reached a No. 1 doubles rankings on the ATP Tour in Octo- ber 1992, while her mother, Tami Whitlinger-Jones, was a top-50 singles player and a two-time All-America at Stanford.
Jones’ Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2016-17 24-12 (.667) 11-7 (.611) 2017-18 35-5 (.875) 31-7 (.816) Career 59-17 (.776) 42-14 (.750)
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 17 ANNA HARMON SOPHOMORE • 5-8 HUNTERSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 18 FRESHMAN SEASON (2017-18) ACC Honor Roll selection • Had an 0-4 record in singles play.
JUNIOR/PREP A three-star recruit according to tennisrecruiting. net • Played out of River Run Tennis Club and graduated from Hough High School • Placed third in the Southern Closed Cham- pionship and won the North Carolina Tar Heel qualifier in doubles in 2015.
Harmon’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2017-18 0-4 (.000) 0-0 (.000) Career 0-4 (.000) 0-0 (.000)
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 19 ALLE SANFORD SOPHOMORE • 5-11 WESTERVILLE, OHIO
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 20 FRESHMAN SEASON (2017-18) ITA All-American in doubles • All-ACC Second Team • Earned at-large selection to the NCAA Doubles Championships • Finished the season ranked No. 31 in singles and No. 17 in doubles with Sara Daavettila • The duo reached the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship to garner All-America status after being added as the first alternate in the field when Duke’s Kelly Chen and Samantha Harris were a late scratch • Won the 2017 Oracle/ITA Masters after defeating No. 1 ranked Ena Shibahara in the finals • Reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Championships • 23-18 overall singles record • 10-14 in dual matches and 4-8 against the ACC • Ranked as high as No. 6 in singles • 22-11 in doubles with Daavet- tila included a 13-7 mark at No. 2 line.
JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruit- ing.net • Ranked as high as No. 1 in her 2017 recruiting class • Also ranked as high as 16th in the world in juniors and 516th over- all in the world by the WTA • Won the Easter Bowl ITF event in April 2016 • Reached the quarterfinals of the Dow Corning Classic 100K USTA Pro Circuit event in February 2016 • Competed with the USTA National Team in 2015 and 2016 • Participated in the US Open Juniors event in 2014, 2015, and reached the round of 16 in 2016 • Competed in the French Open Juniors in 2015 and ’16, and made it to the round of 16 in singles and quarterfinals of dou- bles at Wimbledon Juniors in 2016 • Has won nine singles titles and eight doubles titles in her juniors career • Has an older sister, Anna, that played tennis at Ohio State University from 2015-18.
Sanford’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2017-18 23-18 (.561) 26-12 (.684) Career 23-18 (.561) 26-12 (.684)
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 21 CAMERON MORRA FRESHMAN • 5-10 ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND
JUNIOR/PREP Played on the pro circuit since the age of 14 • Was coached by her father and trained with sister, Sloane, at home, as well as at MW Ten- nis Academy in Charleston, S.C. and the Junior Tennis Training Center (JTTC) in College Park, Maryland • In 2017, competed in WTA pre- mier events, the Volvo Car Open (formerly the Family Circle Cup) in Charleston, S.C. and the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. • Born and raised in the Washington, DC metropolitan area • Par- ents are David and Elizabeth Morra.
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 22 SOPHIA PATEL FRESHMAN • 5-3 CARY, NORTH CAROLINA
JUNIOR/PREP Considered a five-star recruit according to Tennisrecruit. net • Was ranked as high as No. 27 in her class in June 2018 • 2017 Southern Level 1 G18 doubles champion and singles finalist • 2016 South- ern Hard Courts G18 doubles champion • 2016 Richmond National Regional G18 dou- bles champion • 2014 Co- lumbus Level 1 G16 doubles champion.
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 23 2017-18 Season Review 2017-18 Singles Results Player #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tourn. Dual ACC Overall Makenna Jones 12-0 8-1 4-1 11-3 24-2 14-0 35-5 Alle Sanford 4-10 6-3 0-1 13-4 10-14 4-8 23-18 Sara Daavettila 4-2 15-1 3-0 7-9 22-3 8-3 29-12 Alexa Graham 3-0 5-1 11-2 6-0 8-6 25-3 13-1 33-9 Jessie Aney 1-0 7-4 11-5 11-6 19-9 9-4 30-15 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer 1-0 7-1 11-6 8-5 19-7 10-4 27-12 Marika Akkerman 1-0 6-2 6-2 7-2 4-2 13-4 Cassandra Vazquez 1-0 4-5 1-0 0-0 5-5 Maggie Kane 5-8 0-0 0-0 5-8 Anna Harmon 0-4 0-0 0-0 0-4 Overall 16-10 22-6 24-4 22-6 25-6 18-8 73-52 127-40 62-22 200-92
2017-18 Doubles Results Player #1 #2 #3 Tourn. Dual ACC Overall Aney/Graham 18-7 9-4 18-7 10-2 27-11 Daavettila/Sanford 1-0 13-7 8-4 14-7 4-2 22-11 Akkerman/Jones 15-3 15-3 2-1 15-3
Akkerman/Kane 0-2 0-2 Akkerman/Ouellet-Pizer 2-1 1-0 2-1 2-1 3-1 Akkerman/Vazquez 1-0 1-0 Akkerman/Sanford 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 Daavettila/Jones 1-0 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 Jones/Ouellet-Pizer 1-0 10-3 1-0 11-3 Jones/Sanford 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-0 Kane/Vazquez 2-1 4-4 2-1 1-1 6-5 Ouellet-Pizer/Kane 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-1 Overall 19-7 19-8 21-6 33-19 57-20 25-9 90-39
2017-18 Rankings Summary
Team ITA Rankings Singles ITA Rankings Alexa Graham Chloe Ouellet-Pizer April 3 #1 Jan. 3 #5 Pre #42 Nov. 15 #124 April 10 #2 Jan. 17 #5 Jessie Aney Feb. 7 #78 March 6 #112 April 17 #1 Jan. 24 #5 Pre #22 Feb. 20 #93 March 20 #103 April 24 #3 Jan. 31 #5 Nov. 15 #18 March 6 #78 April 3 #117 May 3 #2 Feb. 14 #1 Feb. 7 #21 March 20 #70 April 17 #117 Final #3 Feb. 20 #1 Feb. 20 #32 April 3 #76 May 3 #119 March 6 #40 April 10 #88 Final #117 Daavettila/Sanford Feb. 27 #1 March 20 #47 April 17 #83 Pre #38 March 6 #1 April 3 #71 April 24 #92 Alle Sanford Nov. 15 #37 March 13 #1 April 10 #79 May 3 #95 Nov. 15 #9 Feb. 7 #20 March 20 #1 April 17 #82 Final #89 Feb. 7 #6 Feb. 20 #20 March 27 #1 April 24 #96 Feb. 20 #8 March 6 #16 April 3 #1 May 3 #85 Makenna Jones March 6 #16 March 20 #13 April 10 #1 Final #86 Pre #65 March 20 #20 April 3 #20 April 17 #1 Nov. 15 #11 April 3 #22 April 10 #16 April 24 #2 Sara Daavettila Feb. 7 #10 April 10 #25 April 17 #23 May 3 #1 Pre #4 Feb. 20 #15 April 17 #24 April 24 #22 Final #3 Nov. 15 #38 March 6 #12 April 24 #27 May 3 #33 Feb. 7 #52 March 20 #18 May 3 #26 Final #17 Feb. 20 #28 April 3 #14 Final #31 March 6 #24 April 10 #18 Jones/Ouellet-Pizer March 20 #27 April 17 #11 Doubles ITA Rankings Nov. 15 #51 April 3 #30 April 24 #7 Feb. 7 #59 April 10 #33 May 3 #2 Aney/Graham March 6 #64 April 17 #40 Final #4 Pre #12 April 24 #41 Nov. 15 #18 Akkerman/Ouellet-Pizer May 3 #46 Feb. 7 #30 Nov. 15 #53 Final #42 Feb. 20 #9 March 6 #2 March 20 #2 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 24 2018 Results Overall Record: 28-4 • ACC: 12-2 Home: 13-2 • Away: 7-1 • Neutral: 8-1 Against Ranked Opponents: 14-4 • Postseason: 5-1
Date UNC’s Rank Opponent Result Score Doubles Record Jan. 20 #5 at William & Mary Win 7-0 2-0 1-0 Jan. 20 #5 vs. Richmond (Williamsburg, Va.) Win 7-0 3-0 2-0 Jan. 23 #5 East Carolina Win 7-0 2-0 3-0 Jan. 23 #5 Davidson Win 7-0 2-0 4-0 Jan. 26 #5 Winthrop (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win 4-0 2-0 5-0 Jan. 27 #5 Illinois (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win 4-0 2-0 6-0 Feb. 9 #5 vs. Ole Miss (ITA National Team Indoors)# Win 4-2 2-1 7-0 Feb. 10 #5 vs. No. 8 Texas Tech (ITA National Team Indoors)# Win 4-1 2-1 8-0 Feb. 11 #5 vs. No. 9 Duke (ITA National Team Indoors)# Win 4-1 2-0 9-0 Feb. 12 #5 vs. No. 6 Pepperdine (ITA National Team Indoors)# Win 4-2 2-1 10-0 Feb. 18 #1 No. 14 Michigan Win 4-1 2-1 11-0 Feb. 21 #1 No. 37 NC State* Win 5-2 2-0 12-0, 1-0 ACC Feb. 25 #1 No. 7 Vanderbilt Loss 3-4 2-1 12-1 March 2 #1 Boston College* Win 5-2 2-0 13-1, 2-0 ACC March 4 #1 Syracuse* Win 6-1 2-0 14-1, 3-0 ACC March 16 #1 at No. 31 Miami* Win 4-3 1-2 15-1, 4-0 ACC March 18 #1 at No. 22 Florida State* Win 4-3 2-0 16-1, 5-0 ACC March 24 #1 No. 6 Georgia Tech* Loss 3-4 1-2 16-2, 5-1 ACC March 25 #1 Virginia Tech* Win 7-0 2-0 17-2, 6-1 ACC March 29 #1 at No. 19 Wake Forest* Win 5-2 2-0 18-2, 7-1 ACC April 6 #1 at Notre Dame* Win 6-1 0-2 19-2, 8-1 ACC April 8 #1 at Louisville* Win 6-1 2-1 20-2, 9-1 ACC April 13 #1 No. 21 Virginia* Win 7-0 2-0 21-2, 10-1 ACC April 15 #1 at No. 48 Clemson* Win 7-0 2-0 22-2, 11-1 ACC April 20 #1 at No. 4 Duke* Loss 2-5 2-1 22-3, 11-2 ACC April 22 #1 Pitt* Win 6-1 2-1 23-3, 12-2 ACC April 27 #2 vs. No. 34 Wake Forest (ACC Championship)+ Win 4-1 1-2 24-3 April 28 #2 vs. No. 4 Georgia Tech (ACC Championship)+ Win 4-3 1-2 25-3 April 29 #2 vs. No. 3 Duke (ACC Championship)+ Win 4-2 1-2 26-3 May 11 #1 Morgan State (NCAA Championship 1st Round)$ Win 4-0 2-0 27-3 May 12 #1 No. 31 Mississippi State (NCAA Championship 2nd Round)$ Win 4-0 2-0 28-3 May 17 #1 vs. No. 15 Stanford (NCAA Championship Round of 16)$ Loss 1-4 2-1 28-4
* Denotes ACC match # ITA National Team Indoor Championship matches played in Madison, Wisconsin + ACC Championship matches played in Cary, N.C. (Cary Tennis Center) $ NCAA Championship matches played in Chapel Hill, N.C. (First and Second Rounds), Winston-Salem, N.C. (Round of 16 and Quarterfinals)
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 25 2017-18 Season Recap NORTH CAROLINA WINS 3RD INDOOR TEAM TITLE PROGRAM SUPERLATIVES FROM 2013-2018 (Six seasons) North Carolina won the ITA Indoor National Team Championships • ACC Champions (2016, ‘17, ‘18) for the third time in program history with a 4-2 victory over Pepperdine in • 5x ACC regular season champions (2013, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17) the title match on Feb. 12, 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin. • ITA National Team Indoor Champion (2013, ‘15, ‘18) Sara Daavettila was named the Most Outstanding Player. • NCAA Team Championship runner-up (2014) • NCAA Team Championship quarterfinalist (2013, ‘15, ‘17) CAROLINA WINS THIRD-STRAIGHT ACC TITLE • No. 2 seed NCAA Team Championship (2015, ‘17, ‘18) North Carolina defeated top seeded Duke, 4-2, at the Cary Tennis • No. 3 seed NCAA Team Championship (2016) Center to win the ACC Championship. Carolina is the first program to • 112-12 dual match record in last four seasons win three-straight league titles since Georgia Tech from 2005-07. The Tar • 53-3 dual match record in ACC regular season last four seasons Heels’ ninth title breaks a tie with Clemson for the second most in league • Final ITA Team Rankings (only team ranked top-5 from 2013-17) history. UNC won in 2016 the last time the event was held in Cary and No. 3 (2014); No. 4 (2013, ‘15, ‘16); No. 5 (2017) was victorious down in Rome, Georgia, in 2017. The victory also marked the 600th win in the illustrious career of NATIONAL RANKINGS head coach Brian Kalbas, who now boasts four ACC titles since 2011. North Carolina will enter the 2018-19 season having been ranked in Makenna Jones earned Most Valuable Player honors. the top-5 nationally for 45 straight ranking periods and 85 consecutive top-10 ranking periods. UNC SELECTED NO. 2 IN NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP North Carolina was the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Team Champion- JONES COMPLETES UNBLEMISHED ACC RECORD ship for the second-straight year and third time in four seasons. Carolina Makenna Jones became just the second Tar Heel to ever post a 14-0 reached the Round of the 16 for the ninth-consecutive season after wins in record in ACC regular season play, the other being Jamie Loeb, who did Chapel Hill over Morgan State and Mississippi State. so in 2013-14 when she was named the ITA National Player of the Year The Tar Heels were upended, 4-1, to 15th seed Stanford in the Round and ACC Player of the Year in her spectacular freshman season. of 16 in Winston-Salem, N.C. GRAHAM LED NATION IN DUAL WINS NCAA SINGLES/DOUBLES Alexa Graham compiled an NCAA-leading 25 singles victories Sophomore Makenna Jones was the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Singles in dual matches. She was 13-1 against the ACC and pieced together a Championship, while Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham were given the No. 23-match winning streak during the spring. 2 seed in the doubles field. By virtue of their national seeds, all three so- lidified All-America status for the 2017-18 season. UNC has had multiple ANEY & GRAHAM SPENT TIME RANKED NO. 1 IN DOUBLES All-Americans every year since 2011. Jessie Aney and Alexa Graham twice spent time as the No. 1 ranked Sophomore Sara Daavettila and freshman Alle Sanford received at- doubles team in the nation, and was in the top-3 in every rankings release large selections into the 64-player singles field and would advance to the between March and the end of the season in June. semifinals to earn All-America honors, giving Carolina five for the year. 2017-18 ACCOLADES Marika Akkerman FOUR NAMED TO ALL-ACC TEAMS ACC Honor Roll Makenna Jones earned first-team honors, while Alexa Graham and Jessie Aney Alle Sanford were voted to the second team, while Sara Daavettila was ITA All-American (doubles) selected to the third team. No. 2 seed NCAA Doubles Championship The four selections tie the program record for most all-league hon- Sara Daavettila orees in a single season. First accomplished in 2002, the 2003 and 2017 ITA All-American (doubles) teams also saw a quartet of Tar Heels earn all-conference honors. ITA National Team Indoor Championship MOP All-ACC Third Team KALBAS OWNS TOP ACC CAREER WINNING PERCENT- Alexa Graham AGE ITA All-American (doubles) Brian Kalbas, UNC’s all-time wins leader, has compiled an .805 ca- All-ACC Second Team No. 2 seed NCAA Doubles Championship reer winning percentage over his 15 seasons at North Carolina, the top Anna Harmon figure in ACC history. Duke coach Jamie Ashworth ranks second. ACC Honor Roll Makenna Jones SANFORD WINS ORACLE MASTERS ITA All-American (singles) Freshman Alle Sanford defeated defending champion, top ranked Honda Sports Award finalist and number No. 1 seed Ena Shibahara of UCLA to win the Oracle ITA ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch Masters event in September 2017. All-ACC First Team Sanford, the sixth seed from Westerville, Ohio, shook off five match ACC Championship MVP points to upend Shibahara by a score of 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (11). All-ACC Academic Team ACC Honor Roll ANEY CHALKS UP CAREER WIN NO. 100 No. 2 seed NCAA Singles Championship Junior Jessie Aney won her 100th career singles match against Wake Maggie Kane Forest in the ACC quarterfinals on April 27. She is just the 14th player ITA Scholar-Athlete ACC Honor Roll in program history to hit the century mark. The Rochester, Minnesota, Chloe Ouellet-Pizer product is 102-30 as a Tar Heel in singles. ITA Scholar-Athlete All-ACC Academic Team TEAM SPENDS 10-STRAIGHT WEEKS AT NO. 1 ACC Honor Roll Carolina spent a school record 10-consecutive weeks as the No. 1 Alle Sanford ranked team in the nation according to the ITA between Feb. 14 and April ITA All-American (doubles) 17. UNC returned to No. 1 after winning the ACC Championship and was All-ACC Second Team in the top-5 all season long. 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 26
The Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, home to both the women’s and men’s tennis teams, was dedicated in September 1992 in keeping with the University of North Carolina’s tradition of offering quality facilites for its student-athletes. The indoor/outdoor facility is adjacent to the UNC Finley Golf Course and behind the Friday Center on N.C. Highway 54 in Chapel Hill. The facility is named for Ceasar Cone II, a 1928 alumnus of the University who played tennis at Carolina and was a great bene- factor 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 Conference team champi- onships 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 outdoor courts, an electronic scoreboard for the indoor courts and in 2016 the ability to live stream matches played indoors. UNC has hosted NCAA Championship first and second round play in 16 of the last 17 years, with the Tar Heel women ad- vancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 after home victories in 12 of the last 14 seasons. In the 15 years under the leadership of head coach Brian Kalbas, UNC has posted a record of 183-23 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, including perfect records in 2010 (14-0), 2015 (13-0) and 2016 (16-0). Carolina put together a 50-match winning streak at home that came to an end with a 4-3 loss to Geor- gia Tech on April 1, 2017. CONE-KENFIELD TENNIS CENTER HOME OF THE TAR HEELS Administration/Support Staff
Cunningham’s leadership has also extended outside of Chapel Hill. In 2018, he Bubba Cunningham accepted an invitation to serve on the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Ad- Director of Athletics visory Council. He is the past president of the National Association of Collegiate Direc- tors of Athletics (NACDA) andsits on the board of LEAD1, an association representing Since Lawrence R. (Bubba) Cunningham offi- the ADs from the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools; He is in cially began his duties as Carolina’s director of ath- his eighth year on the ACC Television Committee; He is currently serving on the ACC letics on November 14, 2011, UNC has graduated Autonomy Committee; and has served on numerous NCAA committees over the last more than 850 student-athletes while consistently two decades. competing for championships in an array of differ- He has Carolina positioned to have a voice in the on-going conversation about ent sports – exciting, motivating and influencing the future, whether it is in the state university system, the Atlantic Coast Conference along the way. Under Cunningham’s leadership, or at the NCAA level. the athletic department has accomplished numer- Cunningham is in his 17th year as a Division I director of athletics. He came to ous academic and athletic achievements: Chapel Hill after spending the previous six years as the director of athletics at the The Tar Heels have won 10 national titles and made an additional 10 runner-up University of Tulsa, where he guided the Golden Hurricane through its initial move finishes. More than 385 student-athletes have made the ACC Academic Honor Roll to Conference USA and spearheaded a $60 million athletics initiative. Tulsa won 34 -- which requires a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better for the year – each of the past six league championships during his tenure, more than any other school in Conference years. USA, and the football program played in five bowl games in his final six years. He was Carolina’s APR has steadily risen, and 15 teams scored a perfect 1000 in 2017-18. honored as the 2008-09 FBS Central Region Athletics Director of the Year, an award In 2017-18, 10 teams received APR recognition, which is the highest number of pro- presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. grams honored among public institutions in the ACC and a first-place tie for the most He also served as Ball State University’s Athletic Director from 2002-2005. There, teams honored among public schools in the Power 5 conferences. he led a program with 19 intercollegiate sports and a budget of $12.4 million. In his The Tar Heels finished in the top eight of the NACDA Learfield Directors’ Cupfive final year, Ball State completed a $12 million campaign to renovate the football sta- times. dium. In raising those funds, Cunningham secured the largest single gift in Ball State And student-athletes have logged more than 30,000 hours of community service, athletics history. helping at hospitals and local schools, and partnering with a variety of local and na- Cunningham, who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business admin- tional groups. istration from Notre Dame in 1984 and 1988, respectively, worked in his alma mater’s Cunningham has led by supporting, challenging and innovating. Shortly after be- athletics department from 1988-2002. A former member of the Irish golf team (1982- ginning his tenure as Carolina’s athletics director, he led a strategic planning process 83), Cunningham served as Notre Dame’s Associate Athletics Director for finance that defined a new mission statement: “We educate and inspire through athletics.” and facilities from 1995-2000 and was the Associate Director of Athletics for external And that’s just what UNC has done during his seven years in Chapel Hill. affairs from 2000-02. Among Carolina’s many achievements during his tenure are a partnership with Cunningham also has served on the Gatorade National Advisory Board and has Disney to enhance customer service and organizational practices; the development been a featured speaker at numerous NACDA and LEAD1 conferences. of the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group; a compliance review by an Born in Flint, Mich., and raised in Naples, Fla., Cunningham and his wife, Tina, outside firm; a student-athlete degree completion program called Complete Carolina; a have four grown children: Matthew, Michael, John and Sarah, and daughter-in-law, master plan for UNC’s athletic facilities; and the creation of The Rammys -- an innova- Emily. tive end-of-the-year awards show popular with Carolina’s student-athletes and staff. At the beginning of 2018, the department launched “Together We Win,” an up- dated strategic plan and vision for Carolina Athletics for the next five years. In the fall of 2018, Carolina finished construction on a new field hockey stadium, track and field complex and chair back project at Kenan Stadium, the next steps in a transformative array of athletics facilities projects that will also include a new football practice facility and lacrosse/soccer stadium as well as a new media and communications center. Carolina Athletics Administration Women’s Tennis Support Staff Interim Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz Faculty Representative Lissa Broome Director of Athletics Bubba Cunningham Executive Associate AD Larry Gallo Sr. Assoc. AD/Student-Athlete Health, Well-Being & Program Outreach Dwight Hollier Sr. Assoc. AD/Human Resources & CFO Martina Ballen Sr. Assoc. AD/Smith Center Ops/Event Management Clint Gwaltney Sr. Assoc. AD/Compliance Vince Ille Sr. Assoc. AD/Strategic Communications Steve Kirschner Sr. Assoc. AD/Marketing/Corporate Sponsorships/GoHeels Prod. Rick Steinbacher Sr. Asst. AD/Ticket Operations Gerry Lajoie Assoc. AD/SWA/NCAA Compliance Marielle vanGelder Rebecca Barta Mario Ciocca Jordan Conner Assoc. AD/Student-Athlete Development Cricket Lane GA Athletic Trainer Director of Sports Strength and Assoc. AD/Football Corey Holliday Medicine Conditioning Assoc. AD/Strategic Comm./Special Asst. to the AD Robbi Pickeral Evans Asst. AD/Marketing Michael Beale Asst. AD/Facility Planning & Management Mike Bunting Asst. AD/Emerging Media Ken Cleary Asst. AD/Business & Finance Mike Perkins Executive Director of The Rams Club John Montgomery Director of Sports Medicine Dr. Mario Ciocca Asst. Provost/Dir. of Academic Support/Student-Athletes Michelle Brown
Athletic Department Contacts Brian Greene Mark Kimmel Kelly Waicus Athletic Director’s Office 919-962-6000 Athletic Trainer Athletic Communications Team Doctor Athletic Communications 919-962-2123 Rams Club 919-843-2000 Student-Athlete Services 919-966-4102 Ticket Office 919-962-2296
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HISTORY & RECORDS
2018-19 WOMEN’S TENNIS Carolina Tennis History ships in a row in the 1970s and 1980s and finished as the league runner-up four other times. Harrison retired after the 1997-98 season as the winningest tennis coach in ACC history at the time in terms of dual-match victories. Carolina was a force to be reckoned with during the days of AIAW competition from 1971 until the organization was disbanded in 1982. The Tar Heels won the NCAIAW Tournament three straight times from 1979 to 1981. In 1982, they avenged a 6-3 loss to Duke in the state tournament by defeating the Blue Devils 7-2 to capture the AIAW Southern Region II title. The Tar Heels earned a bid to the AIAW national tournament three times, finishing 15th in 1979, 11th in 1981 and 17th in 1982. There were numerous outstanding players during Harrison’s tenure, including three first-team All-America selections. Kathy Barton was an AIAW first-team All-America in 1982. Cinda Gurney, a three-time ACC Player of the Year, was an All-America in singles in both 1992 and 1993. Gurney and Alisha Portnoy combined to earn first-team All-America honors Kitty Harrison (right), pictured here with Tessa Lyons, coached the women’s tennis programs for 21 seasons between 1976-1998. in doubles in 1993. As a senior, Gurney advanced to the NCAA champion- ship match without losing a set in any of her five preliminary matches in the The women’s tennis program has a long-standing tradition of excel- field of 64. She completed that year seventh individually in singles in the lence in the overall women’s athletics program at the University of North ITA rankings and achieved the highest rating ever by a Carolina player in Carolina, beginning with legendary head coach Frances Hogan and con- singles when she was ranked third nationally in December of 1991. tinuing into the 21st century highlighted by players like Marlene Mejia, Former Tar Heel men’s tennis standout Roland Thornqvist, an All- Kate Pinchbeck, Kendall Cline, Aniela Mojzis, Sara Anundsen, Jenna Long, America and ACC Player of the Year, took over the team’s coaching duties Sanaz Marand, Shinann Featherston, Gina Suarez-Malaguit, Caroline Price, in 1998 and led UNC to its first ever NCAA Tournament berth and subse- Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb. Although Hogan was involved at the roots quent victory. Thornqvist spent three successful years at the helm of the Tar of the program, it has been players of more recent vintage who have kept Heels, finishing with a 42-30 record and Carolina’s first three NCAA tour- Carolina in the national spotlight. nament appearances in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Although only a sophomore in Hogan, the former women’s athletic director at Carolina, was the 2001, Marlene Mejia earned ITA All-America honors in singles, helping the guiding force during the game’s early Tar Heels earn a Top 20 ranking that years on the Chapel Hill campus. As season. Following the 2001 season, the first head coach of Tar Heel wom- Thornqvist left Carolina to take over en’s tennis teams since the 1940s, she the coaching reigns at Florida. spurred interest in the sport by insti- In 2002, under coach Jen Callen, tuting North Carolina Women’s Ten- the Tar Heels won the ACC Champi- nis Day in 1958, a yearly fixture for onship, advanced to the quarterfinals collegiate and prep aficionados of the of the NCAA Tournament for the first sport around the state. Despite limita- time in school history, finished fifth in tions on match play, Hogan was in- the country, and had a sparkling 25-5 strumental in ensuring the team played record. Pinchbeck earned first-team a full schedule. Her tennis team was All-America honors after advancing to the first women’s sports team at the the quarterfinals of the NCAA Cham- University to travel out of the state to pionships. compete. In 1970, prior to the advent In 2003, Brian Kalbas was of Association for Intercollegiate Ath- The 1979-80 team won the last of four-straight ACC Championships. named head coach, and he has en- letics for Women-sponsored women’s joyed 15 successful seasons with the tennis at the collegiate level which did not come until 1971, Hogan coached Tar Heels. Kalbas has led UNC to NCAA Championship appearances in the late Laura DuPont to the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s col- each of his 15 years at Carolina, including a 2014 run to the national finals, legiate singles championship. During that same year, Carolina posted a na- the program’s best NCAA showing. tional ranking of sixth place in the USLTA collegiate ratings. In 2017, Kalbas passed Harrison as the program’s all-time wins leader Eight women’s sports at North Carolina, including the tennis program, and took over the best winning percentage (.803) in ACC women’s tennis were officially elevated to varsity status in 1971, when Carolina became a history, a figure he still holds leading into the 2018-19 season. charter member of the newly-formed Association For Intercollegiate Athlet- The Tar Heels have produced 42 All-America selections during Kal- ics For Women. The eight sports as varsity entities were under the supervi- bas’ tenure. Aniela Mojzis was an individual All-America selection in 2004 sion of the Physical Education Department until October 1974, when the and teamed with Kendall Cline to earn All-America honors in doubles in Department of Intercollegiate Athletics took over supervision of all Carolina 2005. Mojzis and Cline also earned national awards from the Intercolle- varsity sports—men’s and women’s at UNC. That fall, Camey Timberlake was awarded the first-ever women’s ath- letic scholarship for any sport at the University. She went on to capture the Atlantic Coast Conference championship at No. 2 singles during the fall of 1977 in the first-ever ACC women’s sports championship event of any kind. After the sport came under the direction of the athletic department, Hogan coached the first two tennis teams to outstanding 13-1 and 13-2 records in 1975 and 1976, respectively. During the 1976 season, Hogan guided the Tar Heels to a No. 16 national ranking and the team won the Southern Collegiates in Columbus, Miss., by defeating Rollins College in the final. When Hogan retired from coaching in 1976 to concentrate full-time on her senior women’s administrator duties, she was replaced by Kitty Har- rison, who continued to build the success of the Tar Heel program for over two decades. Eight of Harrison’s 21 teams were ranked among the Top 25 nationally. Under Harrison’s direction, Carolina won four ACC champion- Kendall Cline earned All-Ameria status in doubles in both 2003 and 2005. 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 38 Carolina Tennis History giate Tennis Association in 2005. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both awards. In 2006, Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long earned All-America honors as one of the nation’s top doubles pairs. That tandem capped its stellar career by winning the 2007 NCAA Doubles Cham- pionship, giving Anundsen and Long the first NCAA tennis title in UNC history. Sanaz Marand became the next Tar Heel All-America singles per- former in 2008, a season in which she lost just one singles dual match and defeated the nation’s top-ranked player twice in the span of three weeks. Marand would repeat her All-America performance in 2009 as well as team with Sophie Grabinski for doubles accolades. Carolina reached new heights in team competition in 2010, rising to the No. 1 ranking in the ITA poll for the first time in school history and ad- vancing to the NCAA Final Four, also a program first. UNC defeated seven Jenna Long was an All-America in both singles and doubles in 2007. top-10 opponents en route to a then school-record 30-5 season that featured an undefeated 11-0 ACC regular season mark. The Tar Heels also advanced nearly every national and conference honor that was awarded that year. Loeb to the finals of the ITA Team Indoor Championships for the first time and was the ACC and ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year, while Carter earned the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Team Championship. was the top ACC Freshman and ITA Player to Watch. Loeb and Carter 2011 saw three more Tar Heels earn ITA All-America honors in the would earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles, while Caroline doubles tandem of Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale and singles Price and Whitney Kay also earned All-America status in doubles. standout Zoe De Bruycker. The team advanced to the national quarterfinals Carolina won its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship in for the third time and, behind Featherston’s MVP performance, won the 2015, while Jamie Loeb won the program’s first NCAA singles national title ACC Championship for the first time since 2002. Featherston and McHale to cap an amazing two-year UNC career that saw her win ACC Player of earned back-to-back doubles All-America honors after a 21-6 record during the Year honors twice. Both she and Hayley Carter were again named ITA the 2011-12 campaign. All-Americans. The 2012 campaign featured a Carter displayed more fabulous spot in the NCAA Round of 16 and a tennis in 2016 when she became regular season ACC title with a 10-1 the first UNC player to be ranked league record. In addition, Zoe De No. 1 nationally in both singles and Bruycker, Shinann Featherston and doubles simultaneously. Carter (both Lauren McHale earned All-ACC singles and doubles) and Whitney accolades, with Featherston and Kay earned All-America honors, and McHale earning All-America honors the Tar Heels set a then program re- in doubles. cord with a 31-3 record and won the North Carolina won the ITA ACC Championship after recording a National Team Indoor Champion- second-straight 14-0 regular season. ships in 2013, marking the program’s The 2017 campaign saw more first team national championship. scintillating tennis as the Tar Heels Freshman Whitney Kay won a three- won a program record 33 dual setter, clinching the final point in a matches, notched a second-straight tiebreaker to earn Most Outstanding The 2010-11 team gave head coach Brian Kalbas his first of three ACC title and Carter completed Player honors. The victory set the ACC Championship titles. her career with an ACC record 168 tone for a season that saw Carolina singles wins and finished up her reach the No. 1 national ranking for amazing career as a seven-time All- ten-straight weeks and the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. Gina American (four singles, three doubles). Jessie Aney earned All-America Suarez-Malaguti was selected ACC Player of the Year, while she joined honors in doubles, while Sara Daavettila received ACC Freshman of the Caroline Price as the latest All-America selections. Year honors and reached the NCAA singles quarterfinals to receive All- The first decade under the tutelage was Kalbas was nothing short of America plaudits. amazing, however, the 2014 season may have been his best to date. The Kalbas guided his 2018 squad to a third ITA National Team Indoor Tar Heels made their first appearance in the NCAA national championship Championship and a third-straight ACC Championship. Carolina spent a match, and along the way saw freshmen Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter earn school record 10-straight weeks as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation and received the No. 2 seed at the NCAA Team Championship. Makenna Jones garnered her first All-America honors, and was joined by the All-America doubles teams of Aney and Alexa Graham and Daavet- tila and Alle Sanford. During the era of individual ACC competition, Tar Heel players won 33 conference titles in singles, including four by Gurney, three by Jennifer Balent and two each by Janet Shands, Margie Brown, Lloyd Hatcher and Gigi Neely. Brown teamed with Betsy Heidenberger for two of her three doubles titles, and the duo of Shands and Betty Baugh Harrison were as tough to beat in the late ‘70s as Gurney and Portnoy were during the 1992-93 season when they won the ITA Clay Court Doubles Championship, earned a national No. 1 ranking after the fall season and finished the spring season ranked fourth in the country. Despite playing one of the country’s toughest dual-match schedules year in and year out, Carolina teams continue to win with regularity. Only Lauren McHale and Shinann Featherston garnered All-America on six occasions has the Tar Heel women’s tennis program suffered a losing honors in doubles in both 2011 and 2012. season while competing as a varsity sport. 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 39 All-America Selections
Sanaz Marand, a three-time All-America performer in 2008 and ‘09, compiled Hayley Carter was a seven-time All-America selection - four singles and three 133 singles victories. doubles awards - and is the ACC’s all-time leader in career singles wins (168).
Tar Heel All-America Selections 1992 Cinda Gurney 2012 Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles) 1993 Cinda Gurney 2013 Caroline Price Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy (doubles) Gina Suarez-Malaguti 2001 Marlene Mejia 2014 Hayley Carter 2002 Kate Pinchbeck Jamie Loeb 2003 Kate Pinchbeck Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb (doubles) Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles) Whitney Kay/Caroline Price (doubles) 2004 Aniela Mojzis 2015 Hayley Carter 2005 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles) Jamie Loeb 2006 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles) 2016 Hayley Carter 2007 Jenna Long Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay (doubles) Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles) 2017 Hayley Carter 2008 Sanaz Marand Sara Daavettila 2009 Sanaz Marand Jessie Aney/Hayley Carter (doubles) Sanaz Marand/Sophie Grabinski (doubles) 2018 Makenna Jones 2011 Zoe De Bruycker Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham (doubles) Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles) Sara Daavettila/Alle Sanford (doubles)
Jamie Loeb was named ACC Player of the Year and was an All-America selec- Caroline Price was a two-time All-America selection in 2013 and ‘14, and be- tion in her only two seasons at North Carolina in 2014 and ‘15. came the program’s first recipient of the Patterson Medal in 2015, the highest athletic honor given at UNC.
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 40 ACC History
No. 3 seed North Carolina won its third-straight ACC Championship in 2018 with a 4-2 victory over top seed Duke in the finals in Cary, N.C. Makenna Jones (holding trophy front left) was named the championship MVP.
North Carolina ACC Championships - 9 North Carolina All-ACC Selection History Year Head Coach Runner-up 1977 Kitty Harrison Clemson 2018 2010 2001 1978 Kitty Harrison Virginia Makenna Jones Sanaz Marand Marlene Mejia 1979 Kitty Harrison Clemson Alexa Graham (2nd) Katrina Tsang Julie Rotondi 1980 Kitty Harrison Clemson Alle Sanford (2nd) 2002 Jen Callen Duke Sara Daavettila (3rd) 2009 2000 2011 Brian Kalbas Florida State Sanaz Marand Marlene Mejia 2016 Brian Kalbas Miami 2017 Katrina Tsang 2017 Brian Kalbas Georgia Tech Jessie Aney 1997 2018 Brian Kalbas Duke Hayley Carter 2008 Jenni Burnette Sara Daavettila Sanaz Marand ACC Women’s Tennis Individual Honors Alexa Graham (3rd) Katrina Tsang 1996 1991...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Marianna Land 1992...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year 2016 2007 1993...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Hayley Carter Jenna Long 1993 2002...... Kate Pinchbeck, ACC Championship MVP Whitney Kay Katrina Tsang Cinda Gurney 2011...... Shinann Featherston, ACC Championship MVP Jessie Aney (3rd) 2013...... Gina Suarez-Malaguti, Player of the Year 2006 1992 2014...... Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year 2015 Caitlin Collins Alisha Portnoy 2014...... Hayley Carter, Freshman of the Year Hayley Carter Jenna Long Angela Bernal 2015...... Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year Jamie Loeb Cinda Gurney 2016...... Hayley Carter, Player of the Year Caroline Price 2005 2016...... Hayley Carter, ACC Championship MVP Kendall Cline 1991 2017...... Hayley Carter, Player of the Year 2014 Jenna Long Cinda Gurney 2017...... Sara Daavettila, Freshman of the Year Hayley Carter Aniela Mojzis 2017...... Hayley Carter, ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Jamie Loeb 1990 2017...... Hayley Carter, ACC Championship MVP Caroline Price (2nd) 2004 Valerie Famer 2018...... Makenna Jones, ACC Championship MVP Kendall Cline Cinda Farmer 2013 Aniela Mojzis Gigi Neely 2018 ACC Tournament Results Zoe De Bruycker Cary, N.C., Cary Tennis Center Caroline Price 2003 1989 Quarterfinals Gina Suarez-Malaguti Kendall Cline Spencer Barnes #1 Duke d. #8 NC State ...... 5-0 Tanja Markovic Gina Goblirsch #4 Miami d. #13 Virginia Tech ...... 5-1 2012 Aniela Mojzis #2 Georgia Tech d. #7 Syracuse ...... 4-2 Zoe De Bruycker Kate Pinchbeck 1988 #3 North Carolina d. #11 Wake Forest ...... 4-2 Shinann Featherston Spencer Barnes Semifinals Lauren McHale 2002 Gina Goblirsch #1 Duke d. #4 Miami ...... 4-1 Marlene Mejia #3 North Carolina d. #2 Georgia Tech ...... 4-3 2011 Aniela Mojzis 1987 Finals Zoe De Bruycker Kate Pinchbeck Petra Wessels #3 North Carolina d. #1 Duke ...... 4-2 Jelena Durisic Julie Rotondi Valerie Farmer Shinann Featherston Gina Goblirsch
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 41 ACC Singles & Doubles Champions/ACC 50th Anniversary Team
ACC Doubles Champions* Laura DuPont UNC’s first female 1978 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands national champion 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 Jennifer Balent, North Carolina (1978-1981) 1977 #3 Lloyd Hatcher 1988 #4 Landis Cox Jennifer Balent won three ACC singles titles during her career at Carolina ... captured the No. 2 flight 1977 #5 Betty Baugh 1989 #6 Gigi Neely Championship in 1978 and 79 and the No. 6 title in 1980 ... regional All-America selection in 1980. Harrison 1990 #1 Cinda Gurney 1977 #6 Janet Shands 1990 #4 Valerie Farmer Kathy Barton, North Carolina (1981-1984) 1978 #2 Jennifer Balent 1990 #6 Gigi Neely Kathy Barton won the 1980 No. 2 singles championship and was an AIAW All-America in 1982 ... 1978 #3 Susie Black 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney Carolina’s first All-American women’s tennis player ... in 1984, she teamed with Stephanie Rauch to 1978 #5 Janet Shands 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney win the ACC No. 2 doubles titles ... she was the runner-up for the No. 4 ACC singles title in 1983. 1978 #6 Margaret Scott 1992 #2 Angela Bernal 1979 #2 Jennifer Balent 1992 #6 Scotti Thomas Angela Bernal, North Carolina (1992) 1979 #4 Margie Brown 1993 #1 Cinda Gurney Completed one of the most successful freshmen seasons in school history ... won ACC individual 1979 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 1996 #6 Alison Levy Championship, playing at #2 for the 25th ranked Tar Heels ... finished season with 28-10 overall 1980 #2 Kathy Barton 1997 #6 Jeni Burnette record and 7-1 conference record as the 59th ranked player in the country ... played in NCAA Indi- 1980 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 2001 #1 Marlene Mejia vidual Championships. 1980 #6 Jennifer Balent 2001 #3 Kate Pinchbeck 1981 #3 Margie Brown Margie Brown, North Carolina (1979-1982) 1981 #6 Sandy Fleischman Member of Carolina’s ACC Championship team in 1981 ... won two individual singles titles and 1984 #3 Nancy Boggs *The ACC discontinued three doubles championships ... in 1979, she won the No. 4 flight and in 1981 she captured the title at 1985 #2 Elizabeth Alexander recognition of the singles the No. 3 flight ... 1980-82 Brown was a part of three ACC championship doubles teams ... 1980 she 1987 #6 Petra Wessels championships in 2002. 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 1970, becom- ing UNC’s first female national champion ... she played on the pro tour for 12 years and was ranked as high as ninth in the world ... DuPont was inducted into the Intercollegiate 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 ... she was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.
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 Carolina, 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 Cinda Gurney is regarded as one of the best players in Carolina and ACC women’s tennis player ever. history. She was a two-time All-America and earned three ACC Player of the Year honors. 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
ITA CLAY COURT DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 1976 Nina Cloninger/ 1992 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy Jane Preyer 1981 Lloyd Hatcher/ NORTH CAROLINA AIAW SINGLES CHAMPIONS Katharine Hogan 1975 - Camey Timberlake 1981 - Lloyd Hatcher 1982 Margie Brown/ 1979 - Sandy Fleischman 1982 - Margie Brown Betsy Heidenberger 1980 - Jennifer Balen
Alisha Portnoy teamed with Cinda Gurney to win the 1992 ITA Clay Court Doubles title, the first in UNC history.
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 42 NCAA Championship History
NCAA Championship Appearances - 20 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) Record: 44-20 Best Finish: National Championship Finalist (2014) A celebration erupted after a victory over Alabama in the 2014 NCAA Team Cham- pionship in Athens, Ga. The Tar Heels reached the national championship match for 2018 NCAA Team Championships the first time in program history that season. First Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #2 North Carolina d. Morgan State ...... 4-0 NCAA Championship Team Results Second Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #2 North Carolina d. Mississippi State ...... 4-0 2018 Morgan State ...... W, 4-0 2010 Richmond ...... W 4-0 Round of 16, Winston-Salem, N.C. Mississippi State ...... W, 4-0 UNLV ...... W 4-0 #15 Stanford d. #2 North Carolina ...... 1-4 Stanford ...... L, 1-4 Florida State ...... W 4-1 2017 Furman ...... W, 4-0 Duke ...... W 4-3 Ole Miss ...... W, 4-1 Florida ...... L 0-4 2018 NCAA Singles Championships (Winston-Salem, N.C.) Duke ...... W, 4-0 2009 Georgia State ...... W 4-0 First Round Stanford ...... L, 2-4 Clemson ...... L 0-4 Astra Sharma, Vanderbilt d. Sara Daavettila, UNC ...... 6-1, 6-0 2016 ETSU ...... W, 4-0 2008 SC State ...... W 4-0 [2] Makenna Jones, UNC d. Gabby Smith, USC ...... 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) Northwestern ...... W, 4-2 Arkansas ...... L 3-4 Jada Hart, UCLA d. Alle Sanford, UNC ...... 6-4, 7-5 Virginia ...... L, 2-4 2007 Marist ...... W 4-0 2015 Quinippiac ...... W, 4-0 Duke ...... W 4-1 Second Round Dartmouth ...... W, 4-0 Notre Dame ...... L 3-4 Kelly Chen, Duke d. [2] Makenna Jones, UNC ...... 6-3, 6-4 Miami ...... W, 4-1 2006 SC State ...... W 4-0 UCLA ...... L, 1-4 Wake Forest ...... W 4-3 2014 VCU ...... W, 4-0 Duke ...... L 1-4 2018 NCAA Doubles Championships (Winston-Salem, N.C.) Georgia State ...... W, 4-0 2005 Richmond ...... W 4-0 First Round Texas A&M ...... W, 4-0 Duke ...... W 4-0 Contreras/Sharma, Vanderbilt d. [2] Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham, UNC ...... 6-2, 6-4 Alabama ...... W, 4-2 Vanderbilt ...... W 4-0 Daavettila/Sanford, UNC d. Dvorak/Federici, Texas Tech ...... 6-1, 4-6, 10-5 Stanford ...... W, 4-3 Clemson ...... L 4-1 UCLA ...... L, 3-4 2004 Winthrop ...... W 4-0 Round of 16 2013 South Carolina St...... W 4-0 Tennessee ...... L 4-3 Daavettila/Sanford, UNC d. Gould/Jokic, Georgia ...... 6-2, 6-2 Tennessee ...... W 4-1 2003 C. of Charleston ...... W 4-0 Nebraska ...... W 4-1 Clemson ...... W 4-1 Quarterfinals UCLA ...... L, 1-4 California ...... L 4-1 Daavettila/Sanford, UNC d. [1] Hourigan/Jones, Georgia Tech ...... 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 2012 Richmond ...... W 4-0 2002 Loyola (Md.) ...... W 5-0 Semifinals Arizona ...... W 4-2 Furman ...... W 4-0 Golovin/Richardson, LSU d. Daavettila/Sanford, UNC ...... 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 Miami ...... L 2-4 Arizona State ...... W 4-1 2011 ETSU ...... W 4-0 Stanford ...... L 4-1 Washington ...... W 4-1 2001 Iowa ...... W 4-1 Vanderbilt ...... W 4-0 California ...... L 4-1 Baylor ...... L 3-4 2000 Arkansas ...... L 5-2 1999 Washington ...... W 5-4 Mississippi ...... L 5-1
Carolina celebrates its win over Duke in the 2010 national quarterfinals in Athens, Ga. As the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Singles Championship, Hayley Carter reached the finals in 2016, as well as the semifinals in doubles with Whitney Kay.
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 43 NCAA Championship History 2018 NCAA Singles Sara Daavettila 1st round to Astra Sharma (Vanderbilt) 6-1, 6-0 Makenna Jones 1st round def. Gabby Smith (USC) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) 2nd round lost to Kelly Chen (Duke) 6-3, 6-4 Alle Sanford 1st round lost to Jada Hart (UCLA) 6-4, 7-5
2018 NCAA Doubles Jessie Aney/Alexa Graham 1st round lost to Contreras/Sharma (Vanderbilt) 6-2, 6-4 Sara Daavettila/Alle Sanford 1st round def. Dvorak/Federici (Texas Tech) 6-1, 4-6, 10-5 Round of 16 def. Gould/Jokic (Georgia) 6-2, 6-2 Jamie Loeb with the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship trophy. Quarters def. Hourigan/Jones (Georgia Tech) 6-4, 1-6, 10-7 Semifinals lost to Golovin/Richardson (LSU) 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 2016 NCAA Doubles Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay 2017 NCAA Singles 1st round def. Abbes/Kobayashi (Wash) 6-3, 6-2 Jessie Aney Round of 16 def. Dubavets/Stojic (UCSB) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7) 1st round lost to Kate Fahey (Michigan) 6-1, 6-2 Quarters def. Berg/Cline (SCAR) 6-1, 6-2 Hayley Carter (National Champion runner-up) Semifinals lost to Manasse/Starr (CAL) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7) 1st round lost to Anna Danilina (Florida) 6-2, 6-3 Sara Daavettila 2015 NCAA Singles 1st round def. Kennedy Shaffer (Georgia) 7-5, 6-3 Hayley Carter 2nd round def. Jessica Failla (Southern Cal) 6-3, 6-2 1st round lost to Ema Burgic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-4 Round of 16 def. Karla Popovic (Cal) 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Jamie Loeb (National Champion) Quarterfinals lost to Brienne Minor (Michigan) 6-2, 6-4 1st round def. Zoe Scandalis (USC), 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 2nd round def. Simona Parajova (TCU), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 2017 NCAA Doubles Round of 16 def. Joana Eidukonyte (Clemson) 6-3, 6-1 Jessie Aney/Hayley Carter Quarters def. Danielle Collins (Virginia), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 1st round lost to Christofi/Shaffer (Georgia) 6-3, 6-4 Semifinals def. Stephanie Wagner (Miami), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Finals def. Carlo Zhao (Stanford), 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 2016 NCAA Singles Jessie Aney Caroline Price 1st round def. Astra Sharma (Vandy) 6-3, 6-1 1st round def. Kourtney Keegan (Florida) 6-1, 6-3 2nd round lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-2, 6-2 2nd round lost to Sinead Lohan (Miami), 7-6 (3), 7-5 Hayley Carter (National Champion runner-up) 1st round def. Lauren Chypyha (WISC) 6-2, 7-5 2015 NCAA Doubles 2nd round def. Catherine Harrison (UCLA), 6-1, 7-5 Jamie Loeb/Caroline Price Round of 16 def. Julia Elbaba (Virginia) 6-2, 6-2 1st round def. Katz/Santamaria (USC), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 Quarters def. Katarina Adamovic (OKST) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 Round of 16 lost to Davidson/Zhao (Stanford) 6-2, 6-3 Semifinals def. Sinead Lohan (Miami) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Final lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-3, 6-2 2014 NCAA Singles Whitney Kay Hayley Carter 1st round lost to Kennedy Shaffer (UGA) 6-2, 6-4 1st round def. Maho Kowase (Georgia), 6-4, 6-3 2nd round def. Desirae Krawczyk (Arizona State), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Jenny Julien (St. Mary’s) 7-5, 6-2 Quarterfinals lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
Jamie Loeb 1st round def. Alexandra Cercone (Florida), 6-2, 7-5 2nd round def. Zoe Scandalis (Southern Cal), 6-3, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Breaunna Addison (Texas) 7-5, 6-4 Quarters lost to Lynn Chi (California) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Caroline Price 1st round lost to Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) 7-6, 4-6, 7-5
2014 NCAA Doubles Whitney Kay/Caroline Price 1st round def. to Janowicz/Keegan (Florida) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Gumulya/Rompies (Clemson) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 Whitney Kay and Hayley Carter reached the semifinals (5) in doubles at the 2016 NCAA Championships. Quarters lost to Capra/Mar (Duke) 7-5, 6-2
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 44 NCAA Championship History 2009 NCAA Singles Sanaz Marand 1st round def. Georgia Rose (Northwestern), 6-4, 6-2 2nd round def. Natasha Marks (Arizona), 6-3, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Laura Gioia (Furman), 6-1, 6-1 Quarters lost to Julia Cohen (Miami), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 Katrina Tsang 1st round lost to Jana Juricova (California), 6-4, 6-3
2009 NCAA Doubles Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand 1st round lost to Marrit Boonstra/Jo Mather (Florida), 6-2, 6-2 Austin Smith/Katrina Tsang 1st round lost to Hilary Barte/Lindsay Burdette (Stanford), 6-2, Gina Suarez-Malaguti reached the quarters of the 2013 NCAA Singles Championship. 6-1
Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb 2008 NCAA Singles 1st round def. Jiang/Leung (Columbia) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Sanaz Marand Round of 16 def. Gleason/Sanders (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-3 1st round def. Caitlin Whoriskey (Tenn), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Quarters lost to Burgmans/Flickinger (Aub) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 2nd round lost to Katrina Zheltova (Sac. State), 7-6 (4), 1-6, 4-6 2013 NCAA Singles Katrina Tsang Zoe De Bruycker 1st round def. Cristina Visico (California), 7-5, 6-3 1st round def. Abigail Tere-Apisah (Georgia St), 6-4, 7-5 2nd round lost to Tracy Lin (UCLA), 6-2, 6-3 2nd round lost to Yana Koroleva (Clem), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Whitney Kay 2008 NCAA Doubles 1st round lost to Klara Fabikova (California), 7-5, 6-2 Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand Caroline Price 1st round lost to Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe (Fresno State), 1st round def. Lacey Smyth (Arizona), 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 2nd round def. Julie Elbaba (Virginia), 6-2, 6-1 Round of 16 lost to Natalie Beazant (Rice), 6-1, 6-2 2007 NCAA Singles Gina Suarez-Malaguti Jenna Long 1st round def. Mary Anne Macfarlane (UCLA), 6-2, 6-4 1st round lost to Megan Alexander (UF), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) 2nd round def. Beatrice Gumulya (Clemson), 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 Sanaz Marand Round of 16 def. Petra Niedermayerova (Kansas St), 6-1, 6-1 1st round lost to Diana Srebrovic (UF), 6-1, 6-0 Quarters lost to Breaunna Addison (Texas), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 Katrina Tsang 1st round def. Sylvia Kosakowski (Pepp), 6-4, 6-1 2012 NCAA Singles 2nd round lost to Melanie Glorida (Fresno St), 6-2, 6-3 Zoe De Bruycker 1st round lost to Sona Novakova (Baylor), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 2007 NCAA Doubles Lauren McHale Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen (National Champions) 1st round lost to Nina Secerbegovic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-2 1st round def. Alex Haney/Melissa Koning (Aub), 6-4, 6-3 Round of 16 def. Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 2012 NCAA Doubles 7-6 (5), 7-5 Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale Quarters def. Catrina Thompson/Christian Thompson (Notre 1st round lost to Natalie Pluskota/Kata Szekely (Tennessee), Dame), 6-2, 6-0 7-6 (2), 6-3 Semifinals def. Ana Cetnik/Anna Sydorska (TCU), 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 Finals def. Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (W&M), 2011 NCAA Singles 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 Zoe De Bruycker 1st round def. Mallory Burdette (Stan), 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 2nd round def. Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Maryland), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
2010 NCAA Singles Sanaz Marand 1st round def. Jennifer Widjaja (Pacific), 6-1, 6-4 2nd round lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 7-6 (4), 6-4 Katrina Tsang 1st round def. Denise Muresan (Michigan), 6-0, 7-6 (1) 2nd round lost to Maria Mosolova (NW), 6-0, 7-6 (4)
2010 NCAA Doubles Katrina Tsang competed in the NCAA Singles Championship Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand four times between 2007-10. 1st round lost to Kali Krisik/Kristi Frilling (Notre Dame), 6-3, 6-2 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 45 NCAA Championship History
Jenna Long (left) and Sara Anundsen accept their 2017 NCAA Doubles Chanpionship trophies while head coach Brian Kalbas looks on.
Caitlin Collins/Sanaz Marand Marlene Mejia 1st round def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 1st round def. Saras Arasu (Duke), 6-1, 7-6 (6) 6-2, 6-2 2nd round lost to Jewel Peterson (USC) Round of 16 lost to Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic Aniela Mojzis (W&M), 6-1, 6-2 1st round def. Nathalie Roels (Kentucky), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5) 2nd round lost to Mira Radu (Mississippi), 6-0, 6-2 2006 NCAA Singles Jenna Long 2003 NCAA Doubles 1st round lost to Nicole Leimbach (TCU), 6-2, 6-3 Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline 1st round lost to Courtney Nagle/Daria Panova (Oregon), 7-5, 6-2 2006 NCAA Doubles Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen 2002 NCAA Singles 1st round def. Hannah Grady/Jessica Weeks (Long Beach), Kate Pinchbeck 6-4, 6-4 1st round def. Katja Kovac (Baylor), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Round of 16 def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 2nd round def. Maja Mlakar (Arizona), 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 6-2, 7-6 (3) Round of 16 def. Lauren Kalvaria (Stanford), 7-5, 6-3 Quarters def. Gabriela Duch/Neyessa Etienne (USF), 6-2, 6-4 Quarters lost to Bea Bielik (Wake Forest), 6-2, 6-4 Semifinals lost to Lucia Sainz/Katharina Winterhalter (Fresno Julie Rotondi St.), 7-5, 6-3 1st round def. Darija Klaic (Washington), 6-3, 7-5 2nd round lost to Erin Burdette (Stanford), 7-5, 6-2 2005 NCAA Singles Marlene Mejia Aniela Mojzis 1st round lost to Alice Pirsu (Penn), 6-3, 6-2 1st round def. Amber Liu (Stanford), 6-7 (6), 6-0, ret. 2nd round lost to Zuzana Zemenova (Baylor), 6-1, 7-6 (0) 1993 NCAA Singles Kendall Cline Cinda Gurney (National Champion runner-up) 1st round def. Bianca Dulgheru (Pepperdine), 6-2, 7-5 1st round def. Jody Yin (Indiana), 6-4, 6-1 2nd round lost to Riza Zalameda (UCLA), 7-6 (7), 6-0 2nd round def. Beth Berris (Stanford), 6-3, 6-1 Round of 16 def. Laxmi Poruri (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3 2005 NCAA Doubles Quarters def. Christine Neuman (Duke), 7-5, 6-2 Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline Semifinals def. Andrea Farley (Florida), 7-6 (12), 6-2 1st round def. Chloe Carlotti/Virginia Tomatis (Miss.), 7-6 (7), 7-5 Finals lost to Lisa Raymond (Florida), 6-3, 6-1 Rd of 16 lost to Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 6-2, 6-4 1993 NCAA Doubles 2004 NCAA Singles Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy Aniela Mojzis 1st round def. Domanico/Saret (BYU), 6-3, 6-0 1st round def. Lyndsay Shosho (Georgia Tech), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 2nd round lost to Jensen/Koves (Kansas), 6-1, 6-3 2nd round lost to Cristelle Grier (Northwestern), 6-0, 6-4 1992 NCAA Singles 2004 NCAA Doubles Cinda Gurney Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline 1st round def. Kylie Johnson (Stanford), 6-3, 6-3 1st round def. Luana Magnani/Carina Vermeulen (USC), 6-3, 6-4 2nd round lost to Shawn McCarthy (Georgia), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 Round of 16 lost to Daniela Bercek/Lauren Fisher (UCLA), 6-1, 7-5 1992 NCAA Doubles Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 2003 NCAA Singles 1st round def. Downs/Viollet (Miami), 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 Kate Pinchbeck 2nd round lost to Ceniza/McCalla (UCLA), 6-3, 7-6 (1) 1st round def. Julia Scaringe (Florida), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 2nd round lost to Agata Cioroch (Georgia), 6-3, 6-4
2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 46 Award Winners
Carolina advanced to the finals of the 2014 NCAA Team Championship after defeating Stan- Sara Anundsen (left), with Hayley Carter, was named the 2011 ITA National ford in the semifinals, 4-3. Assistant Coach of the Year. NCAA Team Championship ITA National Player to Watch Most Career Wins (thru fall 2018) 2014...... Finalist 2014...... Hayley Carter 1. Hayley Carter [ACC record] ...... 168 2. Sanaz Marand ...... 133 ITA Indoor National Team Championships ITA Player to Watch (Carolinas Region) 3. Caroline Price ...... 127 2010...... Finalist 2006...... Jenna Long 4. Jenna Long ...... 119 2013...... Champions 2007...... Katrina Tsang 5. Cinda Gurney ...... 115 2015...... Champions 2014...... Hayley Carter Zoe De Bruycker ...... 115 2016...... Finalist 2017...... Jessie Aney 7. Gina Suarez-Malagu ...... 106 2017...... Finalist 2018...... Makenna Jones 8. Spencer Barnes ...... 105 2018...... Champions 9. Jessie Aney ...... 102 ITA National Senior Player of the Year 10. Sara Anundsen ...... 101 NCAA Singles Championship 2007...... Jenna Long Austin Smith...... 101 2015...... Jamie Loeb (champion) 2017...... Hayley Carter Shinann Featherston ...... 101 2016...... Hayley Carter (runner-up) Tessa Lyons ...... 101 ITA Senior Player of the Year (Carolinas Region) 14. Valerie Farmer ...... 100 NCAA Doubles Championship 2007...... Jenna Long 15. Kathy Barton ...... 99 2007...... S. Anundsen/J. Long (champion) 2010...... Sanaz Marand 16. Ann Stephenson ...... 98 2016...... H. Carter/W. Kay (semifinalist) 2012...... Shinann Featherson Aniela Mojzis ...... 98 2013...... Gina Suarez-Malaguti Katrina Tsang ...... 98 Honda Sports Award 2017...... Hayley Carter 2014...... Jamie Loeb (finalist) Career winning percentage (min. 80 victories) 2015...... Jamie Loeb (finalist) ITA Most Improved Senior Player Jamie Loeb ...... 90.3 (84-9) 2016...... Hayley Carter (finalist) (Carolinas Region) Hayley Carter ...... 87.0 (168-25) 2018...... Makenna Jones (finalist) 2016...... Whitney Kay Betsy Heidenberger ...... 81.2 (82-19) Alexa Graham ...... 81.6 (80-18) ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Champions ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award Cinda Gurney ...... 78.8 (115-31) 2013...... Jamie Loeb (S) 2005...... Kendall Cline Margie Brown ...... 78.6 (81-22) 2016...... Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay (D) ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award Wins by a freshman ITA National Player of the Year (Carolinas Region) Jamie Loeb ...... 53 2014...... Jamie Loeb 2005...... Kendall Cline Hayley Carter ...... 50 2012...... Shinann Featherston Sara Daavettila ...... 43 ITA National Rookie of the Year Sanaz Marand ...... 39 2014...... Jamie Loeb ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership Award Kathy Barton ...... 36 2005...... Aniela Mojzis Alexa Graham ...... 36 ITA National Doubles Team of the Year Jessie Aney ...... 35 2007...... Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership Award (Carolinas Region) Wins by a sophomore ITA Rookie of the Year (Carolina Region) 2003...... Kate Pinchbeck Jessie Aney ...... 37 2013...... Whitney Kay 2005...... Aniela Mojzis Sanaz Marand ...... 37 2014...... Jamie Loeb 2011 ...... Haley Hemm Jenna Long ...... 36 2017...... Sara Daavettila Makenna Jones ...... 35 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team Zoe De Bruycker ...... 34 ITA National Coach of the Year 2016...... Hayley Carter Caroline Price ...... 34 2010...... Brian Kalbas 2016...... Whitney Kay Marlene Meijia ...... 33 Alexa Graham ...... 33 ITA Coach of the Year (Carolinas Region) ITA Indoor National Team Championships 2006...... Brian Kalbas Most Outstanding Player Wins by a junior 2010...... Brian Kalbas 2013...... Whitney Kay Hayley Carter ...... 49 2012...... Brian Kalbas 2015...... Caroline Price Margie Brown ...... 38 2018...... Sara Daavettila Betsy Heidenberger ...... 38 ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year Jennier Balent ...... 35 2011 ...... Sara Anundsen UNC Patterson Medal Katharine Hogan ...... 33 2017...... Courtney Nagle 2015...... Caroline Price 2017...... Hayley Carter Wins by a senior ITA Assistant Coach of the Year Betsy Heidenberger ...... 44 (Carolinas Region) Lloyd Hatcher ...... 41 2006...... Tari Ann Toro Caroline Price ...... 39 2010...... Sara Anundsen Hayley Carter ...... 38 2011 ...... Sara Anundsen Jenna Long ...... 35 2013...... Sara Anundsen Kendall Cline ...... 35 2017...... Courtney Nagle 2018-19 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 47
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