2017 Quick Facts

The University of North Carolina Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 Undergraduate Enrollment: 18,415 Chancellor: Carol Folt Director of Athletics: Bubba Cunningham Senior Women’s Administrator: Nicki Moore Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Atlantic Coast Nickname: Tar Heels Mascot: Rameses the ram School colors: Carolina Blue and white Athletic department Web site: GoHeels.com

Carolina Women’s Head Coach: Brian Kalbas (Notre Dame, ‘89) Record at Carolina: 327-88, 13 seasons Overall Record: 541-173, 24 seasons Kalbas’ Phone/Email: (919) 962-6262, [email protected] Assistant Coach: Courtney Nagle, Third season (Oregon, ‘05) Introduction Meet The Tar Heels Nagle’s Phone: (919) 962-6161 Quick Facts ...... 1 Head Coach Brian Kalbas ...... 4 Nagle’s Email: [email protected] 2017 Roster ...... 2 Assistant Coaches ...... 5 Tennis Office Fax: (919) 962-2604 Player Profiles ...... 6-20 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Parker’s Phone: (919) 962-6363 Team Physician: Kelly Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Chad Workman Head Athletic Trainer: Carrie Shearer Academic Advisor: Mike Greene 2016 Record: 31-3 2016 ACC Record: 14-0 2016 ACC Finish: 1st (regular season), Won ACC Championship Final 2016 ITA Ranking: 4th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/3 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/3 ACC Titles: 7 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002, 2011, 2016) NCAA Appearances: 18 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 39-18 UNC Athletic Communications 2015-16 In Review This Is Carolina Office Phone: (919) 962-2123 2015-16 Results ...... 22-23 Academics/CLA ...... 26-27 Assistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact: Mark Kimmel 2015-16 Review ...... 24 E-mail: [email protected] Chapel Hill/UNC ...... 28-31 Kimmel’s Office Phone: (919) 962-0084 Tennis Facility ...... 32-33 Kimmel’s Cell Phone: (919) 619-3344 Administration ...... 34 Assistant Athletic Director for Communications: Kevin Best Mailing Address: PO Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515

Supporting UNC Women’s Tennis The University of North Carolina is proud of its long-standing relation- ship with Nike, Inc. The two parties signed a 10-year contract in May 2009 for Nike to continue as the exclusive supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and accessory products. Nike will provide the athletic depart- ment with shoes, uniforms, coaching gear, balls and other equipment. Nike also gave the University $2 million for the Chancellor’s Academic Enhancement Fund to support faculty. This partnership has benefitted all 28 varsity sports and provided millions of dollars for academics and student scholarships at the University.

History and Records UNC History/All-America ...... 36-37 ACC History ...... 38-39 NCAA History/Awards ...... 40-43

2017 UNC Women’s Tennis Yearbook Credits: Photos by Jeffrey Camarati, Bill Kallenberg and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Media and fans can follow the Carolina women’s tennis team and the rest of the UNC athletic program from anywhere in the world on the of- Content & Design: The 2017 UNC Women’s Tennis year- ficial site of North Carolina athletics. book was written, edited and designed by Mark Kimmel GoHeels.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all 28 of with assistance from the UNC Athletic Communications Carolina’s varsity sports. staff. Covers designed by Associate Athletic Communica- tions Director Dana Gelin.

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 1 2017 Roster

Left to right: Sara Daavettila, Marika Akkerman, Rachael James-Baker, Cassandra Vazquez, Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, Hayley Carter, Alexa Graham, Maggie Kane, Jessie Aney, Makenna Jones.

2017 North Carolina Tar Heels To Reach Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center ... From RDU and points east: Take I-40 West Name Yr. Ht. Hometown High School/Academy to Chapel Hill. Exit at NC-54 West (exit 273A) Marika Akkerman Jr. 5-7 Boca Raton, Florida Laurel Springs and follow for approximately 1 mile. Turn left Jessie Aney So. 5-8 Rochester, Minnesota Century at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs Hayley Carter Sr. 5-11 Hilton Head, South Carolina Smith Stearns Academy to Tennis Center.

Sara Daavettila Fr. 5-6 Williamston, Michigan Williamston From points north of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Alexa Graham Fr. 5-9 Garden City, New York Garden City South toward Durham. Exit left at US-15/501 Rachael James-Baker RSr. 5-6 Plantation, Florida American Heritage Academy in Durham and follow 15/501 for approxi- Makenna Jones Fr. 5-7 Greenville, South Carolina Travelers Rest mately 6.5 miles. At the I-40 junction, turn left at light onto I-40 East. Take I-40 East until exit Maggie Kane Jr. 5-8 Raleigh, North Carolina Broughton for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer So. 5-9 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Laurel Springs West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stop- Cassandra Vazquez Jr. 5-9 Houston, Texas light into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

Coaching Staff/Support Staff From points west of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Head Coach: Brian Kalbas North toward Durham. When I-85 and I-40 split, take I-40 East. Continue on I-40 East until Assistant Coach: Courtney Nagle exit for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on Volunteer Assistant Coach: Shinann Featherston NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs Head Athletic Trainer: Carrie Shearer to Tennis Center. Team Physician: Dr. Kelly Waicus From Points South: Take US-15/501 North Strength and Conditioning: Chad Workman to Chapel Hill. Exit right onto 15/501 Bypass in Chapel Hill. Continue on 15/501 Bypass through two stoplights. After second light, take next exit, which will be NC-54 East. Continue on NC-54 East approximately 1.5 miles. Turn right at stoplight into Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

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Brian Kalbas, a two-time ITA National Coach of the Year is in his 14th season at the University of North Car- olina, and the 2016-17 campaign marks his 25th year BRIAN KALBAS as a collegiate head women’s tennis coach. Highlighted HEAD COACH • 14TH SEASON • NOTRE DAME (‘89) by a pair of ITA National Team Indoor Championships rendered only two points in running through the field with wins over Oklahoma State, in 2013 and 2015, an appearance in the NCAA Team Miami, Florida and Georgia in consecutive days to cement the programs footing as a na- Championship national final in 2014, an NCAA doubles tional-title contender. title in 2007 and most recently ’s NCAA North Carolina had a stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking for eight weeks in the spring singles crown in 2015, UNC has advanced to the NCAA of 2015. The team won its first 27 dual matches to start the season, and would earn the No. Tournament all 13 years under Kalbas’ tutelage. Along 2 seed in the NCAA Team Championship after finally losing in the quarterfinals of the ACC the way he was named ACC Coach of the Year five times, Championship. The Tar Heels reached the quarterfinals but lost to UCLA in the NCAAs for most recently in 2015. the third time in the last four years. He begins his 25th year as a head coach with a 541- That early exit in the tournament gave Loeb a few extra days of rest for the NCAA 173 (.758) career mark, and a scintilating 327-88 (.788) Singles Championship and the two-time ACC Player of the Year took full advantage by record with the Tar Heels. winning six matches in the span of six days. Loeb outlasted second-seeded Carol Zhao of Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the colle- Stanford in three sets, giate tennis world in 2007 when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long defeated Megan 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, to garner Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary to claim the NCAA Doubles Champi- the first singles na- onship. The title capped an incredible season for the duo that saw them reach No. 1 in the tional title in program nation and earn National Doubles Team of the Year honors from the ITA, as they became history in Waco, Texas. the first Tar Heels to win an NCAA tennis title. The 2016 sea- The Tar Heels made a team run in 2010 that would rival the accomplishments of son saw the program Anundsen and Long. After rising to the No. 1 ranking in the ITA national poll for the first forced to fill the shoes time in UNC history, Carolina was awarded a program-best No. 2 overall seed to the NCAA of departed All-Amer- Team Championships and advanced to the national semifinals for the first time in school ica’s Caroline Price to history. Wins over Richmond and UNLV in the Chapel Hill Regional led to a trip to the graduation and Loeb Sweet 16 in Athens, Ga., where the Tar Heels defeated ACC rivals Florida State and Duke to professional ten- for a spot in the Final Four. In addition to the memorable NCAA run, the Tar Heels ran nis, however, Hayley through the ACC with a perfect 11-0 record and finished the dual season with a school Carter turned in an- record 30 wins. For Kalbas, the season culminated in his second ITA National Coach of the other in a long line of Year award. miraculous seasons by Despite the loss of four seniors from the 2010 team, Kalbas and the Tar Heels did not recent Tar Heel stand- miss a beat in 2011. Led by the All-America trio of Zoe De Bruycker, Shinann Featherston outs. She became the and Lauren McHale, UNC finished 26-6, advanced to the national quarterfinals and won first UNC player ranked No. 1 nationally in both singles and doubles at the same time, was the program’s first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title since 2002. named ACC Player of the Year and earned All-America status in both singles and doubles The aforementioned success was good, but Kalbas continued to push the program with playing partner Whitney Kay. Additionally, the Tar Heels set a program record for forward. In 2013, Carolina produced its first national indoor title with an incredible four- victories with a 31-3 mark and won the ACC Championship for the seventh time. That day run that culminated with a thrilling 4-3 victory over top-seeded UCLA. Freshman came after Carolina recorded a second-straight 14-0 record against the ACC in the regular Whitney Kay won a three-setter to clinch the final point in a tiebreaker, her second such season. clinching victory in a span of three days. All-America’s Caroline Price and Gina Suarez- Kalbas served as head coach of William & Mary’s women’s tennis team for 11 years Malaguti, who was also named ACC Player of the Year, led the Tar Heels to another No. 2 before accepting the head coaching position at Carolina in the summer of 2003. At William national seed in the NCAA Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals before bow- & Mary, Kalbas posted a 214-85 overall record and was named the 1998 ITA National ing out to the UCLA Bruins. Coach of the Year. Expectations were sky-high leading into the 2013-14 season with the additions of Blue Kalbas’ teams have seen great success against ranked opponents. Since 1995 his Chip prospects Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter to an already seasoned roster. The new- teams have defeated 42 teams ranked in the Top 10 of the ITA poll, highlighted by a win comers did not disappoint as Loeb was named ITA National Player and Rookie of the over No. 1 Duke in 2010, a win over No. 2 and eventual NCAA champion UCLA in 2008, Year, while Carter was the ITA National Player to Watch and the ACC Rookie of the Year. No. 2 Alabama in the 2014 NCAA quarterfinals and second-ranked Florida in the 2015 Both players won at least 50 singles ITA National Team Indoor semifinals. Under Kalbas’ direction, 20 of his teams have been matches and were No. 1 and 3, re- ranked in the Top 15 in the country. Kalbas’ Year-by-year Results spectively, in the final ITA rankings. Kalbas was a four-time Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Coach of the YEAR RECORD PCT. Kalbas had a quartet of All-America Year, winning the honor in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2002. He was recognized as the ITA 1992-93 13-6 .684 players at his disposal that year with Regional Coach of the Year four times during his tenure at W&M. 1993-94 17-7 .708 Loeb and Carter earning that status in He piloted his William & Mary teams to nine CAA Championships, the most recent 1994-95 23-6 .793 both singles and doubles, while Kay being in 2002. Kalbas also coached William & Mary to two NCAA quarterfinals appear- 1995-96 20-8 .714 and Price received the nod in doubles. ances. Under Kalbas’ direction at William & Mary and Carolina, he has coached a total of 1996-97 23-7 .767 Carolina rolled to the top-spot in 19 All-Americas, the most recent being Carter and Loeb in 2015. 1997-98 23-9 .719 the ACC standings with a 12-2 mark Carolina continued its impressive run of NCAA success under Kalbas in 2009, with and reached the semifinals of the 1998-99 21-7 .750 the team earning a bid as well as several individuals making the field. As a team, the Tar ACC Tournament. Wins over VCU 1999-00 20-9 .690 Heels defeated Georgia State before falling to ACC-rival Clemson in the second round. and Georgia State in the Chapel Hill 2000-01 10-12 .455 Individually, Marand and Tsang both earned singles bids, while Marand and Grabinski Regional placed the seventh-seeded 2001-02 19-8 .704 were joined in the doubles field by Tsang and senior Austin Smith. Marand advanced to the Tar Heels back in Athens, Ga., for the 2002-03 25-6 .806 national quarterfinals, becoming just the third Tar Heel to reach the final eight in program NCAA Sweet 16. The Tar Heels topped At W&M: 214-85 (11 seasons) .716 history. Texas A&M and No. 2 seeded Alabama 2003-04 20-9 .690 Both Tsang and Marand qualified for the NCAA Singles tournament in 2008 and to reach the Final Four for the second 2004-05 23-10 .690 Marand partnered with Grabinski to earn a doubles bid. Kalbas helped guide three singles time in program history. This time 2005-06 26-7 .788 players (Long, Tsang and Marand) and two doubles pairs (Anundsen/Long, Marand/Cait- UNC came out on top in the semifinals lin Collins) to NCAA play in 2007, marking the most Tar Heels ever to earn invites to the 2006-07 23-9 .719 as Loeb outlasted Stanford’s Kristie NCAA individual tournaments. Carolina also had more NCAA participants than any school 2007-08 18-9 .667 Ahn in a three-setter for a place in the in the nation in 2007. Long was also named the ITA Senior Player of the Year for her ac- 2008-09 19-11 .633 national championship against who complishments in 2007. 2009-10 30-5 .857 else, but UCLA. An epic match that UNC had yet another highly successful season in dual match play in 2007. Carolina 2010-11 26-6 .813 will be remembered for years to come finished third in the highly-competitive ACC, a league which produced all three NCAA 2011-12 24-7 .774 went to the Bruins by a 4-3 margin. women’s titles during the year (singles, doubles, team). The Tar Heels were also named a The Tar Heels were selected 2012-13 28-4 .875 host site for NCAA first and second round action, and they defeated Marist and rival Duke No. 2 in the preseason ITA rankings 2013-14 29-6 .829 to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in Athens, Ga., where they fell in a heartbreaking 4-3 deci- to begin 2014-15 and those early ac- 2014-15 30-2 .938 sion to Notre Dame. colades proved correct when Kalbas’ 2015-16 31-3 .912 Carolina reached a new team pinnacle in 2006, earning a national ranking of No. 3 club won the 2015 ITA National Team At UNC: 327-88 (13 seasons) .788 and advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the second straight season, falling to Duke Indoor Championship, the second Career 541-173 (24 seasons) .758 in the Round of 16. With a final record of 26-7, UNC posted its highest win total since the such title in three years. Carolina sur-

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 4 1981-82 squad finished 26-14. Kalbas was named the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for his efforts. Brian Kalbas’ Career Highlights The 2004-05 season was capped by a dramatic run to the NCAA Quarterfinals. After finishing 7-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, the Tar Heels earned the right to • Seven-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year (most recently in 2015) host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Team Championships. Carolina opened • Five-time1998 and 2010ACC Coach ITA National of the Year; Coach four-time of the Year CAA Coach of the Year the tournament with a 4-0 victory over Richmond. UNC then defeated rival Duke 4-0 for • Coached Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long to the 2007 NCAA Doubles title, the a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. Playing in just its third Sweet Sixteen, Carolina opened with first NCAA title in the history of Carolina tennis a 4-0 upset of fourth-ranked Vanderbilt. The Tar Heels finished one win away from the • Coached Jamie Loeb to the 2015 NCAA Singles title Final Four, falling to Clemson 4-1 in the quarterfinals. • Led Carolina to the 2013 & 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championships In 2005, Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis both received national awards from the • Has coached 19 All-America players to 39 total All-America honors ITA. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Mojzis received • Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, marking the first time • Coached Jamie Loeb to ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year honors in ITA history that one school won both awards. Mojzis is the third player to win the • Won nine CAA titles in 11 seasons at W&M national Arthur Ashe Award under Kalbas’ leadership. Carolijn van Rossum and Jessyca • His teams have defeated 52 top-10 opponents in 24 seasons Arthur both won the award while Kalbas was coaching at William & Mary. In 2007, Kalbas was tabbed to lead the United States team at the 2007 Pan Ameri- • Coached teams to the NCAA quarterfinals eight times, made two appearances can Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-29. Kalbas fronted a team of three of the in the Final Four in 2010 and 2014 and the national title match in 2014. nation’s best collegiate players, including Atlantic Coast Conference standout and NCAA • Coached Team USA at the 2007 in Brazil. champion of Miami. Kalbas is a 1989 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he was a four- year varsity player, playing at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in singles. He was captain of the Fighting Irish men’s tennis team his senior year and received the most valuable player and sportsmanship awards from Notre Dame. After graduation, Kalbas served as an assistant coach for the Notre Dame men’s tennis team from 1989-92. During his tenure, the Fighting Irish made their way to the Top 20 for the first time in school history, and, in 1992, the Irish reached the NCAA Championship match. Kalbas and his wife, Suzanne, have two children, Sarah and Joseph. COURTNEY NAGLE ASSISTANT COACH • THIRD SEASON • OREGON (‘05) Courtney Nagle begins her third season in 2016-17 as the top assistant coach for the highly-succesful North Carolina women’s tennis program. Hired in August 2014 by head coach Brian Kalbas, Nagle spent the previous two seasons as the assistant women’s tennis coach at the University of Iowa. Her first season was another good one in a long line of success for this Tar Heel program. Carolina won the 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championship in February and hold on to the No. 1 ranking by the ITA for eight weeks. The Tar Heels tied a school record with a 30-2 dual match record, and won their first 27 contests of the season before finally falling in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship. North Carolina received the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Team Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to UCLA for the third time in the last four years. Nagle also helped guide Jamie Loeb to the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship, the first in program history. The following season, Carolina set a program record with a 31-3 dual match record, won the 2016 ACC Championship and earned the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Team Championship. The Hawkeyes reached as high as No. 57 in the ITA National Team Rankings and finished the 2013 season rated 8th in the Division I Midwest Regional Rankings. In her second season in 2014, Nagle helped guide Ruth Seaborne to first-team All-Big Ten honors for the second consecutive season. Nagle spent the 2011-12 season as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado. Prior to joining the Colorado staff, Nagle competed across the globe as a world-ranked tennis professional on the World Tennis Association (WTA) Tour where she earned World Team Tennis (WTT) Rookie of the Year honors with the Philadelphia Freedoms. She won 15 career professional doubles titles and reached a doubles ranking of No. 97. Nagle is a 2005 graduate of the University of Oregon earning a bachelor of arts degree in human physiology with a minor in Spanish. While at Eugene and as a freshman walk-on, Nagle would later earn a full athletic scholarship where she became UO’s first women’s doubles All-America in school history. Nagle was also awarded the Oregon Athletics Pride recipient and was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsman- ship Award winner. She was a four-year letterwinner and member of two Oregon NCAA Tournament teams in 2002 and 2004. In 2003, Nagle earned a NCAA Tournament singles berth, in addition to advancing to the NCAA Tournament doubles quarterfinals, also in 2003. She was a two-time Oregon Most Improved Player Award winner and helped Oregon to their highest ITA national ranking (No. 22) in school history. After her collegiate career, Nagle remained in Eugene becoming the Assistant Director of the Nike Junior Tennis Camps in 2004, and later joined the Ducks coaching staff in 2005 as a volunteer assistant coach. She moved on to Princeton University from 2007-2009 in the same capacity, before returning to Eugene in 2010 to become part of the Ducks coaching staff in a volunteer role. Nagle is affiliated with United States Professional Tennis Association (USTA) Professional Level l Certification and the Professional Tennis Registry Coaching Certification. SHINANN FEATHERSTON VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH • FOURTH SEASON • UNC (‘12)

Shinann Featherston begins her fourth season as the volunteer assistant coach during the 2016-17 season for the North Carolina women’s tennis program. No stranger to Tar Heel tennis, Featherston competed for four seasons under head coach Brian Kalbas from 2009-12. Carolina appeared in the NCAA Tournament every year she was on the roster. A native of Rockaway Park, N.Y., Featherston was named All-ACC as a junior and senior. She also earned ACC Championship Most Valuable Player honors in 2011 after winning the deciding matches against Miami in the semifinals and Florida State in the final. She earned ITA All-America honors with doubles partner Lauren McHale in both the 2011 and 2012 seasons, including a final ranking of No. 7 in the nation in 2011. Featherson was named 2008 National High School Tennis Athlete of the Year at St. Francis Prep. She was undefeated at No. 1 singles for all four years of high school, leading St. Francis Prep to four consecutive state titles.

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 5 HAYLEY CARTER SENIOR • 5-11 • HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA

Carter’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2013-14 50-7 (.877) 34-8 (.810) 2014-15 31-10 (.756) 26-6 (.813) 2015-16 49-5 (.907) 39-7 (.848) Career 130-22 (.855) 99-21 (.825)

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 6 Hayley Carter JUNIOR SEASON (2015-16) Finished junior season ranked No. 2 nationally in singles and No. 3 in doubles with Whitney Kay • No. 1 seed in both singles and doubles at the NCAA Championships • Lost to #2 (UVa) in singles title match; Reached doubles

March 8-May 5 • Was ranked No. 1 in doubles from Feb. 10-April 12 semifinals with Whitney Kay • Was No. 1 ranked singles player from and doubles, simultaneously • 2016 ACC Player of the Year and ACC Women’s• Became Tennisfirst UNC Scholar-Athlete player to ever of hold the YearNo. 1• ranking49-5 overall in both singles singles re- cord, 13-1 in the ACC. 37-7 overall doubles record, 11-2 in ACC playing with Whitney Kay • 29 singles wins over ranked opponents, including top-5 wins over Danielle Collins (Virginia) & Maegan Manasse (Cal) • Carter and Kay won doubles title at 2015 ITA National Individual Indoor Championship at Billie Jean King Tennis Center • Won both the singles and doubles titles at the 2016 Freeman Memorial Cham- pionship in Las Vegas • Reached singles final of inaugural Oracle/ITA KayMasters; • Named could ITA not All-America compete in finalein both due singles to injury and • doublesReached & doubles to ITA Collegiatefinal at 2015 All-Star Riviera/ITA Team • All-AmericanSecond in program Championships history with with 130 Whitney singles victories (one win shy of tying record).

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15) Finished season ranked No. 14

America in singles for the second-consecutive year • Was ranked No. 43in the in doublesfinal Oracle/ITA alongside national partner singles Whitney rankings Kay • •First Named Team an ITAAll-ACC All- selection for the second time • Earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Singles Championship • Earned Academic All-District honors, was FRESHMAN SEASON (2013-14): - an ITA Scholar Athlete and was named to both the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Honor Roll • Played a key role in leading Carolina season at North Carolina • NamedRanked ITA All-America No. 3 in the in final both ITA singles Ten to a school-record tying 30 dual match wins in 2015 • Tar Heels were andnis rankings doubles in• Selectedboth singles ITA andNational doubles Player alongside to Watch Jamie • LoebBecame in first the

Year • First Team All-ACC • Was the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Singles ranked No. 1 by the ITA eight times during the season, and finished- first player in program history to be named ACC Freshman of the ship,fourth and after was reaching named tothe the NCAA all-tournament Quarterfinals team as atthe No. No. 3 doubles2 seed in with the - field • Helped lead UNC to the 2015 ITA National Indoor Champion- nalsBracket • Recorded and reached a 50-7 the overall quarterfinals singles •record Carter • and That Loeb included were thea 26-2 No. ican Championship • Posted a 31-10 singles record • Also won her dual3 seed record in the and NCAA 12-1 Doubles mark in Bracket ACC play, and all advanced at #2 singles to the • Notchedquarterfi a Whitney Kay • Reached the semifinals of the Riviera/ITA All-Amer 24-5 tournament play record in the fall • Carter and Loeb were 34-6 • Teamed up with Whitney Kay for a 22-3 doubles record, including in doubles, including 18-2 in duals and a perfect 9-0 in ACC matches 20-2first 12in dualdual matches,matches 8-1of the against year andthe ACC.was 19-4 in duals during 2015 • Went 5-0 in singles during the NCAA Team Tournament, culmi- nating with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over then 8th-ranked in the championship match against UCLA • Won 16-straight singles matches, before falling to eventual national champion Danielle Collins

Riviera/ITAof Virginia in Women’s the quarterfinals All-American of the Championship NCAA Singles • Championship Advanced to the in MainAthens, Draw Ga. Singles• Reached bracket the quarterfinalsat the USTA/ITA of MainNational Draw Indoor Singles Intercol at the- legiate Championship • Won the black draw singles title at the season

ITA Carolinas Regional, before falling in three sets to Duke’s Beatrice Capraopening • Teamed Duke Fab with Four Loeb Invitational to win the • doubles Reached title the at singles the ITA final Carolinas of the Regional.

JUNIOR/PREP: No. 2 overall player in the class considered a Blue Chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net • Played at the Smith Stearns Tennis Academy • Won a record 14 South Carolina state champion- ships • Also a nine-time Southern region champion • Won the South Carolina IF event two years straight • Has won four USTA National Championship Gold Balls - three in singles and one doubles - as well as four bronze balls.

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 7 RACHAEL JAMES-BAKER REDSHIRT SENIOR • 5-6 • PLANTATION, FLORIDA

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 8 Rachael James-Baker JUNIOR SEASON (2014-15 at Baylor): Registered a 14-9 singles record in only season at Baylor • Record included a 9-8 mark in dual matches, 1-2 in the Big 12 • Posted a 14-10 doubles record with a variety of playing partners • Went 7-4 competing alongside Kiah Generette • Was ranked inside the top-100 by the ITA for most of the 2015 spring season • Held the No. 82 singles ranking for back-to- back ranking periods during the month of March • Racked up 5-1 record in singles action during two fall tournaments as country’s 117th-ranked player • Won all three matches at season-opening Under Armour Kick-Off, including straight-set upset of USC’s 15th-ranked Zoe Scandalis • Named to fall Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

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

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13 at NC State): Recorded the third-most singles wins on the team with 17 • Collected 13 dual singles wins during the spring sea- matches.son • Played in all but one singles match during the season • Picked up five wins at No. 3 singles, and went 8-4 at the No. 4 spot in the lineup • Won five ACC singles PERSONAL/PREP: Ranked No. 40 overall among newcomers in 2012 by tennisre- cruiting.net • Ranked No. 9 overall by the USTA Florida Section for 18-and-under in 2011-12 • Named all-country three times • Led American Heritage High School to three-straight state championships from 2009-11 • Won the No. 1 doubles championship as a senior in 2012 • Was the No. 1 singles cham- pion and No. 1 doubles runner-up as a junior in 2011 • Won the No. 2 doubles championship as a freshman and sophomore • Won the No. 4 singles championship as a freshman • Also played two years of volleyball in high school • Born Rachael Cecilia James-Baker on Dec. 30 to Kent Baker and Adrian James.

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 9 MARIKA AKKERMAN JUNIOR • 5-7 • BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

Akkerman’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2014-15 13-8 (.619) 9-7 (.563) 2015-16 21-11 (.656) 6-4 (.600) Career 34-19 (.642) 15-11 (.577)

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 10 Marika Akkerman SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015-16) 21-11 overall singles record, 7-3 against the ACC • Posted an 11-2

• Defeated Virginia’s Erica Susi in the NCAA Champi- onshiprecord inRound her final of 16 13 • singlesWas within matches 2 points of the of season giving UNC a 3rd ITA Indoor National Team Indoor Cham- pionship in the last four years.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014-15) Recorded a 13-8 - lina • Was a perfect 6-0 in dual matches, including aoverall 3-0 mark singles against record the in ACC first • seasonDefeated at North#95 Tristen Caro Dewar of Clemson during the ITA Carolinas Regional in Chapel Hill • Was ranked No. 116 in mid March • Notched a 9-7 overall doubles record • Playing pri- marily with classmate Cassanda Vazquez, the rookie duo went 6-6 • Also was 2-0 playing alongside Whit- ney Kay.

JUNIOR/PREP: Ranked as high as 59th in the ITF Juniors and was the top rated Canadian junior play- er in her class • Played in the US Open, and Wimbledon Junior events in 2013 • Also quali-

Won the Copa Cariari ITF in Costa Rica in both 2011 andfied 2012.for the US Open Juniors Main Draw in 2012 •

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 11 MAGGIE KANE JUNIOR • 5-8 • RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

Kane’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2014-15 3-7 (.300) 4-3 (.571) 2015-16 4-3 (.571) 3-1 (.750) Career 7-10 (.412) 7-4 (.636)

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 12 Maggie Kane SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015-16) Recorded a 4-3 record in singles matches, including a perfect 4-0 mark in dual matches • Compiled a 3-1 record in doubles: 2-1 playing with Marika Akkerman and 1-0 with Jessie Aney.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014-15) Saw limited court wintime overin first Brianna season Armellino at North Carolinaof Appalachian • Recorded State a at3-7 the overall ITA Carolinas singles record Regional • Earned in Chapel first Hill collegiate • Also picked up dual match victories over William & Mary and Appalachian State • Posted 1-1 records in dou- bles matches playing with Marika Akkerman, Hay- ley Carter and Cassandra Vazquez.

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

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 13 CASSANDRA VAZQUEZ JUNIOR • 5-9 • HOUSTON, TEXAS

Vazquez’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2014-15 10-11 (.476) 11-7 (.611) 2015-16 15-6 (.714) 10-3 (.769) Career 25-17 (.595) 21-10 (.677)

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 14 Cassandra Vazquez FRESHMAN (2014-15) Put together a 10-11 over-

• That included a 4-1 record in dual matches and aall 2-1 singles mark record against in the first ACC season • Was at ranked North Carolina#95 in the country in mid February • Won four of her last

on court six in the 4-3 victory over 12th-ranked Virginiafive matches on April of the 10 season • Had an• Picked 11-7 overall up a big doubles victory record • Playing primarily with classmate Marika Akkerman, the rookie duo went 6-6 on the season.

JUNIOR/PREP: Ranked as high as 59th in the ITF Juniors and was the top rated Canadian junior player in her class • Played in the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon Junior events in 2013 • Also

2012 • Won the Copa Cariari ITF in Costa Rica in bothqualified 2011 for and the 2012. US Open Juniors Main Draw in

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015-16) 15-6 overall singles record, 4-3 against the ACC • Inserted into starting lineup vs. ETSU in NCAA First round at No. 2 doubles w/Jessie Aney & No. 6 singles • Compet- ed at No. 2 doubles with Jessie Aney against Clem- son & Georgia Tech late in regular season • Duo recorded a 1-1 record, winning 6-2 over Clemson •

• In a small sample in doubles play compiled a 4-1 record.Posted a 4-1 singles record in last five dual matches

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 15 JESSIE ANEY SOPHOMORE • 5-8 ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA

Aney’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2015-16 35-8 (.814) 25-7 (.781)

20172017 CarolinaCarolina Women’sWomen’s TennisTennis •• PagePage 1614 Jessie Aney FRESHMAN SEASON (2015-16) Finished freshman season ranked No. 49 in singles; reached as high as 48th in early March • Ranked as high as No. 16 with Kate Vialle in doubles during the 2016 season • Received an at-large selection into the NCAA Singles Championship • - fore bowing out to eventual national champion Danielle Collins (Vir- ginia)Defeated in secondNo. 28 roundKennedy • 35-8 Shaffer overall (Georgia) singles in record, NCAA 13-0first round,in the ACC be - only UNC player unbeaten against the ACC • 24-2 singles record in dual matches • 23-7 overall doubles record, 6-1 in ACC playing with Kate Vialle • Won the doubles title with Kate Vialle at the 2015 ITA Carolinas Regional • 15 singles wins over ranked opponents • Had a 17-match singles winning streak from Feb. 26-May 13 • Named to All-ACC Academic Team.

JUNIOR/PREP: Considered a blue chip recruit and was ranked as high as No. 5 in her class by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked 4th in the country by the United States Tennis Association for girls 18 and un- and posted an undefeated record in 2015 • Won a pair of USTA balls (titles)der • Played in singles, exclusively including against one the gold, boy’s and in also final earned year of four high balls school in

Selection Tournament in February, 2015 and the USTA National Winter Championship in December, 2014 • Finished third at the 2014 USTA Nationaldoubles playClay •Court Reached championship the finals of• Became the 2015 the USTA youngest Northern high Sectionschool singles Championship champion • Wonin Minnesota consolation history bracket when titles she wonat the the USTA 2011 National title as star, was considered the top ice hockey player in the state of Minnesota • Led her league in scoring during the 2013-14 season with 109 points (51an eighth goals andgrader 58 •assists) The following and again year in she2014-15 won thewith 2A 96 doubles points (44title goals with andher sister,52 assists) Katie, • inAmassed her final 414 season career playing points for and Century holds the• A state’stwo-sport all- time assists record • Honored on numerous occasions for sportsmanship, including at the National Clay Courts in both 2012 and 2013 • Also only girl to earn the Sports Illustrated Sportskid of the Year award. In 2010 • Sister, Katie, plays hockey and tennis at Gustavus Adolph’s College •received Graduating the Jerry high Noyceschool Juniorone year Sportsmanship early from the award online in education 2014, given program, to only onethe Minnesotaplayer in the Virtual Northern Academy. section by the USTA • Was the first and

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 17 CHLOE OUELLET-PIZER SOPHOMORE • 5-9 • CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA

Ouellet Pizer’s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES 2015-16 31-12 (.721) 26-8 (.765)

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 18 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer FRESHMAN SEASON (2015-16) 31-12 overall singles re- cord, 9-5 against the ACC • 22-2 in doubles, 8-1 in ACC play- ing 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 re- cord in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.

JUNIOR/PREP: Considered a blue chip recruit by ten- nisrecruiting.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, earn- spot in the main draw of the 2013 U.S. Open Juniors tour- namenting the first• Southern USTA Level Closed 1 titleSingles of herand careerDoubles • GainedChampi a- same year • Finished fourth in 2012 at the Orange Bowl andon in second 2011 • in Was the also event a finalist in 2013 at • the Won National two bronze Open balls that 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 sportsmanship awards, including at the 2011 Easter Bowl and the 2012 Winter Nationals • Born in , Quebec, .

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 19 Newcomers SARA DAAVETTILA FRESHMAN • 5-6 • WILLIAMSTON, MICHIGAN JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit and was considered the No. 1 player in her class by tennisrecruiting.net • 2014 and 2015 high school state champion • Broke a national record for not los- ing a single game during the 2015 season • In 2016, won the G18 USTA Midwest Level 1 Indoor and Outdoor Championship • In 2015, won the G18 USTA National Selection, the G18 USTA Midwest Level Outdoor Championship and the 2015 USTA Midwest Level 2 December Designated title • Won 11 total USTA Midwest Championships between 2013-2016 • Daughter of Bruce and Breita Daavettila • Mother played collegiate tennis at Western Michigan • Has three sisters and two brothers.

ALEXA GRAHAM FRESHMAN • 5-9 • GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked as high as No. 6 in her class of 2016 • Earned highest ranking of #475 in the world by the WTA • Reached finals of three pro events, winning the 10K tournament in Hilton Head, South Carolina • Won a Gold Ball at USTA Indoor National Event and a bronze ball at both the Easter Bowl and Clay Court National Championship • Also won two G18 USTA National Selections • Daughter of Bill and • Has two brothers.

MAKENNA JONES FRESHMAN • 5-7 • GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.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 entry 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 Teri 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 October 1992, while her mother, Tami Whitlinger-Jones, was a top-50 singles player and a two-time All-America at Stanford.

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 20 2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 21 2015-16 Season Review 2015-16 Singles Results Player #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tourn. Dual ACC Overall Hayley Carter 27-1 22-4 27-1 13-1 49-5 Whitney Kay 1-0 14-10 4-6 15-10 9-4 19-16 Jessie Aney 4-0 18-2 2-0 11-6 24-2 13-0 35-8 Kate Vialle 1-0 2-2 5-7 1-1 8-9 4-3 9-10 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer 3-0 6-2 8-3 5-2 9-5 22-7 9-5 31-12 Ashley Dai 1-0 1-0 8-1 1-2 10-1 3-1 11-3 Marika Akkerman 3-1 1-0 0-2 9-5 3-0 5-3 16-8 7-3 21-11 Cassandra Vazquez 2-0 3-1 5-2 5-3 10-3 4-3 15-6 Maggie Kane 4-0 0-3 4-0 0-0 4-3 Overall 29-1 21-11 23-4 16-11 21-9 25-5 58-33 136-41 62-20 194-74

2015-16 Doubles Results Player #1 #2 #3 Tourn. Dual ACC Overall Carter/Kay 21-4 16-3 21-4 11-2 37-7 Aney/Vialle 2-0 12-5 9-2 14-5 6-1 23-7 Dai/Ouellet-Pizer 1-0 2-0 19-2 0-0 22-2 8-1 22-2 Akkerman/Kane 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 Akkerman/Ouellet-Pizer 2-3 2-3 Akkerman/Vazquez 1-0 1-0 Akkerman/Vialle 1-0 1-0 1-0 Aney/Carter 1-0 1-0 1-0 Aney/Kane 1-0 1-0 1-0 Aney/Oullet-Pizer 1-2 1-2 Aney/Vazquez 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 Carter/Vazquez 1-0 1-0 1-0 Dai/Vazquez 3-2 3-2 Dai/Vialle 1-1 1-1 Kay/Vazquez 1-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0-0 4-0 Kay/Ouellet-Pizer 0-1 0-1 Ouellet-Pizer/Vialle 1-0 1-0 1-0 Overall 26-4 18-6 22-2 36-15 66-12 26-5 102-27

2015-16 Rankings Summary Team ITA Rankings Singles ITA Rankings Singles ITA Rankings Doubles ITA Rankings Jan. 5 T4 Jan. 20 5 Jessie Aney Whitney Kay Carter/Kay Jan. 27 5 Jan. 5 #68 Pre #62 Pre #15 Feb. 10 2 Feb. 10 #59 Jan. 5 #88 Jan. 5 #2 Feb. 17 2 Feb. 23 #84 Feb. 10 #31 Feb. 10 #1 Feb. 23 6 March 8 #48 Feb. 23 #27 Feb. 23 #1 March 1 3 March 22 #53 March 8 #29 March 8 #1 March 8 4 April 5 #62 March 22 #29 March 22 #1 March 15 3 April 12 #55 April 5 #30 April 5 #1 March 22 4 April 19 #57 April 12 #39 April 12 #1 March 29 3 April 26 #54 April 19 #39 April 19 #4 April 5 2 May 5 #57 April 26 #39 April 26 #2 April 12 2 Final #49 May 5 #41 May 5 #2 April 19 2 Final #41 Final #3 April 26 3 Hayley Carter May 5 3 Pre #9 Chloe Ouellet-Pizer Aney/Vialle Final 4 Jan. 5 #6 Jan. 5 #112 Jan. 5 #16 Feb. 10 #3 Feb. 10 #25 Feb. 23 #2 Cassandra Vazquez Feb. 23 #31 March 8 #1 Jan. 5 #94 March 8 #51 March 22 #1 March 22 #65 April 5 #1 April 5 #84 April 12 #1 April 19 #89 April 19 #1 April 26 #1 Akkerman/Ouellet-Pizer May 5 #1 April 26 #89 Final #2

Ashley Dai Pre #112

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 22 2016 Results Overall Record: 31-3 • ACC: 14-0 Home: 16-0 • Away: 7-1 • Neutral: 8-2 Against Ranked Opponents: 23-2 • Postseason: 5-1

Date UNC’s Rank Opponent Result Score Doubles Record Jan. 10 #4 Elon Win 6-1 2-0 1-0 Jan. 10 #4 Appalachian State Win 7-0 2-0 2-0 Jan. 22 #5 No. 68 Yale (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win 4-0 2-0 3-0 Jan. 23 #5 No. 48 Tulsa (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win 4-0 2-1 4-0 Jan. 27 #5 UNCG Win 7-0 2-0 5-0 Jan. 27 #5 N.C. Central Win 7-0 2-0 6-0 Jan. 31 #5 No. 9 Texas A&M Win 4-0 2-0 7-0 Feb. 5 #5 vs. No. 13 Alabama (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-0 2-0 8-0 Feb. 6 #5 vs. No. 18 LSU (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-1 2-0 9-0 Feb. 7 #5 vs. No. 2 Georgia (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-2 2-1 10-0 Feb. 8 #5 vs. No. 6 Cal (ITA National Team Indoors) Loss 3-4 2-1 10-1 Feb. 22 #2 at No. 8 Michigan Loss 2-5 0-2 10-2 Feb. 26 #6 No. 13 Miami* Win 4-3 2-1 11-2, 1-0 ACC Feb. 28 #6 No. 43 Florida State* Win 5-2 2-0 12-2, 2-0 ACC March 4 #3 at No. 16 Virginia* Win 4-3 2-0 13-2, 3-0 ACC March 6 #3 at Pitt* Win 5-2 2-0 14-2, 4-0 ACC March 11 #4 No. 22 Wake Forest* Win 7-0 2-0 15-2, 5-0 ACC March 15 #3 vs. Denison Win 7-0 3-0 16-2 March 15 #3 vs. Navy Win 7-0 3-0 17-2 March 24 #4 at No. 41 Syracuse* Win 7-0 2-0 18-2, 6-0 ACC March 26 #4 No. 42 Notre Dame* Win 5-2 2-0 19-2, 7-0 ACC March 29 #3 at No. 10 Duke* Win 4-1 2-0 20-2, 8-0 ACC April 2 #3 Louisville* Win 7-0 2-0 21-2, 9-0 ACC April 6 #2 No. 37 NC State* Win 6-1 2-0 22-2, 10-0 ACC April 8 #2 at No. 30 Virginia Tech* Win 4-3 2-1 23-2, 11-0 ACC April 10 #2 No. 55 Boston College* Win 6-1 2-0 24-2, 12-0 ACC April 15 #2 at No. 28 Clemson* Win 7-0 2-1 25-2, 13-0 ACC April 17 #2 at No. 16 Georgia Tech* Win 4-3 0-2 26-2, 14-0 ACC April 22 #2 vs. No. 28 Wake Forest (ACC Championship) Win 4-1 3-0 27-2 April 23 #2 vs. No. 16 Virginia (ACC Championship) Win 4-1 2-0 28-2 April 24 #2 vs. No. 7 Miami (ACC Championship) Win 4-2 2-1 29-2 May 13 #3 ETSU (NCAA Championship 1st Round) Win 4-0 2-0 30-2 May 14 #3 No. 30 Northwestern (NCAA Championship 2nd Round) Win 4-2 2-0 31-2 May 19 #3 vs. No. 14 Virginia (NCAA Championship Round of 16) Loss 2-4 1-2 31-3

*Denotes ACC match.

ITA National Team Indoor Championship matches played in Madison, Wisconsin Denison and Navy matches played in Humacao, Puerto Rico ACC Championship matches played in Cary, N.C. (Cary Tennis Center) NCAA Championship matches played in Chapel Hill, N.C. (First and Second Rounds), Tulsa, Oklahoma (Round of 16).

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 23 2015-16 Season Recap NORTH CAROLINA WINS 2016 ACC CHAMPIONSHIP CARTER RECOGNIZED AS ACC SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR North Carolina won its first ACC title since 2011, and the seventh in pro- Hayley Carter was recognized as the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference gram history when the Tar Heels defeated Miami, 4-2, at the 2016 ACC Cham- Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year and heads up the sport’s All-ACC pionship from Cary, N.C. Academic Team, as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford. Hayley Carter was named Most Valuable Player of the ACC Championship. Senior captain Whitney Kay and freshman Jessie Aney joins Carter, who earns In the finals, Carter avenged her only dual match loss of the season with an her third career nod on the All-Academic Team. impressive 6-2, 6-4, win over No. 6 Stephanie Wagner. Senior Kate Vialle was inserted into the singles lineup for the first time in CARTER HELD NO. 1 RANKING IN BOTH SINGLES AND DOUBLES the event, and wound up clinching the victory over the Hurricanes on court 5. Hayley Carter became the first player in program history to hold the na- tion’s No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles simultaneously. CARTER FINISHES RUNNER-UP AT NCAA SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP Carter garnered the No. 1 seed in both singles and doubles at the NCAA All-America Hayley Carter’s bid for a national championship came up Championship and advanced to the title match in singles while reaching the short to long-time rival Danielle Collins of Virginia in the final match of the semifinals in doubles in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 2016 NCAA Singles Championship. In the fourth head-to-head meeting of the season between the top-two CARTER/KAY REACH SEMIFINALS AT NCAA DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP ranked players in women’s college tennis, No. 2 Collins got the best of top- Top seed Hayley Carter and Whitney Kay lost in three sets in the semifi- ranked Carter by scores of 6-3, 6-2, to earn her second national title in three nals of the NCAA Doubles Championship. The top seeds were upended 6-4, 4-6, seasons. 1-0 (7) by Cal’s fourth-ranked tandem of Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr. Carter finishes her season with a sterling 49-5 overall singles record. Ranked No. 1 for a majority of the 2016 season, Carter and Kay finish up this year with a 36-7 overall doubles record and a two-year total of 59 wins CAROLINA GARNERED NO. 3 SEED FOR NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP against only 11 losses. North Carolina received the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Kay wraps up her stellar Carolina career as a two-time All-America in Championship, and was pegged for the 14th time in 15 seasons and the 13th doubles in 2014 and 2016, and career records of 85-53 in singles and 124-34 time under the direction of head coach Brian Kalbas to host a regional, welcom- in doubles action. ing ETSU, Northwestern and Ole Miss to the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Carolina advanced to the round of 16 for the seventh-consecutive season CAROLINA REMAINS THE BEST IN THE ACC with a 4-0 victory over ETSU and a 4-2 win over a feisty Northwestern team in Carolina recorded a second straight 14-0 record against the ACC in 2016, the second round. marking the fifth time in program history the Tar Heels went unbeaten in the In Tulsa, Oklahoma, site of the 2016 championship, the Tar Heels were conference. upset, 4-2, to long-time foe and 14th ranked Virginia. UNC was the top seed in the ACC Championship for the fourth-straight UNC surrendered the doubles point for only the third time in 34 matches season, and won the event for the first time since 2011 and the seventh time in and never recovered in a 4-2 loss. program history. Carolina set a program record for wins in a season, finishing 31-3. 2015-16 ACCOLADES UNC NO. 4 IN FINAL ITA RANKINGS Jessie Aney North Carolina received the No. 4 ranking in the final ITA Division I Na- ITA Scholar Athlete tional Team Rankings. UNC is the only team to finish in the top four of the rank- All-ACC Third Team ings in each of the last four seasons. Carolina advanced to the NCAA Round of ACC All-Academic Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 48 16 for the seventh time in a row. Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 16 The Tar Heels set a program record for wins (31) in a season, and spent Marika Akkerman all but one week ranked in the top-5 nationally, and reached No. 2 on five sepa- Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 89 rate occasions in 2016. Hayley Carter 13 of the 15 ACC schools finished in the top 75, including 10 of the top ACC Women’s Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year 40. Additionally, UNC was the only school that had both its men’s and women’s CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team tennis teams ranked in the top 5. The Tar Heel men’s team claimed the 5th slot ITA Scholar Athlete to conclude their outstanding season. ACC All-Academic Team NCAA Singles Championship Runner-up (No. 1 seed)

CARTER NAMED 2016 ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR (Finalist) Junior Hayley Carter was named the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference NCAAITA All- DoublesAmerica Championship (singles & doubles) Semifinalist (No. 1 seed) Women’s Tennis Player of the Year, while senior Whitney Kay joined Carter ITA Collegiate All-Star Team on the All-ACC first team and freshman Jessie Aney earned third team honors. ACC Player of the Year Carter is the third consecutive Tar Heel to earn ACC Player of the Year All-ACC First Team honors, and the fourth overall. A North Carolina student-athlete has won the Highest Singles Ranking - No. 1 award the last four years; Gina Suarez-Malaguti was named ACC Player of the Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 1 Ashley Dai Year in 2013, and Jamie Loeb received the honor in 2014 and ’15. ITA Scholar Athlete Highest Singles Ranking - No. 112 KAY NAMED CAROLINA REGION’S MOST IMPROVED SENIOR Whitney Kay Whitney Kay was named the ITA Carolina Region Most Improved Senior ITA Scholar Athlete Player. Kay played almost exclusively at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles, re- ACC All-Academic Team spectively, for the Tar Heels during the 2015-16 season. She finished the season ranked 41st nationally in singles and No. 3 in ITA All-America (doubles) All-ACC First Team doubles with teammate Hayley Carter, who together spent six weeks at No. 1 NCAA Doubles Championship Semifinalist (No. 1 seed) ITA Carolina Region Most Improved Senior Player after winning the national championship at the ITA Individual Indoor Champi- ITA Collegiate All-Star Team onship last fall in Flushing Meadows, New York. Highest Singles Ranking - No. 27 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 1 CARTER, KAY NAMED ITA ALL-AMERICA Chloe Ouellet-Pizer Women’s tennis standouts Hayley Carter and Whitney Kay were officially Highest Singles Ranking - No. 112 named All-Americas by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for 2015-16 . Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 89 Carter earned All-America honors in both singles and doubles, while Kay Kate Vialle Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 16 gains her second career All-America nod in doubles. Cassandra Vazquez Carter has compiled All-America status five times in her three years with Highest Singles Ranking - No. 94 the Tar Heels. The Hilton Head, South Carolina, native is a three-time All-Amer- ica in singles, and has earned the same honors in doubles as a freshman and now as a junior.

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

Hill. indoor/outdoorThe facility is facility named is for adjacent Ceasar to Cone the UNCII, a 1928Finley alumnus Golf Cour ofse the and University behind the who Friday played Center tennis on at N.C. Carolina Highway and 54 was in Chapel a great benefactor of the school. The center also bears the name of John Kenfield, the legendary Tar Heel men’s tennis coach who had a sterling record of 434-30-2 from 1928-55. Kenfield’s teams won 15 Southern Conference and two Atlantic Coast Con- ference team championships during his tenure. He coached the likes of Bitsy Grant, Wilmer Hines and Vic Seixas at UNC, and his 1948 team finished third in the country. Kenfield was Carolina’s first-ever tennis coach, and he took over the leadership of the UNC team in time to coach Cone in his senior season in 1928. The complex includes six indoor and 12 outdoor, lighted hard surface tennis courts, spectator viewing on the upper level of the indoor center, men’s and women’s varsity dressing facilities, public and visitor dressing facilities and fully- equipped weight-training rooms for both varsity teams. Other recent additions include an electronic scoreboard for the outdoor courts, additional stadium seating at the out- door courts, 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 14 of the last 15 years, with the Tar Heel women ad- vancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 after home victories in 10 of the last 12 seasons. In the 13 years under head coach Brian Kal-

(13-0) and 2016 (16-0). Carolina enters the 2016-17 season on a 41-match winning streak at home. bas, UNC has posted a record of 155-20 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, including perfect records in 2010 (14-0), 2015 CONE-KENFIELD TENNIS CENTER HOME OF THE TAR HEELS Administration/Support Staff

finishes in men’s and women’s tennis and men’s soccer. Carolina teams won four ACC titles and the men’s Bubba Cunningham tennis team won the ITA Indoor Team National Championship. In addition, the football team won 11 games, Director of Athletics advanced to its first ever ACC Championship Game and earned a final No. 15 ranking in both national polls. The 2015-16 season marked Carolina’s second consecutive top-10 finish as the Tar Heels placed fifth Shortly after beginning his tenure as Carolina’s athletics director, Law- the previous year. Ten Tar Heel teams posted top-10 national finishes in 2014-15 and 25 advanced to post- rence R. (Bubba) Cunningham helped create a new mission statement: “We season play, led by a second-place finish by women’s lacrosse and a final four appearance by field hockey. educate and inspire through athletics.” And that’s just what UNC has done Carolina also had top-10 finishes in men’s soccer, volleyball, men’s lacrosse, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, during his five years in Chapel Hill. men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s soccer. Since Cunningham officially began his duties on November 14, 2011, In addition, the women’s cross country team won its first ACC title in 11 years and the women’s tennis Carolina has inspired in a myriad of ways. Among his many accomplish- team captured the ITA national indoor team championship for the second time in the last three years. Indi- ments are the implementation of a strategic plan for Carolina athletics; a vidually, Jamie Loeb won UNC’s first-ever women’s tennis NCAA singles championship. partnership with Disney to enhance customer service and organizational practices; the development of Carolina finished 14th in the 2013-14 Learfield Director’s Cup with seven teams posting top-10 national the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group; a compliance review by an outside firm; a new finishes. In 2012-13, Cunningham’s first full season at UNC, Carolina finished eighth in the Director’s Cup student-athlete degree completion program entitled Complete Carolina; a master plan for UNC’s athletic on the strength of national championships in women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse. The women’s tennis facilities; and creation of The Rammys - an innovative end-of-the-year awards show popular with Carolina’s team captured the ITA national indoor title and 11 other programs finished in the top 25. student-athletes and staff. The UNC women’s athletics program captured the 2013 Capital One Cup, which is awarded to the best Cunningham, who is the 1st Vice President of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athlet- men’s and women’s Division I athletics programs in the country. For winning its first Capital One Cup, the ics (NACDA), has Carolina positioned to have a voice in the on-going conversation about the future, whether Tar Heels earned $200,000 toward student-athlete scholarships and a spot at the annual ESPY Awards it is in the state university system, the Atlantic Coast Conference or at the NCAA level. Cunningham is in show in Los Angeles. his sixth year on the ACC Television Committee and has served on numerous NCAA committees over the Carolina student-athletes have excelled in the classroom as well. During the 2015-16 academic calen- last two decades. dar, more than 350 student-athletes made the ACC Academic Honor Roll, which requires a cumulative GPA In his first full year in Chapel Hill, Cunningham led a planning committee that worked with Dr. Paul Friga, of at least 3.0 for the year. It was the fourth-consecutive year more than 300 UNC student-athletes have associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business, to earned the honor. Carolina has set or tied its top single-season score in the APR in the last two seasons. develop Carolina’s strategic plan. From that process was the creation of the mission statement and the four UNC student-athletes have improved their APR scores from 966 in 2011 to 987 in 2015. core values for Carolina Athletics- Responsibility, Innovation, Service and Excellence. The strategic plan Cunningham is in his 15th year as a Division I director of athletics. He came to Chapel Hill after spending will be updated again in 2016-17. the previous six years as the director of athletics at the University of Tulsa. He also was the AD for three Soon after the strategic plan was announced, Cunningham joined with provost James W. Dean and years from 2002-2005 at Ball State University. He was honored as the 2008-09 FBS Central Region Athlet- other University officials to develop the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group, which was ics Director of the Year, an award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. launched in fall 2013. That group spent several months developing a comprehensive approach to as- At Tulsa, Cunningham guided the Golden Hurricane through its initial move to Conference USA and sessing and enhancing how the University provides academic support to student-athletes. The group has spearheaded a $60 million athletics initiative. Tulsa won 34 league championships in his tenure, more than implemented a rigorous and transparent set of processes and metrics as part of an ongoing initiative. The any other school in Conference USA and the football program played in five bowl games in his last six years. objective is to ensure proper alignment with the University’s academic mission, a goal that is consistent with At Ball State, Cunningham led a program with 19 intercollegiate sports and a budget of $12.4 million. In Cunningham’s strategic plan for the Department of Athletics. his final year, Ball State completed a $12 million campaign to renovate the football stadium. In raising those Carolina’s work with the Disney Institute, one of the most recognized names in business solutions and funds, Cunningham secured the largest single gift in Ball State athletics history. professional development, began in 2013. Members of the Disney Institute worked with the athletic depart- From 1988-2002, Cunningham worked in the athletics department at the University of Notre Dame. He ment to learn more about Carolina athletics and provide recommendations on best practices. Several cross served as Notre Dame’s associate athletics director for finance and facilities from 1995-2000 and was the unit work teams were organized within the department to provide an assessment of the organization and associate director of athletics for external affairs from 2000-02. provide feedback to Disney. Cunningham earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, both from Notre In 2014, Cunningham announced the creation of Complete Carolina, an enhanced degree-completion Dame, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He played on the Irish golf team in 1982-83. program that honors former student-athletes’ scholarships for life. The program provides financial support Cunningham is a member of the USTA Athletic Director Advisory Group. He is a former member for degree completion, as well as academic advising and career counseling, to former student-athletes who of NACDA’s Executive Committee, and was on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimers Association of return to complete their degrees at any time. Oklahoma and the Folds of Honor Foundation Board. Cunningham also served on the Gatorade National On the field, Carolina has achieved outstanding success under Cunningham’s leadership. In each of Advisory Board and has been a featured speaker at numerous NACDA and I-A institute conferences. his five seasons, the Tar Heels have finished in the top 15 of the Learfield Director’s Cup, including four Born in Flint, Mich., and raised in Naples, Fla., Cunningham and his wife, Tina, have four children: top-10 finishes. During that same period, the number of UNC student-athletes on the ACC Academic Honor Matthew, Michael, John and Sarah. Roll has steadily increased. Carolina finished seventh in the 2015-16 Learfield Director’s Cup. The Tar Heels won NCAA titles in men’s and women’s lacrosse, finished second in men’s basketball and field hockey and had top-10 national Women’s Tennis Support Staff UNC Athletics Administration Chancellor ...... Carol Folt Faculty Representative ...... Lissa Broome Director of Athletics ...... Bubba Cunningham Exec. Assoc. AD ...... Larry Gallo Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA ...... Nicki Moore Sr. Assoc. AD/Bus. & Finance ...... Martina Ballen Sr. Assoc. AD/Operations ...... Clint Gwaltney Sr. Assoc. AD/Compliance ...... Vince Ille Sr. Assoc. AD/Strategic Communications ...... Steve Kirschner Sr. Assoc. AD/Marketing ...... Rick Steinbacher Sr. Asst. AD/Ticket Operations ...... Gerry Lajoie Carrie Shearer Mario Ciocca Assoc. AD/Compliance ...... Marielle vanGelder Assoc. AD/Football ...... Corey Holliday Head Athletic Trainer Director of Sports Assoc. AD/Risk Management ...... Paul Pogge Medicine Asst. AD/Marketing and Promotions ...... Michael Beale Asst. AD/Communications ...... Kevin Best Asst. AD/Faculty Planning & Management ...... Mike Bunting Asst. AD/New Media ...... Ken Cleary Asst. AD/Football & Olympic Sports Operations ...... Ellen Culler Asst. AD/Student-Athlete Development ...... Cricket Lane Asst. AD/Business & Finance ...... Mike Perkins Exec. Director Rams Club ...... John Montgomery Director of Sports Medicine ...... Dr. Mario Ciocca Dir. of Academic Support/Student-Athletes ...... Michelle Brown

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Carolina Tennis History The women’s tennis program has a long-standing tradition of excellence in finals of the NCAA Championships. the overall women’s athletics program at the University of North Carolina, be- In 2003, Brian Kalbas was named head coach, and he has enjoyed 13 suc- ginning with legendary head coach Frances Hogan and continuing into the 21st cessful seasons with the Tar Heels. Kalbas has led UNC to NCAA Tournament century highlighted by players like Marlene Mejia, Kate Pinchbeck, Kendall Cline, appearances in each of his first 13 years at Carolina, including a 2014 run to the Aniela Mojzis, Sara Anundsen, Jenna Long, , Shinann Featherston, national finals, the program’s best NCAA showing. Gina Suarez-Malaguit, Caroline Price, Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb. Although The Tar Heels have produced 33 All-America selections during Kalbas’ ten- Hogan was involved at the roots of the program, it has been players of more ure. Aniela Mojzis was an individual All-America selection in 2004 and teamed recent vintage who have kept Carolina in the national spotlight. with Kendall Cline to earn All-America honors in doubles in 2005. Mojzis and Hogan, the former women’s athletic director at Carolina, was the guiding Cline also earned national awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association force during the game’s early years on the Chapel Hill campus. As the first head in 2005. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and coach of Tar Heel women’s tennis teams since the 1940s, she spurred interest Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, in the sport by instituting North Carolina Women’s Tennis Day in 1958, a yearly marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both awards. In 2006, fixture for collegiate and prep aficionados of the sport around the state. Despite Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long earned All-America honors as one of the nation’s limitations on match play, Hogan was instrumental in ensuring the team played top doubles pairs. That tandem capped its stellar career by winning the 2007 a full schedule. Her tennis team was the first women’s sports team at the Uni- NCAA Doubles Championship, giving Anundsen and Long the first NCAA tennis versity to travel out of the state to compete. In 1970, prior to the advent of title in UNC history. Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women-sponsored women’s tennis Sanaz Marand became the next Tar Heel All-America singles performer in at the collegiate level which did not come until 1971, Hogan coached the late 2008, a season in which she lost just one singles dual match and defeated the na- Laura DuPont to the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s collegiate singles tion’s top-ranked player twice in the span of three weeks. Marand would repeat championship. During that same year, Carolina posted a national ranking of sixth her All-America performance in 2009 as well as team with Sophie Grabinski for place in the USLTA collegiate ratings. doubles accolades. Eight women’s sports at North Carolina, including the tennis program, Carolina reached new heights in team competition in 2010, rising to the No. were officially elevated to varsity status in 1971, when Carolina became a char- 1 ranking in the ITA poll for the first time in school history and advancing to the ter member of the newly-formed Association For Intercollegiate Athletics For NCAA Final Four, also a program first. UNC defeated seven top-10 opponents en Women. The eight sports as varsity entities were under the supervision of the route to a then school-record 30-5 season that featured an undefeated 11-0 ACC Physical Education Department until October 1974, when the Department of regular season mark. The Tar Heels also advanced to the finals of the ITA Team Intercollegiate Athletics took over supervision of all Carolina varsity sports— Indoor Championships for the first time and earned the No. 2 overall seed in the men’s and women’s at UNC. NCAA Team Championship. That fall, Camey Timberlake was awarded the first-ever women’s athletic 2011 saw three more Tar Heels earn ITA All-America honors in the doubles scholarship for any sport at the University. She went on to capture the Atlantic tandem of Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale and singles standout Zoe Coast Conference championship at No. 2 singles during the fall of 1977 in the De Bruycker. The team advanced to the national quarterfinals for the third time first-ever ACC women’s sports championship event of any kind. and, behind Featherston’s MVP performance, won the ACC Championship for After the sport came under the direction of the athletic department, Hogan the first time since 2002. Featherston and McHale earned back-to-back doubles coached the first two tennis teams to outstanding 13-1 and 13-2 records in 1975 All-America honors after a 21-6 record during the 2011-12 campaign. and 1976, respectively. During the 1976 season, Hogan guided the Tar Heels to a The 2012 campaign featured a spot in the NCAA Round of 16 and a regular No. 16 national ranking and the team won the Southern Collegiates in Columbus, season ACC title with a 10-1 league record. In addition, Zoe De Bruycker, Shinann Miss., by defeating Rollins College in the final. Featherston and Lauren McHale earned All-ACC accolades, with Featherston and When Hogan retired from coaching in 1976 to concentrate full-time on McHale earning All-America honors in doubles. her senior women’s administrator duties, she was replaced by Kitty Harrison, North Carolina won the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2013, who continued to build the success of the Tar Heel program for over two de- marking the program’s first team national championship. Freshman Whitney cades. Eight of Harrison’s 21 teams were ranked among the Top 25 nationally. Kay won a three-setter, clinching the final point in a tiebreaker to earn Most Out- Under Harrison’s direction, Carolina won four ACC championships in a row in standing Player honors. The victory set the tone for a season that saw Carolina the 1970s and 1980s and finished as the league runner-up four other times. Har- reach the No. 1 national ranking for ten-straight weeks and the quarterfinals of rison retired after the 1997-98 season as the winningest tennis coach in ACC the NCAA Championship. Gina Suarez-Malaguti was selected ACC Player of the history at the time in terms of dual-match victories. Year, while she joined Caroline Price as the latest All-America selections. Carolina was a force to be reckoned with during the days of AIAW competi- The first decade under the tutelage was Kalbas was nothing short of amaz- tion from 1971 until the organization was disbanded in 1982. The Tar Heels won ing, however, the 2014 season may have been his best to date. The Tar Heels the NCAIAW Tournament three straight times from 1979 to 1981. In 1982, they made their first appearance in the NCAA national championship match, and avenged a 6-3 loss to Duke in the state tournament by defeating the Blue Devils along the way saw freshmen Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter earn nearly every 7-2 to capture the AIAW Southern Region II title. The Tar Heels earned a bid to national and conference honor that was awarded that year. Loeb was the ACC the AIAW national tournament three times, finishing 15th in 1979, 11th in 1981 and ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year, while Carter was the top ACC and 17th in 1982. Freshman and ITA Player to Watch. Loeb and Carter would earn All-America There were numerous outstanding players during Harrison’s tenure, honors in both singles and doubles, while Caroline Price and Whitney Kay also including three first-team All-America selections. Kathy Barton was an AIAW earned All-America status in doubles. first-team All-America in 1982. Cinda Gurney, a three-time ACC Player of the Carolina won its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship in 2015, Year, was an All-America in singles in both 1992 and 1993. Gurney and Alisha while Jamie Loeb won the program’s first NCAA singles national title to cap an Portnoy combined to earn first-team All-America honors in doubles in 1993. As amazing two-year UNC career that saw her win ACC Player of the Year honors a senior, Gurney advanced to the NCAA championship match without losing a twice. Both she and Hayley Carter were again named ITA All-America. set in any of her five preliminary matches in the field of 64. She completed that Carter displayed more fabulous tennis in 2016 when she became the first year seventh individually in singles in the ITA rankings and achieved the highest UNC player to be ranked No. 1 nationally in both singles and doubles simultane- rating ever by a Carolina player in singles when she was ranked third nationally ously. Carter (both singles and doubles) and Whitney Kay earned All-America in December of 1991. honors, and the Tar Heels set a program record with a 31-3 record and won the Former Tar Heel men’s tennis standout Roland Thornqvist, an All-America ACC Championship after recording a second-straight 14-0 regular season. and ACC Player of the Year as a player at UNC, took over the team’s coaching During the era of individual ACC competition, Tar Heel players won 33 con- duties in 1998 and led UNC to its first ever NCAA Tournament berth and sub- ference titles in singles, including four by Gurney, three by Jennifer Balent and sequent victory. Thornqvist spent three successful years at the helm of the Tar two each by Janet Shands, Margie Brown, Lloyd Hatcher and Gigi Neely. Brown Heels, finishing with a 42-30 record and Carolina’s first three NCAA tournament teamed with Betsy Heidenberger for two of her three doubles titles, and the duo appearances in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Although only a sophomore in 2001, Mar- of Shands and Betty Baugh Harrison were as tough to beat in the late ‘70s as lene Mejia earned ITA All-America honors in singles, helping the Tar Heels earn a Gurney and Portnoy were during the 1992-93 season when they won the ITA Top 20 ranking that season. Following the 2001 season, Thornqvist left Carolina Clay Court Doubles Championship, earned a national No. 1 ranking after the fall to take over the coaching reigns at Florida. season and finished the spring season ranked fourth in the country. In 2002, under coach Jen Callen, the Tar Heels won the ACC Champion- Despite playing one of the country’s toughest dual-match schedules year in ship, advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time and year out, Carolina teams continue to win with regularity. Only on six occa- in school history, finished fifth in the country, and had a sparkling 25-5 record. sions has the Tar Heel women’s tennis program suffered a losing season while Pinchbeck earned first-team All-America honors after advancing to the quarter- competing as a varsity sport.

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Sanaz Marand, a three-time All-America performer in 2008 and ‘09, Zoe De Bruycker earned All-America status in 2011 for the Tar Heels. compiled 133 singles victories.

Tar Heel All-America Selections 1992 Cinda Gurney 2011 Zoe De Bruycker 1993 Cinda Gurney Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles) Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy (doubles) 2012 Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles) 2001 Marlene Mejia 2013 Caroline Price 2002 Kate Pinchbeck Gina Suarez-Malaguti 2003 Kate Pinchbeck 2014 Hayley Carter Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles) Jamie Loeb 2004 Aniela Mojzis Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb (doubles) 2005 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles) Whitney Kay/Caroline Price (doubles) 2006 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles) 2015 Hayley Carter 2007 Jenna Long Jamie Loeb Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles) 2016 Hayley Carter 2008 Sanaz Marand Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay (doubles) 2009 Sanaz Marand Sanaz Marand/Sophie Grabinski (doubles)

Jamie Loeb with the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship trophy. Loeb was Caroline Price was a two-time All-America selection in 2013 and ‘14, named ACC Player of the Year and was an All-America selection in her and became the program’s first recipient of the Patterson Medal in only two seasons at North Carolina in 2014 and ‘15. 2015, the highest athletic honor given at UNC.

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 37 ACC History

After coming up short as the top seed the previous three seasons, the No. 1 seeded Tar Heels won the programs seventh ACC Championship in 2016 with a 4-2 victory over Miami in the final in Cary, N.C. Hayley Carter (bottom right) earned MVP honors.

North Carolina ACC Championships - 7 North Carolina All-ACC Selection History

Year Head Coach Runner-up 2016 2008 1997 1977 Kitty Harrison Clemson Hayley Carter Sanaz Marand Jenni Burnette 1978 Kitty Harrison Virginia Whitney Kay Katrina Tsang 1979 Kitty Harrison Clemson Jessie Aney (3rd) 1996 1980 Kitty Harrison Clemson 2007 Marianna Land 2002 Jen Callen Duke 2015 Jenna Long 2011 Brian Kalbas Florida State Hayley Carter Katrina Tsang 1993 2016 Brian Kalbas Miami Jamie Loeb Cinda Gurney Caroline Price 2006 ACC Women’s Tennis Individual Honors Caitlin Collins 1992 1991 ...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year 2014 Jenna Long Alisha Portnoy 1992 ...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Hayley Carter Angela Bernal 1993 ...... Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Jamie Loeb 2005 Cinda Gurney 2002 ...... Kate Pinchbeck, ACC Championship MVP Caroline Price (2nd) Kendall Cline 2011 ...... Shinann Featherston, ACC Championship MVP 2013 ...... Gina Suarez-Malaguti, Player of the Year Jenna Long 1991 2014 ...... Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year 2013 Aniela Mojzis Cinda Gurney 2014 ...... Hayley Carter, Freshman of the Year Zoe De Bruycker 2015 ...... Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year Caroline Price 2004 1990 2016 ...... Hayley Carter, Player of the Year Gina Suarez-Malaguti Kendall Cline Valerie Famer 2016 ...... Hayley Carter, ACC Championship MVP Aniela Mojzis Cinda Farmer 2012 Gigi Neely 2016 ACC Tournament Results Zoe De Bruycker 2003 Cary, N.C., Cary Tennis Park Shinann Featherston Kendall Cline 1989 First Round Lauren McHale Tanja Markovic Spencer Barnes #12 Florida State d. #13 Boston College ...... 4-1 Aniela Mojzis Gina Goblirsch #10 NC State d. #15 Louisville ...... 4-0 2011 Kate Pinchbeck #11 Notre Dame d. #14 Pitt ...... 4-0 Zoe De Bruycker 1988 Second Round Jelena Durisic 2002 Spencer Barnes #8 Wake Forest d. #9 Virginia Tech ...... 4-0 Shinann Featherston Marlene Mejia Gina Goblirsch #5 Virginia d. #12 Florida State ...... 4-3 Aniela Mojzis #7 Syracuse d. #10 NC State ...... 4-3 2010 Kate Pinchbeck 1987 #11 Notre Dame d. #6 Clemson ...... 4-1 Sanaz Marand Julie Rotondi Petra Wessels Quarterfinals Katrina Tsang Valerie Farmer #1 North Carolina d. #8 Wake Forest ...... 4-1 2001 Gina Goblirsch #5 Virginia d. #4 Duke ...... 4-2 Marlene Mejia #2 Miami d. #7 Syracuse ...... 4-2 2009 #3 Georgia Tech d. #11 Notre Dame ...... 4-0 Sanaz Marand Julie Rotondi Semifinals Katrina Tsang #1 North Carolina d. #5 Virginia ...... 4-1 2000 #2 Miami d. #3 Georgia Tech ...... 4-2 Marlene Mejia Finals #1 North Carolina d. #2 Miami ...... 4-2 2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 38 ACC Singles & Doubles Champions/ACC 50th Anniversary Team

ACC Doubles Champions* Jennifer Balent, North Carolina (1978-1981) 1978 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands Jennifer Balent won three ACC singles titles during her career at Carolina ... captured 1979 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands the No. 2 flight Championship in 1978 and 79 and the No. 6 title in 1980 ... regional All- 1980 #3 Marjorie Black/Margie Brown America selection in 1980. 1981 #1 Betsy Heidenberger/Margie Brown 1982 #2 Lloyd Hatcher/Katharine Hogan 1982 #1 Margie Brown/Betsy Heidenberger Kathy Barton, North Carolina (1981-1984) 1984 #2 Kathy Barton/ Stephanie Rauch Kathy Barton won the 1980 No. 2 singles championship and was an AIAW All-America in 1985 #3 Sara Turner/Liz Wachter 1982 ... Carolina’s first All-American women’s tennis player ... in 1984, she teamed with 1989 #1 Spencer Barnes/Gina Goblirsch 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy Stephanie Rauch to win the ACC No. 2 doubles titles ... she was the runner-up for the No. 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 4 ACC singles title in 1983. 2001 #1 Kendrick Bunn/Kate Pinchbeck, #3 Courtney Zalinski/Erin Neibling Angela Bernal, North Carolina (1992) *The ACC discontinued recognition of the doubles championships in 2002. Completed one of the most successful freshmen seasons in school history ... won ACC ACC Singles Champions* individual Championship, playing at #2 for the 25th ranked Tar Heels ... finished season 1977 #2 Camey Timberlake 1988 #3 Spencer Barnes with 28-10 overall record and 7-1 conference record as the 59th ranked player in the 1977 #3 Lloyd Hatcher 1988 #4 Landis Cox country ... played in NCAA Individual Championships. 1977 #5 Betty Baugh 1989 #6 Gigi Neely Harrison 1990 #1 Cinda Gurney 1977 #6 Janet Shands 1990 #4 Valerie Farmer Margie Brown, North Carolina (1979-1982) 1978 #2 Jennifer Balent 1990 #6 Gigi Neely Member of Carolina’s ACC Championship team in 1981 ... won two individual singles ti- 1978 #3 Susie Black 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney tles and three doubles championships ... in 1979, she won the No. 4 flight and in 1981 she 1978 #5 Janet Shands 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney 1978 #6 Margaret Scott 1992 #2 Angela Bernal captured the title at the No. 3 flight ... 1980-82 Brown was a part of three ACC champion- 1979 #2 Jennifer Balent 1992 #6 Scotti Thomas ship doubles teams ... 1980 she teamed with Marjorie Black for the No. 3 doubles crown 1979 #4 Margie Brown 1993 #1 Cinda Gurney ... 1981 and 82 she and Betsy Heidenberger won the No. 1 ACC doubles title ... 1980 she 1979 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 1996 #6 Alison Levy was a regional All-America selection ... considered one of the top players of her era. 1980 #2 Kathy Barton 1997 #6 Jeni Burnette 1980 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 2001 #1 Marlene Mejia 1980 #6 Jennifer Balent 2001 #3 Kate Pinchbeck Laura DuPont, North Carolina (1967-1970) 1981 #3 Margie Brown Won the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s collegiate singles championship in 1981 #6 Sandy Fleischman 1970, becoming UNC’s first female national champion ... she played on the pro tour for 12 1984 #3 Nancy Boggs *The ACC discontinued 1985 #2 Elizabeth Alexander recognition of the singles years and was ranked as high as ninth in the world ... DuPont was inducted into the In- 1987 #6 Petra Wessels championships in 2002. tercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Women’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002 ... she was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977 ... she won the 1984 and ‘85 U.S. Open championship for women over 35.

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

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

Marlene Mejia, North Carolina (2000-2003) Cinda Gurney is regarded as one of the best players in Carolina and Earned first-team All-ACC honors in her first two years at No. 1 singles ... tied for the ACC ACC history. She is a two-time All-America and earned three ACC title at the No. 1 singles flight in 2001 ... in her sophomore year, she finished the season Player of the Year honors. ranked No. 18 and was selected first-team ITA All-America.

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

AIAW REGION II SINGLES CHAMPION AIAW SOUTHERN REGION II 1982 Betsy Heidenberger DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 1976 Nina Cloninger/ ITA CLAY COURT DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 1992 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy Jane Preyer 1981 Lloyd Hatcher/ NORTH CAROLINA AIAW SINGLES CHAMPIONS Katharine Hogan 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.

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 39 NCAA Championship History NCAA Championship Appearances - 18 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) Record: 39-18 Best Finish: National Championship Finalist (2014)

2016 NCAA Team Championships First Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #3 North Carolina d. ETSU ...... 4-0 NCAA Championship Team Results Second Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #3 North Carolina d. Northwestern ...... 4-2 2016 ETSU ...... W, 4-0 2009 Georgia State ...... W 4-0 Round of 16, Tulsa, Oklahoma Northwestern ...... W, 4-2 Clemson ...... L 0-4 #14 Virginia d. #3 North Carolina ...... 2-4 Virginia ...... L, 2-4 2008 SC State ...... W 4-0 2015 Quinippiac ...... W, 4-0 Arkansas ...... L 3-4 2016 NCAA Singles Championships (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Dartmouth ...... W, 4-0 2007 Marist ...... W 4-0 First Round Miami ...... W, 4-1 Duke ...... W 4-1 Jessie Aney, UNC d. , Vanderbilt...... 6-3, 6-1 UCLA ...... L, 1-4 Notre Dame ...... L 3-4 Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Lauren Chypyha, Wisconsin ...... 6-2, 7-5 2014 VCU ...... W, 4-0 2006 SC State ...... W 4-0 Kennedy Shaffer, Georgia d. Whitney Kay, UNC ...... 6-2, 6-4 Georgia State ...... W, 4-0 Wake Forest...... W 4-3 Texas A&M ...... W, 4-0 Duke ...... L 1-4 Second Round Alabama...... W, 4-2 2005 Richmond ...... W 4-0 Danielle Collins, Virginia (2) d. Jessie Aney, UNC...... 6-3, 6-2 Stanford ...... W, 4-3 Duke ...... W 4-0 Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Catherine Harrison, UCLA ...... 6-1, 7-5 UCLA ...... L, 3-4 Vanderbilt ...... W 4-0 2013 South Carolina St...... W 4-0 Clemson ...... L 4-1 Round of 16 Tennessee ...... W 4-1 2004 Winthrop...... W 4-0 Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Julia Elbaba, Virginia (9-16) ...... 6-2, 6-2 Nebraska ...... W 4-1 Tennessee ...... L 4-3 UCLA ...... L, 1-4 2003 C. of Charleston ...... W 4-0 Quarterfinals 2012 Richmond ...... W 4-0 Clemson ...... W 4-1 Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Katarina Adamovic, Oklahoma State ...... 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 Arizona ...... W 4-2 California ...... L 4-1 Miami ...... L 2-4 2002 Loyola (Md.) ...... W 5-0 Semifinals 2011 ETSU ...... W 4-0 Furman ...... W 4-0 Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Sidney Lohan, Miami (8)...... 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Washington ...... W 4-1 Arizona State ...... W 4-1 Vanderbilt ...... W 4-0 Stanford ...... L 4-1 Finals Baylor ...... L 3-4 2001 Iowa ...... W 4-1 Danielle Collins, Virginia (2) d. Hayley Carter, UNC (1) ...... 6-3, 6-2 2010 Richmond ...... W 4-0 California ...... L 4-1 UNLV ...... W 4-0 2000 Arkansas ...... L 5-2 2016 NCAA Doubles Championships (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Florida State ...... W 4-1 1999 Washington ...... W 5-4 First Round Duke ...... W 4-3 Mississippi...... L 5-1 Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay, UNC (1) d. Abbes/Kobayashi, Wash...... 6-3, 6-2 Florida ...... L 0-4

Round of 16 Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay, UNC (1) d. Dubavets/Stojic, UCSB ...... 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7)

Quarterfinals Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay, UNC (1) d. Berg/Cline, South Carolina ...... 6-1, 6-2

Semifinals Manasse/Starr, Cal (4) d. Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay, UNC (1) ...... 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7)

A celebration erupted after a victory over Alabama in the 2014 NCAA Team Championship in Athens, Ga. The Tar Heels reached the national champion- ship match for the first time in program history.

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. 2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 40 NCAA Championship History 2016 NCAA Singles Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb Jessie Aney 1st round def. Jiang/Leung (Columbia) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 1st round def. Astra Sharma (Vandy) 6-3, 6-1 Round of 16 def. Gleason/Sanders (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-3 2nd round lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-2, 6-2 Quarters lost to Burgmans/Flickinger (Aub) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Hayley Carter (National Champion runner-up) 1st round def. Lauren Chypyha (WISC) 6-2, 7-5 2013 NCAA Singles 2nd round def. Catherine Harrison (UCLA), 6-1, 7-5 Zoe De Bruycker Round of 16 def. Julia Elbaba (Virginia) 6-2, 6-2 1st round def. Abigail Tere-Apisah (Georgia St), 6-4, 7-5 Quarters def. Katarina Adamovic (OKST) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 2nd round lost to Yana Koroleva (Clem), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Semifinals def. Sinead Lohan (Miami) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Whitney Kay Final lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-3, 6-2 1st round lost to Klara Fabikova (California), 7-5, 6-2 Whitney Kay Caroline Price 1st round lost to Kennedy Shaffer (UGA) 6-2, 6-4 1st round def. Lacey Smyth (Arizona), 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 2nd round def. Julie Elbaba (Virginia), 6-2, 6-1 2016 NCAA Doubles Round of 16 lost to Natalie Beazant (Rice), 6-1, 6-2 Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay Gina Suarez-Malaguti 1st round def. Abbes/Kobayashi (Wash) 6-3, 6-2 1st round def. Mary Anne Macfarlane (UCLA), 6-2, 6-4 Round of 16 def. Dubavets/Stojic (UCSB) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7) 2nd round def. Beatrice Gumulya (Clemson), 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 Quarters def. Berg/Cline (SCAR) 6-1, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Petra Niedermayerova (Kansas St), 6-1, 6-1 Semifinals lost to Manasse/Starr (CAL) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7) Quarters lost to Breaunna Addison (Texas), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4

2015 NCAA Singles 2012 NCAA Singles Hayley Carter Zoe De Bruycker 1st round lost to Ema Burgic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-4 1st round lost to Sona Novakova (Baylor), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Jamie Loeb (National Champion) Lauren McHale 1st round def. Zoe Scandalis (USC), 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 1st round lost to Nina Secerbegovic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-2 2nd round def. Simona Parajova (TCU), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Joana Eidukonyte (Clemson) 6-3, 6-1 2012 NCAA Doubles Quarters def. Danielle Collins (Virginia), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale Semifinals def. Stephanie Wagner (Miami), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 1st round lost to Natalie Pluskota/Kata Szekely (Tennessee), 7-6 (2), 6-3 Finals def. Carlo Zhao (Stanford), 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 Caroline Price 2011 NCAA Singles 1st round def. Kourtney Keegan (Florida) 6-1, 6-3 Zoe De Bruycker 2nd round lost to Sinead Lohan (Miami), 7-6 (3), 7-5 1st round def. (Stan), 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 2nd round def. Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Maryland), 6-2, 6-2 2015 NCAA Doubles Round of 16 lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 Jamie Loeb/Caroline Price 1st round def. Katz/Santamaria (USC), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 2010 NCAA Singles Round of 16 lost to Davidson/Zhao (Stanford) 6-2, 6-3 Sanaz Marand 1st round def. Jennifer Widjaja (Pacific), 6-1, 6-4 2014 NCAA Singles 2nd round lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 7-6 (4), 6-4 Hayley Carter Katrina Tsang 1st round def. Maho Kowase (Georgia), 6-4, 6-3 1st round def. Denise Muresan (Michigan), 6-0, 7-6 (1) 2nd round def. (Arizona State), 6-2, 6-2 2nd round lost to Maria Mosolova (NW), 6-0, 7-6 (4) 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 2010 NCAA Doubles Jamie Loeb Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand 1st round def. Alexandra Cercone (Florida), 6-2, 7-5 1st round lost to Kali Krisik/Kristi Frilling (Notre Dame), 6-3, 6-2 2nd round def. Zoe Scandalis (Southern Cal), 6-3, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Breaunna Addison (Texas) 7-5, 6-4 2009 NCAA Singles Quarters lost to Lynn Chi (California) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Sanaz Marand Caroline Price 1st round def. Georgia Rose (Northwestern), 6-4, 6-2 1st round lost to Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 2nd round def. Natasha Marks (Arizona), 6-3, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Laura Gioia (Furman), 6-1, 6-1 2014 NCAA Doubles Quarters lost to Julia Cohen (Miami), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 Whitney Kay/Caroline Price Katrina Tsang 1st round def. to Janowicz/Keegan (Florida) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 1st round lost to Jana Juricova (California), 6-4, 6-3 Round of 16 def. Gumulya/Rompies (Clemson) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) Quarters lost to Capra/Mar (Duke) 7-5, 6-2

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

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 41 NCAA Championship History 2005 NCAA Doubles Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline 1st round def. Chloe Carlotti/Virginia Tomatis (Miss.), 7-6 (7), 7-5 Rd of 16 lost to Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 6-2, 6-4

2004 NCAA Singles Aniela Mojzis 1st round def. Lyndsay Shosho (Georgia Tech), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 2nd round lost to Cristelle Grier (Northwestern), 6-0, 6-4

2004 NCAA Doubles Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline 1st round def. Luana Magnani/Carina Vermeulen (USC), 6-3, 6-4 Round of 16 lost to Daniela Bercek/Lauren Fisher (UCLA), 6-1, 7-5

2003 NCAA Singles Katrina Tsang became UNC’s fourth four-time All-ACC selection in 2010. Kate Pinchbeck 1st round def. Julia Scaringe (Florida), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 2009 NCAA Doubles 2nd round lost to Agata Cioroch (Georgia), 6-3, 6-4 Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand Marlene Mejia 1st round lost to Marrit Boonstra/Jo Mather (Florida), 6-2, 6-2 1st round def. Saras Arasu (Duke), 6-1, 7-6 (6) Austin Smith/Katrina Tsang 2nd round lost to Jewel Peterson (USC) 1st round lost to Hilary Barte/ (Stanford), 6-2, 6-1 Aniela Mojzis 1st round def. Nathalie Roels (Kentucky), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5) 2008 NCAA Singles 2nd round lost to Mira Radu (Mississippi), 6-0, 6-2 Sanaz Marand 1st round def. (Tenn), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 2003 NCAA Doubles 2nd round lost to Katrina Zheltova (Sac. State), 7-6 (4), 1-6, 4-6 Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline Katrina Tsang 1st round lost to Courtney Nagle/Daria Panova (Oregon), 7-5, 6-2 1st round def. Cristina Visico (California), 7-5, 6-3 2nd round lost to Tracy Lin (UCLA), 6-2, 6-3 2002 NCAA Singles Kate Pinchbeck 2008 NCAA Doubles 1st round def. Katja Kovac (Baylor), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand 2nd round def. Maja Mlakar (Arizona), 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 1st round lost to Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe (Fresno State), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 Round of 16 def. Lauren Kalvaria (Stanford), 7-5, 6-3 Quarters lost to (Wake Forest), 6-2, 6-4 2007 NCAA Singles Julie Rotondi Jenna Long 1st round def. Darija Klaic (Washington), 6-3, 7-5 1st round lost to Megan Alexander (UF), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) 2nd round lost to (Stanford), 7-5, 6-2 Sanaz Marand Marlene Mejia 1st round lost to Diana Srebrovic (UF), 6-1, 6-0 1st round lost to Alice Pirsu (Penn), 6-3, 6-2 Katrina Tsang 1st round def. Sylvia Kosakowski (Pepp), 6-4, 6-1 1993 NCAA Singles 2nd round lost to Melanie Glorida (Fresno St), 6-2, 6-3 Cinda Gurney (National Champion runner-up) 1st round def. Jody Yin (Indiana), 6-4, 6-1 2007 NCAA Doubles 2nd round def. Beth Berris (Stanford), 6-3, 6-1 Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen (National Champions) Round of 16 def. Laxmi Poruri (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3 1st round def. Alex Haney/Melissa Koning (Aub), 6-4, 6-3 Quarters def. Christine Neuman (Duke), 7-5, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 7-6 (5), 7-5 Semifinals def. Andrea Farley (Florida), 7-6 (12), 6-2 Quarters def. Catrina Thompson/Christian Thompson (Notre Dame), 6-2, 6-0 Finals lost to (Florida), 6-3, 6-1 Semifinals def. Ana Cetnik/Anna Sydorska (TCU), 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 Finals def. Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (W&M), 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 1993 NCAA Doubles Caitlin Collins/Sanaz Marand Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 1st round def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 6-2 1st round def. Domanico/Saret (BYU), 6-3, 6-0 Round of 16 lost to Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (W&M), 6-1, 6-2 2nd round lost to Jensen/Koves (Kansas), 6-1, 6-3

2006 NCAA Singles 1992 NCAA Singles Jenna Long Cinda Gurney 1st round lost to Nicole Leimbach (TCU), 6-2, 6-3 1st round def. Kylie Johnson (Stanford), 6-3, 6-3 2nd round lost to Shawn McCarthy (Georgia), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 2006 NCAA Doubles Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen 1992 NCAA Doubles 1st round def. Hannah Grady/Jessica Weeks (Long Beach), 6-4, 6-4 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy Round of 16 def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 7-6 (3) 1st round def. Downs/Viollet (Miami), 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 Quarters def. Gabriela Duch/Neyessa Etienne (USF), 6-2, 6-4 2nd round lost to Ceniza/McCalla (UCLA), 6-3, 7-6 (1) Semifinals lost to Lucia Sainz/Katharina Winterhalter (Fresno St.), 7-5, 6-3

2005 NCAA Singles Aniela Mojzis 1st round def. (Stanford), 6-7 (6), 6-0, ret. 2nd round lost to Zuzana Zemenova (Baylor), 6-1, 7-6 (0) Kendall Cline 1st round def. Bianca Dulgheru (Pepperdine), 6-2, 7-5 2nd round lost to Riza Zalameda (UCLA), 7-6 (7), 6-0

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 42 Award Winners

Carolina advanced to the finals of the 2014 NCAA Championship after defeating Sara Anundsen (left), with Hayley Carter, was named the 2011 ITA National Stanford in the semifinals. Assistant Coach of the Year.

NCAA Team Championship ITA National Player to Watch Most Career Wins (thru fall 2016) 2014 ...... Finalist 2014 ...... Hayley Carter 1. Hayley Carter ...... 140 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 7. Gina Suarez-Malagu...... 106 ITA National Senior Player of the Year 8. Spencer Barnes ...... 105 NCAA Singles Championship 2007 ...... Jenna Long 9. Sara Anundsen...... 101 2015 ...... Jamie Loeb (champion) Austin Smith ...... 101 2016 ...... Hayley Carter (runner-up) ITA Senior Player of the Year Shinann Featherston...... 101 (Carolinas Region) Tessa Lyons ...... 101 NCAA Doubles Championship 2007 ...... Jenna Long 13. Valerie Farmer ...... 100 2007 ...... S. Anundsen/J. Long (champion) 2010 ...... Sanaz Marand 14. Kathy Barton ...... 99 2016 ...... 2012 ...... Shinann Featherson 15. Ann Stephenson ...... 98 2013 ...... Gina Suarez-Malaguti Aniela Mojzis ...... 98 Honda Sports AwardH. Carter/W. Kay (semifinals) Katrina Tsang ...... 98 2014 ...... ITA Most Improved Senior Player 2015 ...... (Carolinas Region) Career winning percentage (min 80 victories) 2016 ...... Jamie Loeb (finalist) 2016 ...... Whitney Kay Jamie Loeb ...... 90.3 (84-9) Jamie Loeb (finalist) Hayley Carter ...... 84.9 (140-25) ITA National IntercollegiateHayley Carter (finalist) ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award Betsy Heidenberger ...... 81.2 (82-19) Indoor Champions 2005 ...... Kendall Cline Cinda Gurney ...... 78.8 (115-31) 2013 ...... Jamie Loeb (S) Margie Brown ...... 78.6 (81-22) 2016 ...... Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay (D) ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award (Carolinas Region) Wins by a freshman ITA National Player of the Year 2005 ...... Kendall Cline Jamie Loeb ...... 53 2014 ...... Jamie Loeb 2012 ...... Shinann Featherston Hayley Carter ...... 50 Sanaz Marand ...... 39 ITA National Rookie of the Year ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership Award Kathy Barton ...... 36 2014 ...... Jamie Loeb 2005 ...... Aniela Mojzis Jessie Aney ...... 35

ITA National Doubles Team of the Year ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership Award Wins by a sophomore 2007 ...... Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (Carolinas Region) Sanaz Marand ...... 37 2003 ...... Kate Pinchbeck Jenna Long ...... 36 ITA Rookie of the Year (Carolinas Region) 2005 ...... Aniela Mojzis Zoe De Bruycker ...... 34 2013 ...... Whitney Kay 2011 ...... Haley Hemm Caroline Price ...... 34 2014 ...... Jamie Loeb Marlene Meijia ...... 33 ITA Collegiate All-Star Team ITA National Coach of the Year 2016 ...... Hayley Carter Wins by a junior 2010 ...... Brian Kalbas 2016 ...... Whitney Kay Hayley Carter ...... 49 Margie Brown ...... 38 ITA Coach of the Year (Carolinas Region) ITA Indoor National Team Championships Betsy Heidenberger ...... 38 2006 ...... Brian Kalbas Most Outstanding Player Jennier Balent ...... 35 2010 ...... Brian Kalbas 2013 ...... Whitney Kay Katharine Hogan ...... 33 2012 ...... Brian Kalbas 2015 ...... Caroline Price Wins by a senior ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year UNC Patterson Medal Betsy Heidenberger ...... 44 2011 ...... Sara Anundsen 2015 ...... Caroline Price Lloyd Hatcher ...... 41 Caroline Price ...... 39 ITA Assistant Coach of the Year Jenna Long ...... 35 (Carolinas Region) Kendall Cline ...... 35 2006 ...... Tari Ann Toro 2010 ...... Sara Anundsen 2011 ...... Sara Anundsen 2013 ...... Sara Anundsen 2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 43

2016-17 TAR HEELS

Sara Daavettila, Marika Akkerman, Rachael James-Baker, Cassandra Vazquez, Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, Hayley Carter, Alexa Graham, Maggie Kane, Jessie Aney, Makenna Jones 2017 SCHEDULE Jan. 21: Ball State, UNCG Chapel Hill Mar. 19: at Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. ITA Kick-Off Weekend Chapel Hill Mar. 24: Virginia Tech Chapel Hill Jan. 28: Oregon Mar. 26: Virginia Chapel Hill Jan. 29: Texas April 1: Georgia Tech Chapel Hill Feb. 3: Texas Tech Orlando, Fla., USTA National Campus April 6: Michigan Chapel Hill Feb. 10-13: April 9: at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. ITA National Team Indoor Championship April 13: at Louisville Louisville, Ky. New Haven, Conn. April 15: at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. Feb. 21: Elon, App. St. Chapel Hill April 19: Duke Chapel Hill Feb. 25: at South Carolina Columbia, S.C. April 22: Pitt Chapel Hill Feb. 28: at NC State Raleigh, N.C. April 23: Syracuse Chapel Hill Mar. 2: Clemson Chapel Hill Mar. 5: at Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. April 26-30 Mar. 11: vs. ECU, Charleston Charleston, S.C. Atlantic Coast Conference Mar. 17: at Miami Coral Gables, Fla. Championship Rome, Georgia