Quick Facts/Table of Contents The University of North Carolina Location: Cha pel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 Enrollment: 826,87 Chancellor: Dr . James Moeser Director of Athletics: Dick Baddour Senior Women’s Administrator: Dr. Beth Miller Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: At lantic Coast Nickname: Tar Heels Mascot: Ra meses the ram School colors: Ca rolina Blue and white Athletic department web site: TarHeelBlue.com Carolina Women’s Tennis Head Coach: Bri an Kalbas (Notre Dame, ‘89) Record at Carolina: 92 -35 (4 seasons) Overall Record: 306 -102 (15 seasons) Introduction Meet The Tar Heels Kalbas’ Phone/Email: (919 ) 962-6262, [email protected] Quick Facts ........................1 Head Coach Brian Kalbas....4 Assistant Coach: Tar i Ann Toro, 5th season (William & Mary, ‘99) 2007-08 Roster....................2 Assistant Coaches................5 Toro’s Phone/Email: (919 ) 962-6464, [email protected] Player Profiles ................6-13 Tennis Office Fax: (919 ) 962-2604 Home Facility: Cone -Kenfield Tennis Center Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Parker’s Phone: (9 19) 962-6363 Team Physician: Kell y Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Ste ve Gisselman Academic Advisor: Brent Blanton 2007 Record: 23-9 2007 ACC Record: 8-3 2007 ACC Finish: T- 3rd (regular season), semifinals (tournament) Final 2007 Fila/ITA Ranking: 12 th Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 9/3 Starters Returning/Lost: 3/3 ACC Titles: 5 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002) NCAA Appearances: 9 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 15-9 2006-07 In Review This Is Carolina UNC Athletic Communications 2006-07 Results ............16-17 University/Chapel Hill ..22-25 Office Phone: (919 ) 962-2123 2006-07 Review............18-20 Sports Med/Academics 26-29 Associate Athletic Director for Communications: Steve Kirschner Tennis Center ................30-31 Assistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact: Bobb y Hundley 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 Chancellor's Academic Enhance- History ment Fund for undergraduate teaching and $100,000 annually to the UNC athletic department to reward Olympic sport programs and UNC/ACC History ........34-35 coaches for academic and athletic excellence. NCAA History ..............36-37 Awards/Honors ............38-39 2008 UNC Women’s Tennis Guide Credits: Photos by Jeffrey Camarati; Printing by UNC Media and fans can follow the Carolina women’s tennis team and Printing, Chapel Hill, N.C. the rest of the UNC athletic program from anywhere in the world on Content & Design: The 2007 UNC Women’s Tennis the official site of North Carolina athletics. media guide was edited and designed by Bobby Hund- TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all ley with assistance from the UNC Athletic Communica- 28 of Carolina’s varsity sports. tions staff. Covers designed by Dana Gelin and Bobby Hundley. 2007-08 UNC WOMEN’S TENNIS • PAGE 1 2007-08 Roster Front row (L to R): Linzee Mabrey, Sanaz Marand, Katrina Tsang, Alexandra Jurewitz, Laura Reichert, Hanes Harris Back row (L to R): Assistant Coach Tari Ann Toro, Volunteer Assistant Jenna Long, Jelena Durisic, Austin Smith, Meg Fanjoy, Sophie Grabinski, Head Coach Brian Kalbas 2007-08 North Carolina Tar Heels To Reach Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center ... From RDU and points east: Take I-40 West to Name Yr. Ht. Hometown High School Chapel Hill. Exit at NC-54 West (exit 273A) Jelena Durisic Fr. 6-2 Torrance, Calif. Pacific Coast and follow for approximately 1 mile. Turn Meg Fanjoy Jr. 5-9 Statesville, N.C. Heritage Academy left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. Sophie Grabinski Jr. 5-10 Carmel, Ind. Carmel From points north of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 Hanes Harris Jr. 5-7 Wilmington, N.C. New Hanover South toward Durham. Exit left at US-15/501 Alexandra Jurewitz Sr. 5-4 Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. Palos Verdes Peninsula in Durham and follow 15/501 for approxi- Linzee Mabrey So. 5-5 Needham, Mass. Needham mately 6.5 miles. At the I-40 junction, turn left at light onto I-40 East. Take I-40 East until Sanaz Marand So. 5-6 Katy, Texas Texas Tech High exit for NC-54 West (exit 273A). Continue Laura Reichert Jr. 5-5 Oakton, Va. Madison on NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Turn Austin Smith Jr. 5-9 Hilton Head Island, S.C. Heritage Academy left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. Katrina Tsang So. 5-3 Raleigh, N.C. Indiana Univ. High From points west of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 North toward Durham. When I-85 and I-40 Coaching Staff/Support Staff split, take I-40 East. Continue on I-40 East until exit for NC-54 West (exit 273A). Con- Head Coach: Brian Kalbas tinue on NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Assistant Coach: Tari Ann Toro Turn left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Volunteer Assistant: Caitlin Collins Follow signs to Tennis Center. Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker From Points South: Take US-15/501 North to Chapel Hill. Exit right onto 15/501 Bypass in Head Athletic Trainer: Sally Mays Chapel Hill. Continue on 15/501 Bypass GA Athletic Trainers: Jeff Hudson, Sonia Gysland through two stoplights. After second light, Team Physician: Dr. Kelly Waicus take next exit, which will be NC-54 East. Continue on NC-54 East approximately 1.5 Strength and Conditioning: Steve Gisselman miles. Turn right at stoplight into Friday Cen- ter. Follow signs to Tennis Center. 2007-08 UNC WOMEN’S TENNIS • PAGE 2 Head Coach Brian Kalbas Career Highlights • 1998 ITA National Coach of the Year • Five-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year • Four-time CAA Coach of the Year • Coached Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long to the 2007 NCAA Dou- bles title, the first NCAA title in the history of Carolina tennis • Coached nine All-America players to 19 total All-America honors • Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners • Won nine CAA titles in 11 seasons at W&M Currently in his fifth season at the University of North Carolina and his 15th sea- • His teams have defeated 22 top-10 opponents in 15 seasons son overall as a collegiate head coach, Brian Kalbas has led the Tar Heels through • Coached teams to the NCAA quarterfinals three times one of the most successful runs in school history. Highlighted by just the second trip to the NCAA Quarterfinals in school history in 2005 and its first NCAA tennis title Kalbas was a four-time Colonial Athletic Association Women's Tennis Coach of in 2007, UNC has advanced to the NCAA Tournament all four years under Kalbas. the Year, winning the honor in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2002. He was recognized as Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the collegiate tennis world in 2007 the ITA Regional Coach of the Year four times during his tenure at W&M. when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long defeated Megan Moulton-Levy and He piloted his William & Mary teams to nine CAA Championships, the most re- Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary to claim the NCAA Doubles Championship. The cent being in 2002. Kalbas also coached William & Mary to two NCAA quarterfinals title capped an incredible season for the duo that saw them reach No. 1 in the nation appearances. Under Kalbas' direction at William & Mary and Carolina, he has and earn National Doubles Team of the Year honors from the ITA, as they became coached a total of nine All-Americas, the most recent being the NCAA champion the first Tar Heels, male or female, to win an NCAA tennis title. doubles tandem of Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long in 2006 and 2007. Carolina UNC had yet another highly successful season in dual match play in 2007. Car- placed two players on the 2007 All-ACC team, Long and freshman Katrina Tsang. olina finished third in the highly-competitive ACC, a league which produced all three Long was also named the 2007 ITA Senior Player of the Year. Kalbas helped guide NCAA women’s titles during the year (singles, doubles, team). The Tar Heels were three singles players (Long, Tsang and Sanaz Marand) and two doubles pairs also named a host site for NCAA first and second round action, and they defeated (Anundsen/Long, Marand/Caitlin Collins) to NCAA play in 2007, marking the most Marist and rival Duke to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in Athens, Ga., where they Tar Heels ever to earn invites to the NCAA individual tournaments. Carolina also had fell in a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to Notre Dame. more NCAA participants than any school in the nation in 2007. Carolina reached a new team pinnacle in 2006, earning a national ranking of In 2005, Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis both received national awards from No. 3, the highest in program history. The Tar Heels advanced to the NCAA Sweet the ITA. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Mojzis Sixteen for the second straight season, falling to Duke in the Round of 16. With a final received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, marking record of 26-7, UNC posted its highest win total since the 1981-82 squad finished 26- the first time in ITA history that one school won both awards.