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Quick Facts/Table of Contents The University of North Carolina Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 Enrollment: 28,000 Chancellor: Holden Thorp Director of Athletics: Dick Baddour Senior Women’s Administrator: Dr. Beth Miller Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Atlantic Coast Nickname: Tar Heels Mascot: Rameses the ram School colors: Carolina Blue and white Athletic department Web site: TarHeelBlue.com Carolina Women’s Tennis Head Coach: Brian Kalbas (Notre Dame, ‘89) Record at Carolina: 110-44 (5 seasons) Overall Record: 324-111 (16 seasons) Kalbas’ Phone/Email: (919) 962-6262, [email protected] Introduction Meet The Tar Heels Assistant Coach: Sara Anundsen, first season (UNC ‘07) Quick Facts ........................................1 Head Coach Brian Kalbas ............4 Anundsen’s Phone: (919) 962-6464 2008-09 Roster ...............................2 Asst. Coach Sara Anundsen ........5 Anundsen’s Email: [email protected] Tennis Office Fax: (919) 962-2604 Player Profiles ..........................6-14 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Parker’s Phone: (919) 962-6363 Team Physician: Kelly Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Steve Gisselman Athletic Trainer: Sally Mays Academic Advisor: Brent Blanton 2008 Record: 18-9 2008 ACC Record: 7-3 2008 ACC Finish: 5th (regular season), quarterfinals (tournament) Final 2008 ITA Ranking: 17th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/1 Starters Returning/Lost: 6/0 ACC Titles: 5 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002) NCAA Appearances: 10 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 16-10 UNC Athletic Communications 2007-08 In Review This Is Carolina Office Phone: (919) 962-2123 2007-08 Results ................... 16-17 University/Chapel Hill ....... 22-25 Associate Athletic Director for Communications: Steve Kirschner 2007-08 Review ................... 18-20 Sports Med/Academics ..... 26-29 Assistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact: Bobby Hundley Tennis Center ........................ 30-31 E-mail: [email protected] Hundley’s Office Phone: (919) 843-5678 Hundley’s Cell Phone: (919) 428-0893 SID Fax: (919) 962-0612 Mailing Address: PO Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Supporting UNC Women’s Tennis The University of North Carolina has a long-term agreement with Nike, which provides UNC teams with shoes, apparel, equipment bags and other products. The contract, signed in 1994 and again in 1997, was extended for a period of eight more years beginning in July 2002. In addition to Nike products, the agreement provides $100,000 annually to the Chan- cellor’s Academic Enhancement Fund for undergraduate teaching and History $100,000 annually to the UNC athletic department to reward Olympic UNC/ACC History ................. 34-35 sport programs and coaches for academic and athletic excellence. NCAA History ......................... 36-37 Awards/Honors .................... 38-39 2009 UNC Women’s Tennis Guide Credits: Photos by Jeffrey Camarati; Printing by UNC Printing, Chapel Hill, N.C. 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 2009 UNC Women’s Tennis media ficial site of North Carolina athletics. guide was written, edited and designed by Bobby Hundley TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all 28 with assistance from the UNC Athletic Communications of Carolina’s varsity sports. staff. Covers designed by Bobby Hundley. Page 1 • 2008-09 UNC Women’s Tennis Media Guide 2008-09 Roster Left to right: Assistant Coach Sara Anundsen, Katrina Tsang, Shinann Featherston, Laura Reichert, Jocelyn Ffriend, Meg Fanjoy, Austin Smith, Jelena Durisic, Sophie Grabinski, Hanes Harris, Sanaz Marand, Stefi Gjine, Linzee Mabrey, Haley Hemm, Head Coach Brian Kalbas 2008-09 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 to Chapel Hill. Exit at NC-54 West (exit 273A) Jelena Durisic So. 6-2 Torrance, Calif. Pacific Coast and follow for approximately 1 mile. Turn left Meg Fanjoy Sr. 5-9 Statesville, N.C. Heritage Academy at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. Shinann Featherston Fr. 5-6 Rockaway Park, N.Y. St. Francis Prep Jocelyn Ffriend Fr. 5-6 New Rochelle, N.Y. New Rochelle From points north of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Stefi Gjine Fr. 5-6 North Vancouver, B.C. VLN South toward Durham. Exit left at US-15/501 in Durham and follow 15/501 for approxi- Sophie Grabinski Sr. 5-10 Carmel, Ind. Carmel mately 6.5 miles. At the I-40 junction, turn left Hanes Harris Sr. 5-7 Wilmington, N.C. New Hanover at light onto I-40 East. Take I-40 East until exit Haley Hemm Fr. 5-3 Menlo Park, Calif. Sacred Heart Prep for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 Linzee Mabrey Jr. 5-5 Needham, Mass. Needham West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stop- light into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Sanaz Marand Jr. 5-6 Katy, Texas Texas Tech High Tennis Center. Laura Reichert Sr. 5-5 Oakton, Va. Madison Austin Smith Sr. 5-9 Hilton Head Island, S.C. Heritage Academy From points west of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 North toward Durham. When I-85 and I-40 Katrina Tsang Jr. 5-3 Raleigh, N.C. Indiana Univ. High split, take I-40 East. Continue on I-40 East until exit for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on Coaching Staff/Support Staff NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs Head Coach: Brian Kalbas to Tennis Center. Assistant Coach: Sara Anundsen Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker From Points South: Take US-15/501 North Head Athletic Trainer: Sally Mays to Chapel Hill. Exit right onto 15/501 Bypass in Chapel Hill. Continue on 15/501 Bypass GA Athletic Trainers: Sonia Gysland, Eric Bengtson through two stoplights. After second light, take Team Physician: Dr. Kelly Waicus next exit, which will be NC-54 East. Continue on Strength and Conditioning: Steve Gisselman NC-54 East approximately 1.5 miles. Turn right at stoplight into Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. Page 2 • 2008-09 UNC Women’s Tennis Media Guide Career Highlights • 1998 ITA National Coach of the Year • Five-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year the• Four-time first NCAA CAA title Coach in the of historythe Year of Carolina tennis • Coached Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long to the 2007 NCAA Doubles title, • Coached 10 All-America players to 20 total All-America honors • Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners • Won nine CAA titles in 11 seasons at W&M Currently in his sixth season at the University of North Caro- • His teams have defeated 24 top-10 opponents in 16 seasons Head Coach Brian Kalbas lina and his 16th season overall as a collegiate head coach, Brian Ka- over• Coached No. 2 teamsand eventual to the NCAA NCAA quarterfinals champion UCLA three intimes 2008. Under Kalbas’ di- lbas has led the Tar Heels through one of the most successful runs in rection, 15 of his teams have been ranked in the Top 15 in the country. school history. Highlighted by just the second trip to the NCAA Quarter- Kalbas was a four-time Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Coach finals in school history in 2005 and its first NCAA tennis title in 2007, of the Year, winning the honor in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2002. He was recognized UNC has advanced to the NCAA Tournament all five years under Kalbas. as the ITA Regional Coach of the Year four times during his tenure at W&M. Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the collegiate tennis world in He piloted his William & Mary teams to nine CAA Championships, the most 2007 when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long defeated Megan Moulton- recent being in 2002. Kalbas also coached William & Mary to two NCAA quar- Levy and Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary to claim the NCAA Doubles Cham- terfinals appearances. Under Kalbas’ direction at William & Mary and Carolina, pionship. The title capped an incredible season for the duo that saw them reach he has coached a total of 10 All-Americas, the most recent being current junior No. 1 in the nation and earn National Doubles Team of the Year honors from the Sanaz Marand, who defeated the No. 1 player in the nation twice as a sopho- ITA, as they became the first Tar Heels, male or female, to win an NCAA tennis title. more and finished 2008 with just two singles losses. Carolina placed two play- UNC had yet another highly successful season in dual match play in 2007. ers on the 2008 All-ACC team, Marand and fellow sophomore Katrina Tsang. Carolina finished third in the highly-competitive ACC, a league which produced Both Tsang and Marand qualified for the NCAA Singles tournament in 2008 all three NCAA women’s titles during the year (singles, doubles, team). The and Marand partnered with Sophie Grabinski to earn a doubles bid. This contin- Tar Heels were also named a host site for NCAA first and second round action, ued a great run of success on the NCAA level for players under Kalbas. He helped and they defeated Marist and rival Duke to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in guide three singles players (Long, Tsang and Marand) and two doubles pairs Athens, Ga., where they fell in a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to Notre Dame. (Anundsen/Long, Marand/Caitlin Collins) to NCAA play in 2007, marking the Carolina reached a new team pinnacle in 2006, earning a national most Tar Heels ever to earn invites to the NCAA individual tournaments.