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2017 Quick Facts

2017 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 1

The University of North CarolinaLocation: Chapel Hill, N.C.Chartered: 1789Undergraduate Enrollment: 18,415Chancellor: Carol FoltDirector of Athletics: Bubba CunninghamSenior Women’s Administrator: Nicki MooreAffiliation: NCAA Division IConference: Atlantic CoastNickname: Tar HeelsMascot: Rameses the ramSchool colors: Carolina Blue and whiteAthletic department Web site: GoHeels.com

Carolina Women’s TennisHead Coach: Brian Kalbas (Notre Dame, ‘89)Record at Carolina: 327-88, 13 seasonsOverall Record: 541-173, 24 seasonsKalbas’ Phone/Email: (919) 962-6262, [email protected] Coach: Courtney Nagle, Third season (Oregon, ‘05)Nagle’s Phone: (919) 962-6161Nagle’s Email: [email protected] Office Fax: (919) 962-2604Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis CenterTennis Center Contact: Andrew ParkerParker’s Phone: (919) 962-6363Team Physician: Kelly WaicusStrength and Conditioning: Chad WorkmanHead Athletic Trainer: Carrie ShearerAcademic Advisor: Mike Greene2016 Record: 31-32016 ACC Record: 14-02016 ACC Finish: 1st (regular season), Won ACC ChampionshipFinal 2016 ITA Ranking: 4thLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/3Starters Returning/Lost: 3/3ACC 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 CommunicationsOffice Phone: (919) 962-2123Assistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact: Mark KimmelE-mail: [email protected]’s Office Phone: (919) 962-0084Kimmel’s Cell Phone: (919) 619-3344Assistant Athletic Director for Communications: Kevin BestMailing Address: PO Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515

Supporting UNC Women’s TennisThe 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.

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-ficial site of North Carolina athletics.

GoHeels.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all 28 of Carolina’s varsity sports.

2017 UNC Women’s Tennis YearbookCredits: Photos by Jeffrey Camarati, Bill Kallenberg and

the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Content & Design: The 2017 UNC Women’s Tennis year-book was written, edited and designed by Mark Kimmel with assistance from the UNC Athletic Communications staff. Covers designed by Associate Athletic Communica-tions Director Dana Gelin.

Meet The Tar HeelsHead Coach Brian Kalbas ............ 4Assistant Coaches .......................... 5Player Profiles .......................... 6-20

2015-16 In Review2015-16 Results ................... 22-232015-16 Review .......................... 24

This Is CarolinaAcademics/CLA .................... 26-27Chapel Hill/UNC ................... 28-31Tennis Facility ....................... 32-33Administration ............................. 34

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

IntroductionQuick Facts ........................................ 12017 Roster ...................................... 2

2017 Roster


Name Yr. Ht. Hometown High School/AcademyMarika Akkerman Jr. 5-7 Boca Raton, Florida Laurel SpringsJessie Aney So. 5-8 Rochester, Minnesota CenturyHayley Carter Sr. 5-11 Hilton Head, South Carolina Smith Stearns AcademySara Daavettila Fr. 5-6 Williamston, Michigan WilliamstonAlexa Graham Fr. 5-9 Garden City, New York Garden CityRachael James-Baker RSr. 5-6 Plantation, Florida American Heritage AcademyMakenna Jones Fr. 5-7 Greenville, South Carolina Travelers RestMaggie Kane Jr. 5-8 Raleigh, North Carolina BroughtonChloe Ouellet-Pizer So. 5-9 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Laurel SpringsCassandra Vazquez Jr. 5-9 Houston, Texas Coaching Staff/Support Staff Head Coach: Brian Kalbas Assistant Coach: Courtney Nagle Volunteer Assistant Coach: Shinann Featherston Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Head Athletic Trainer: Carrie Shearer Team Physician: Dr. Kelly Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Chad Workman

To Reach Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center ...From RDU and points east: Take I-40 West to Chapel Hill. Exit at NC-54 West (exit 273A) and follow for approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center. From points north of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 South toward Durham. Exit left at US-15/501 in Durham and follow 15/501 for approxi-mately 6.5 miles. At the I-40 junction, turn left at light onto I-40 East. Take I-40 East until exit for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stop-light into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

From points west of Chapel Hill: Take I-85 North toward Durham. When I-85 and I-40 split, take I-40 East. Continue on I-40 East until exit for NC-54 West (exit 273). Continue on NC-54 West approximately 1 mile. Turn left at stoplight into the Friday Center. Follow signs to Tennis Center.

From Points South: Take US-15/501 North 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.

2017 North Carolina Tar Heels

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.


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 as a collegiate head women’s tennis coach. Highlighted by a pair of ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2013 and 2015, an appearance in the NCAA Team Championship national final in 2014, an NCAA doubles title in 2007 and most recently Jamie Loeb’s NCAA singles crown in 2015, UNC has advanced to the NCAA Tournament all 13 years under Kalbas’ tutelage. Along the way he was named ACC Coach of the Year five times, most recently in 2015. He begins his 25th year as a head coach with a 541-173 (.758) career mark, and a scintilating 327-88 (.788) record with the Tar Heels. Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the colle-

giate tennis world in 2007 when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long defeated Megan Moulton-Levy and Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary to claim the NCAA Doubles Champi-onship. The title capped an incredible season for the duo that saw them reach No. 1 in the nation and earn National Doubles Team of the Year honors from the ITA, as they became the first Tar Heels to win an NCAA tennis title. The Tar Heels made a team run in 2010 that would rival the accomplishments of Anundsen and Long. After rising to the No. 1 ranking in the ITA national poll for the first time in UNC history, Carolina was awarded a program-best No. 2 overall seed to the NCAA Team Championships and advanced to the national semifinals for the first time in school history. Wins over Richmond and UNLV in the Chapel Hill Regional led to a trip to the Sweet 16 in Athens, Ga., where the Tar Heels defeated ACC rivals Florida State and Duke for a spot in the Final Four. In addition to the memorable NCAA run, the Tar Heels ran through the ACC with a perfect 11-0 record and finished the dual season with a school record 30 wins. For Kalbas, the season culminated in his second ITA National Coach of the Year award. Despite the loss of four seniors from the 2010 team, Kalbas and the Tar Heels did not miss a beat in 2011. Led by the All-America trio of Zoe De Bruycker, Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale, UNC finished 26-6, advanced to the national quarterfinals and won the program’s first Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title since 2002. The aforementioned success was good, but Kalbas continued to push the program forward. In 2013, Carolina produced its first national indoor title with an incredible four-day run that culminated with a thrilling 4-3 victory over top-seeded UCLA. Freshman Whitney Kay won a three-setter to clinch the final point in a tiebreaker, her second such clinching victory in a span of three days. All-America’s Caroline Price and Gina Suarez-Malaguti, who was also named ACC Player of the Year, led the Tar Heels to another No. 2 national seed in the NCAA Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals before bow-ing out to the UCLA Bruins. Expectations were sky-high leading into the 2013-14 season with the additions of Blue Chip prospects Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter to an already seasoned roster. The new-comers did not disappoint as Loeb was named ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year, while Carter was the ITA National Player to Watch and the ACC Rookie of the Year.

Both players won at least 50 singles matches and were No. 1 and 3, re-spectively, in the final ITA rankings. Kalbas had a quartet of All-America players at his disposal that year with Loeb and Carter earning that status in both singles and doubles, while Kay and Price received the nod in doubles. Carolina rolled to the top-spot in the ACC standings with a 12-2 mark and reached the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. Wins over VCU and Georgia State in the Chapel Hill Regional placed the seventh-seeded Tar Heels back in Athens, Ga., for the NCAA Sweet 16. The Tar Heels topped Texas A&M and No. 2 seeded Alabama to reach the Final Four for the second time in program history. This time UNC came out on top in the semifinals as Loeb outlasted Stanford’s Kristie Ahn in a three-setter for a place in the national championship against who else, but UCLA. An epic match that will be remembered for years to come went to the Bruins by a 4-3 margin. The Tar Heels were selected No. 2 in the preseason ITA rankings to begin 2014-15 and those early ac-colades proved correct when Kalbas’ club won the 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the second such title in three years. Carolina sur-

rendered only two points in running through the field with wins over Oklahoma State, Miami, Florida and Georgia in consecutive days to cement the programs footing as a na-tional-title contender. North Carolina had a stranglehold on the No. 1 ranking for eight weeks in the spring of 2015. The team won its first 27 dual matches to start the season, and would earn the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Team Championship after finally losing in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship. The Tar Heels reached the quarterfinals but lost to UCLA in the NCAAs for the third time in the last four years. That early exit in the tournament gave Loeb a few extra days of rest for the NCAA Singles Championship and the two-time ACC Player of the Year took full advantage by winning six matches in the span of six days. Loeb outlasted second-seeded Carol Zhao of Stanford in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, to garner the first singles na-tional title in program history in Waco, Texas. The 2016 sea-son saw the program forced to fill the shoes of departed All-Amer-ica’s Caroline Price to graduation and Loeb to professional ten-nis, however, Hayley Carter turned in an-other in a long line of miraculous seasons by recent Tar Heel stand-outs. She became the first UNC player ranked No. 1 nationally in both singles and doubles at the same time, was named ACC Player of the Year and earned All-America status in both singles and doubles with playing partner Whitney Kay. Additionally, the Tar Heels set a program record for victories with a 31-3 mark and won the ACC Championship for the seventh time. That came after Carolina recorded a second-straight 14-0 record against the ACC in the regular season. Kalbas served as head coach of William & Mary’s women’s tennis team for 11 years before accepting the head coaching position at Carolina in the summer of 2003. At William & Mary, Kalbas posted a 214-85 overall record and was named the 1998 ITA National Coach of the Year. Kalbas’ teams have seen great success against ranked opponents. Since 1995 his teams have defeated 42 teams ranked in the Top 10 of the ITA poll, highlighted by a win over No. 1 Duke in 2010, a win over No. 2 and eventual NCAA champion UCLA in 2008, No. 2 Alabama in the 2014 NCAA quarterfinals and second-ranked Florida in the 2015 ITA National Team Indoor semifinals. Under Kalbas’ direction, 20 of his teams have been ranked in the Top 15 in the country. Kalbas was a four-time Colonial Athletic Association Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year, winning the honor in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2002. He was recognized as the ITA Regional Coach of the Year four times during his tenure at W&M. He piloted his William & Mary teams to nine CAA Championships, the most recent being in 2002. Kalbas also coached William & Mary to two NCAA quarterfinals appear-ances. Under Kalbas’ direction at William & Mary and Carolina, he has coached a total of 19 All-Americas, the most recent being Carter and Loeb in 2015. Carolina continued its impressive run of NCAA success under Kalbas in 2009, with the team earning a bid as well as several individuals making the field. As a team, the Tar Heels defeated Georgia State before falling to ACC-rival Clemson in the second round. Individually, Marand and Tsang both earned singles bids, while Marand and Grabinski were joined in the doubles field by Tsang and senior Austin Smith. Marand advanced to the national quarterfinals, becoming just the third Tar Heel to reach the final eight in program history. Both Tsang and Marand qualified for the NCAA Singles tournament in 2008 and Marand partnered with Grabinski to earn a doubles bid. Kalbas helped guide three singles players (Long, Tsang and Marand) and two doubles pairs (Anundsen/Long, Marand/Cait-lin Collins) to NCAA play in 2007, marking the most Tar Heels ever to earn invites to the NCAA individual tournaments. Carolina also had more NCAA participants than any school in the nation in 2007. Long was also named the ITA Senior Player of the Year for her ac-complishments in 2007. UNC had yet another highly successful season in dual match play in 2007. Carolina finished third in the highly-competitive ACC, a league which produced all three NCAA women’s titles during the year (singles, doubles, team). The Tar Heels were also named a host site for NCAA first and second round action, and they defeated Marist and rival Duke to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in Athens, Ga., where they fell in a heartbreaking 4-3 deci-sion to Notre Dame. Carolina reached a new team pinnacle in 2006, earning a national ranking of No. 3 and advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the second straight season, falling to Duke in the Round of 16. With a final record of 26-7, UNC posted its highest win total since the

BRIAN KALBASHEAD COACH • 14TH SEASON • NOTRE DAME (‘89)

Kalbas’ Year-by-year ResultsYEAR RECORD PCT.1992-93 13-6 .6841993-94 17-7 .7081994-95 23-6 .7931995-96 20-8 .7141996-97 23-7 .7671997-98 23-9 .7191998-99 21-7 .7501999-00 20-9 .6902000-01 10-12 .4552001-02 19-8 .7042002-03 25-6 .806At W&M: 214-85 (11 seasons) .7162003-04 20-9 .6902004-05 23-10 .6902005-06 26-7 .7882006-07 23-9 .7192007-08 18-9 .6672008-09 19-11 .6332009-10 30-5 .8572010-11 26-6 .8132011-12 24-7 .7742012-13 28-4 .8752013-14 29-6 .8292014-15 30-2 .9382015-16 31-3 .912At UNC: 327-88 (13 seasons) .788Career 541-173 (24 seasons) .758


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.

COURTNEY NAGLEASSISTANT COACH • THIRD SEASON • OREGON (‘05)

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.

SHINANN FEATHERSTONVOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH • FOURTH SEASON • UNC (‘12)

Brian Kalbas’ Career Highlights• 1998 and 2010 ITA National Coach of the Year• Seven-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year (most recently in 2015)• Five-time ACC Coach of the Year; four-time CAA Coach of the Year• Coached Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long to the 2007 NCAA Doubles title, the first NCAA title in the history of Carolina tennis• Coached Jamie Loeb to the 2015 NCAA Singles title• Led Carolina to the 2013 & 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championships• Has coached 19 All-America players to 39 total All-America honors• Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners• Coached Jamie Loeb to ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year honors• Won nine CAA titles in 11 seasons at W&M• His teams have defeated 52 top-10 opponents in 24 seasons• Coached teams to the NCAA quarterfinals eight times, made two appearances in the Final Four in 2010 and 2014 and the national title match in 2014.• Coached Team USA at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil.

1981-82 squad finished 26-14. Kalbas was named the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for his efforts. 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 host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Team Championships. Carolina opened the tournament with a 4-0 victory over Richmond. UNC then defeated rival Duke 4-0 for a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. Playing in just its third Sweet Sixteen, Carolina opened with a 4-0 upset of fourth-ranked Vanderbilt. The Tar Heels finished one win away from the Final Four, falling to Clemson 4-1 in the quarterfinals. In 2005, Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis both received national awards from the ITA. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both awards. Mojzis is the third player to win the national Arthur Ashe Award under Kalbas’ leadership. Carolijn van Rossum and Jessyca Arthur both won the award while Kalbas was coaching at William & Mary. In 2007, Kalbas was tabbed to lead the United States team at the 2007 Pan Ameri-can Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-29. Kalbas fronted a team of three of the nation’s best collegiate players, including Atlantic Coast Conference standout and NCAA champion Audra Cohen 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.


HAYLEY CARTERSENIOR • 5-11 • HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA

Carter’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2013-14 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)


Hayley CarterJUNIOR 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 Danielle Collins (UVa) in singles title match; Reached doubles semifinals with Whitney Kay • Was No. 1 ranked singles player from March 8-May 5 • Was ranked No. 1 in doubles from Feb. 10-April 12 • Became first UNC player to ever hold No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, simultaneously • 2016 ACC Player of the Year and ACC Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year • 49-5 overall 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 Masters; could not compete in finale due to injury • Reached doubles final at 2015 Riviera/ITA All-American Championships with Whitney Kay • Named ITA All-America in both singles and doubles & to ITA Collegiate All-Star Team • Second in program history with 130 singles victories (one win shy of tying record).

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2014-15) Finished season ranked No. 14 in the final Oracle/ITA national singles rankings • Named an ITA All-America in singles for the second-consecutive year • Was ranked No. 43 in doubles alongside partner Whitney Kay • First Team All-ACC selection for the second time • Earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Singles Championship • Earned Academic All-District honors, was an ITA Scholar Athlete and was named to both the All-ACC Academic Team and the ACC Honor Roll • Played a key role in leading Carolina to a school-record tying 30 dual match wins in 2015 • Tar Heels were ranked No. 1 by the ITA eight times during the season, and finished fourth after reaching the NCAA Quarterfinals as the No. 2 seed in the field • Helped lead UNC to the 2015 ITA National Indoor Champion-ship, and was named to the all-tournament team at No. 3 doubles with Whitney Kay • Reached the semifinals of the Riviera/ITA All-Amer-ican Championship • Posted a 31-10 singles record • Also won her first 12 dual matches of the year and was 19-4 in duals during 2015 • Teamed up with Whitney Kay for a 22-3 doubles record, including 20-2 in dual matches, 8-1 against the ACC.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2013-14): Ranked No. 3 in the final ITA Ten-nis rankings in both singles and doubles alongside Jamie Loeb in first season at North Carolina • Named ITA All-America in both singles and doubles • Selected ITA National Player to Watch • Became the first player in program history to be named ACC Freshman of the Year • First Team All-ACC • Was the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Singles Bracket and reached the quarterfinals • Carter and Loeb were the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Doubles Bracket and advanced to the quarterfi-nals • Recorded a 50-7 overall singles record • That included a 26-2 dual record and 12-1 mark in ACC play, all at #2 singles • Notched a 24-5 tournament play record in the fall • Carter and Loeb were 34-6 in doubles, including 18-2 in duals and a perfect 9-0 in ACC matches • Went 5-0 in singles during the NCAA Team Tournament, culmi-nating with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over then 8th-ranked Jennifer Brady in the championship match against UCLA • Won 16-straight singles matches, before falling to eventual national champion Danielle Collins of Virginia in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Championship in Athens, Ga. • Reached the quarterfinals of Main Draw Singles at the Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championship • Advanced to the Main Draw Singles bracket at the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercol-legiate Championship • Won the black draw singles title at the season opening Duke Fab Four Invitational • Reached the singles final of the ITA Carolinas Regional, before falling in three sets to Duke’s Beatrice Capra • Teamed with Loeb to win the doubles title at the ITA Carolinas 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.

RACHAEL JAMES-BAKERREDSHIRT SENIOR • 5-6 • PLANTATION, FLORIDA


Rachael James-BakerJUNIOR 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 Quinn Gleason 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-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 matches.

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.



MARIKA AKKERMANJUNIOR • 5-7 • BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

Akkerman’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2014-15 13-8 (.619) 9-7 (.563)2015-16 21-11 (.656) 6-4 (.600)Career 34-19 (.642) 15-11 (.577)


Marika AkkermanSOPHOMORE SEASON (2015-16) 21-11 overall singles record, 7-3 against the ACC • Posted an 11-2 record in her final 13 singles matches of the season • Defeated Virginia’s Erica Susi in the NCAA Champi-onship Round of 16 • Was within 2 points of giving UNC a 3rd ITA Indoor National Team Indoor Cham-pionship in the last four years.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014-15) Recorded a 13-8 overall singles record in first season at North Caro-lina • Was a perfect 6-0 in dual matches, including a 3-0 mark against the ACC • Defeated #95 Tristen Dewar of Clemson during the ITA Carolinas Regional in Chapel Hill • Was ranked No. 116 in mid March • Notched a 9-7 overall doubles record • Playing 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, French Open and Wimbledon Junior events in 2013 • Also quali-fied for the US Open Juniors Main Draw in 2012 • Won the Copa Cariari ITF in Costa Rica in both 2011 and 2012.


MAGGIE KANEJUNIOR • 5-8 • RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

Kane’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2014-15 3-7 (.300) 4-3 (.571)2015-16 4-3 (.571) 3-1 (.750)Career 7-10 (.412) 7-4 (.636)


Maggie KaneSOPHOMORE 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 time in first season at North Carolina • Recorded a 3-7 overall singles record • Earned first collegiate win over Brianna Armellino of Appalachian State at the ITA Carolinas Regional in Chapel Hill • 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.


CASSANDRA VAZQUEZ

JUNIOR • 5-9 • HOUSTON, TEXAS

Vazquez’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2014-15 10-11 (.476) 11-7 (.611)2015-16 15-6 (.714) 10-3 (.769)Career 25-17 (.595) 21-10 (.677)


Cassandra Vazquez

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

FRESHMAN (2014-15) Put together a 10-11 over-all singles record in first season at North Carolina • That included a 4-1 record in dual matches and a 2-1 mark against the ACC • Was ranked #95 in the country in mid February • Won four of her last five matches of the season • Picked up a big victory on court six in the 4-3 victory over 12th-ranked Virginia on April 10 • Had an 11-7 overall doubles 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 qualified for the US Open Juniors Main Draw in 2012 • Won the Copa Cariari ITF in Costa Rica in both 2011 and 2012.


Aney’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2015-16 35-8 (.814) 25-7 (.781)

JESSIE ANEY

SOPHOMORE • 5-8 ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA



Jessie AneyFRESHMAN 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 • Defeated No. 28 Kennedy Shaffer (Georgia) in NCAA first round, be-fore bowing out to eventual national champion Danielle Collins (Vir-ginia) in second round • 35-8 overall singles record, 13-0 in the ACC - 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-der • Played exclusively against the boy’s in final year of high school and posted an undefeated record in 2015 • Won a pair of USTA balls (titles) in singles, including one gold, and also earned four balls in doubles play • Reached the finals of the 2015 USTA Northern Section Championship • Won consolation bracket titles at the USTA National Selection Tournament in February, 2015 and the USTA National Winter Championship in December, 2014 • Finished third at the 2014 USTA National Clay Court championship • Became the youngest high school singles champion in Minnesota history when she won the 2011 title as an eighth grader • The following year she won the 2A doubles title with her sister, Katie, in her final season playing for Century • A two-sport 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 (51 goals and 58 assists) and again in 2014-15 with 96 points (44 goals and 52 assists) • Amassed 414 career points and holds the state’s all-time assists record • Honored on numerous occasions for sportsmanship, including at the National Clay Courts in both 2012 and 2013 • Also received the Jerry Noyce Junior Sportsmanship award in 2014, given to only one player in the Northern section by the USTA • Was the first and 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 • Graduating high school one year early from the online education program, the Minnesota Virtual Academy.

CHLOE OUELLET-PIZERSOPHOMORE • 5-9 • CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA

Ouellet Pizer’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2015-16 31-12 (.721) 26-8 (.765)


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-ing the first USTA Level 1 title of her career • Gained a spot in the main draw of the 2013 U.S. Open Juniors tour-nament • Southern Closed Singles and Doubles Champi-on in 2011 • Was also a finalist at the National Open that same year • Finished fourth in 2012 at the Orange Bowl and second in the event in 2013 • Won two bronze balls in doubles - 2011 Clay Court and Winter Nationals • Earned a silver ball in singles at the 2013 Winter Nationals • Twice named North Carolina Player of the Year in 2011 and again in 2013 • Earned numerous sportsmanship awards, including at the 2011 Easter Bowl and the 2012 Winter Nationals • Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.



SARA DAAVETTILA FRESHMAN • 5-6 • WILLIAMSTON, MICHIGAN

MAKENNA JONES FRESHMAN • 5-7 • GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

Newcomers

ALEXA GRAHAM FRESHMAN • 5-9 • GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

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.

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 Debbie Graham • Has two brothers.

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.



2015-16 Season Review2015-16 Singles ResultsPlayer #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tourn. Dual ACC OverallHayley Carter 27-1 22-4 27-1 13-1 49-5Whitney Kay 1-0 14-10 4-6 15-10 9-4 19-16Jessie Aney 4-0 18-2 2-0 11-6 24-2 13-0 35-8Kate Vialle 1-0 2-2 5-7 1-1 8-9 4-3 9-10Chloe Ouellet-Pizer 3-0 6-2 8-3 5-2 9-5 22-7 9-5 31-12Ashley Dai 1-0 1-0 8-1 1-2 10-1 3-1 11-3Marika Akkerman 3-1 1-0 0-2 9-5 3-0 5-3 16-8 7-3 21-11Cassandra Vazquez 2-0 3-1 5-2 5-3 10-3 4-3 15-6Maggie Kane 4-0 0-3 4-0 0-0 4-3Overall 29-1 21-11 23-4 16-11 21-9 25-5 58-33 136-41 62-20 194-74

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

2015-16 Rankings SummaryTeam ITA RankingsJan. 5 T4Jan. 20 5Jan. 27 5Feb. 10 2Feb. 17 2Feb. 23 6March 1 3March 8 4March 15 3March 22 4March 29 3April 5 2April 12 2April 19 2April 26 3May 5 3Final 4

Singles ITA Rankings

Jessie AneyJan. 5 #68Feb. 10 #59Feb. 23 #84March 8 #48March 22 #53April 5 #62April 12 #55April 19 #57April 26 #54May 5 #57Final #49

Hayley CarterPre #9Jan. 5 #6Feb. 10 #3Feb. 23 #2March 8 #1March 22 #1April 5 #1April 12 #1April 19 #1April 26 #1May 5 #1Final #2

Ashley DaiPre #112

Singles ITA Rankings

Whitney KayPre #62Jan. 5 #88Feb. 10 #31Feb. 23 #27March 8 #29March 22 #29April 5 #30April 12 #39April 19 #39April 26 #39May 5 #41Final #41

Chloe Ouellet-PizerJan. 5 #112

Cassandra VazquezJan. 5 #94

Doubles ITA Rankings

Carter/KayPre #15Jan. 5 #2Feb. 10 #1Feb. 23 #1March 8 #1March 22 #1April 5 #1April 12 #1April 19 #4April 26 #2May 5 #2Final #3

Aney/VialleJan. 5 #16Feb. 10 #25Feb. 23 #31March 8 #51March 22 #65April 5 #84April 19 #89

Akkerman/Ouellet-PizerApril 26 #89


2016 ResultsOverall Record: 31-3 • ACC: 14-0

Home: 16-0 • Away: 7-1 • Neutral: 8-2Against Ranked Opponents: 23-2 • Postseason: 5-1

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

2015-16 Season Recap


NORTH CAROLINA WINS 2016 ACC CHAMPIONSHIP North Carolina won its first ACC title since 2011, and the seventh in pro-gram history when the Tar Heels defeated Miami, 4-2, at the 2016 ACC Cham-pionship from Cary, N.C. Hayley Carter was named Most Valuable Player of the ACC Championship. In the finals, Carter avenged her only dual match loss of the season with an 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 the event, and wound up clinching the victory over the Hurricanes on court 5.

CARTER FINISHES RUNNER-UP AT NCAA SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP All-America Hayley Carter’s bid for a national championship came up short to long-time rival Danielle Collins of Virginia in the final match of the 2016 NCAA Singles Championship. In the fourth head-to-head meeting of the season between the top-two ranked players in women’s college tennis, No. 2 Collins got the best of top-ranked Carter by scores of 6-3, 6-2, to earn her second national title in three seasons. Carter finishes her season with a sterling 49-5 overall singles record.

CAROLINA GARNERED NO. 3 SEED FOR NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP North Carolina received the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship, and was pegged for the 14th time in 15 seasons and the 13th time under the direction of head coach Brian Kalbas to host a regional, welcom-ing ETSU, Northwestern and Ole Miss to the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Carolina advanced to the round of 16 for the seventh-consecutive season with a 4-0 victory over ETSU and a 4-2 win over a feisty Northwestern team in the second round. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, site of the 2016 championship, the Tar Heels were upset, 4-2, to long-time foe and 14th ranked Virginia. UNC surrendered the doubles point for only the third time in 34 matches and never recovered in a 4-2 loss. Carolina set a program record for wins in a season, finishing 31-3.

UNC NO. 4 IN FINAL ITA RANKINGS North Carolina received the No. 4 ranking in the final ITA Division I Na-tional Team Rankings. UNC is the only team to finish in the top four of the rank-ings in each of the last four seasons. Carolina advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 for the seventh time in a row. The Tar Heels set a program record for wins (31) in a season, and spent all but one week ranked in the top-5 nationally, and reached No. 2 on five sepa-rate occasions in 2016. 13 of the 15 ACC schools finished in the top 75, including 10 of the top 40. Additionally, UNC was the only school that had both its men’s and women’s tennis teams ranked in the top 5. The Tar Heel men’s team claimed the 5th slot to conclude their outstanding season.

CARTER NAMED 2016 ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR Junior Hayley Carter was named the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Year, while senior Whitney Kay joined Carter on the All-ACC first team and freshman Jessie Aney earned third team honors. Carter is the third consecutive Tar Heel to earn ACC Player of the Year honors, and the fourth overall. A North Carolina student-athlete has won the award the last four years; Gina Suarez-Malaguti was named ACC Player of the Year in 2013, and Jamie Loeb received the honor in 2014 and ’15.

KAY NAMED CAROLINA REGION’S MOST IMPROVED SENIOR Whitney Kay was named the ITA Carolina Region Most Improved Senior Player. Kay played almost exclusively at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles, re-spectively, for the Tar Heels during the 2015-16 season. She finished the season ranked 41st nationally in singles and No. 3 in doubles with teammate Hayley Carter, who together spent six weeks at No. 1 after winning the national championship at the ITA Individual Indoor Champi-onship last fall in Flushing Meadows, New York.

CARTER, KAY NAMED ITA ALL-AMERICA Women’s tennis standouts Hayley Carter and Whitney Kay were officially named All-Americas by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association for 2015-16 . Carter earned All-America honors in both singles and doubles, while Kay gains her second career All-America nod in doubles. Carter has compiled All-America status five times in her three years with 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.

CARTER RECOGNIZED AS ACC SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Hayley Carter was recognized as the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year and heads up the sport’s All-ACC Academic Team, as announced today by Commissioner John Swofford.Senior captain Whitney Kay and freshman Jessie Aney joins Carter, who earns her third career nod on the All-Academic Team.

CARTER HELD NO. 1 RANKING IN BOTH SINGLES AND DOUBLES 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 garnered the No. 1 seed in both singles and doubles at the NCAA Championship and advanced to the title match in singles while reaching the semifinals in doubles in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

CARTER/KAY REACH SEMIFINALS AT NCAA DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Top seed Hayley Carter and Whitney Kay lost in three sets in the semifi-nals of the NCAA Doubles Championship. The top seeds were upended 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7) by Cal’s fourth-ranked tandem of Maegan Manasse and Denise Starr. 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 against only 11 losses. Kay wraps up her stellar Carolina career as a two-time All-America in doubles in 2014 and 2016, and career records of 85-53 in singles and 124-34 in doubles action.

CAROLINA REMAINS THE BEST IN THE ACC Carolina recorded a second straight 14-0 record against the ACC in 2016, marking the fifth time in program history the Tar Heels went unbeaten in the conference. UNC was the top seed in the ACC Championship for the fourth-straight season, and won the event for the first time since 2011 and the seventh time in program history.

2015-16 ACCOLADESJessie Aney ITA Scholar Athlete All-ACC Third Team ACC All-Academic Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 48 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 16Marika Akkerman Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 89Hayley Carter ACC Women’s Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team ITA Scholar Athlete ACC All-Academic Team NCAA Singles Championship Runner-up (No. 1 seed) NCAA Doubles Championship Semifinalist (No. 1 seed) Honda Sports Award (Finalist) ITA All-America (singles & doubles) ITA Collegiate All-Star Team ACC Player of the Year All-ACC First Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 1 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 1Ashley Dai ITA Scholar Athlete Highest Singles Ranking - No. 112Whitney Kay ITA Scholar Athlete ACC All-Academic Team NCAA Doubles Championship Semifinalist (No. 1 seed) ITA All-America (doubles) All-ACC First Team ITA Carolina Region Most Improved Senior Player ITA Collegiate All-Star Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 27 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 1Chloe Ouellet-Pizer Highest Singles Ranking - No. 112 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 89Kate Vialle Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 16Cassandra Vazquez Highest Singles Ranking - No. 94

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 indoor/outdoor facility is adjacent to the UNC Finley Golf Course and behind the Friday Center on N.C. Highway 54 in Chapel Hill.

The facility is named for Ceasar Cone II, a 1928 alumnus of the University who played tennis at Carolina and was a great 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-bas, UNC has posted a record of 155-20 at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, including perfect records in 2010 (14-0), 2015 (13-0) and 2016 (16-0). Carolina enters the 2016-17 season on a 41-match winning streak at home.

CONE-KENFIELD TENNIS CENTERHOME OF THE TAR HEELS


Administration/Support Staff

Shortly after beginning his tenure as Carolina’s athletics director, Law-rence R. (Bubba) Cunningham helped create a new mission statement: “We educate and inspire through athletics.” And that’s just what UNC has done during his five years in Chapel Hill.

Since Cunningham officially began his duties on November 14, 2011, Carolina has inspired in a myriad of ways. Among his many accomplish-ments are the implementation of a strategic plan for Carolina athletics; a partnership with Disney to enhance customer service and organizational practices; the development of the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group; a compliance review by an outside firm; a new student-athlete degree completion program entitled Complete Carolina; a master plan for UNC’s athletic facilities; and creation of The Rammys - an innovative end-of-the-year awards show popular with Carolina’s student-athletes and staff.

Cunningham, who is the 1st Vice President of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athlet-ics (NACDA), has Carolina positioned to have a voice in the on-going conversation about the future, whether it is in the state university system, the Atlantic Coast Conference or at the NCAA level. Cunningham is in his sixth year on the ACC Television Committee and has served on numerous NCAA committees over the last two decades.

In his first full year in Chapel Hill, Cunningham led a planning committee that worked with Dr. Paul Friga, associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business, to develop Carolina’s strategic plan. From that process was the creation of the mission statement and the four core values for Carolina Athletics- Responsibility, Innovation, Service and Excellence. The strategic plan will be updated again in 2016-17.

Soon after the strategic plan was announced, Cunningham joined with provost James W. Dean and other University officials to develop the Student-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group, which was launched in fall 2013. That group spent several months developing a comprehensive approach to as-sessing and enhancing how the University provides academic support to student-athletes. The group has implemented a rigorous and transparent set of processes and metrics as part of an ongoing initiative. The objective is to ensure proper alignment with the University’s academic mission, a goal that is consistent with Cunningham’s strategic plan for the Department of Athletics.

Carolina’s work with the Disney Institute, one of the most recognized names in business solutions and professional development, began in 2013. Members of the Disney Institute worked with the athletic depart-ment to learn more about Carolina athletics and provide recommendations on best practices. Several cross unit work teams were organized within the department to provide an assessment of the organization and provide feedback to Disney.

In 2014, Cunningham announced the creation of Complete Carolina, an enhanced degree-completion program that honors former student-athletes’ scholarships for life. The program provides financial support for degree completion, as well as academic advising and career counseling, to former student-athletes who return to complete their degrees at any time.

On the field, Carolina has achieved outstanding success under Cunningham’s leadership. In each of his five seasons, the Tar Heels have finished in the top 15 of the Learfield Director’s Cup, including four top-10 finishes. During that same period, the number of UNC student-athletes on the ACC Academic Honor 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

finishes in men’s and women’s tennis and men’s soccer. Carolina teams won four ACC titles and the men’s tennis team won the ITA Indoor Team National Championship. In addition, the football team won 11 games, 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 the previous year. Ten Tar Heel teams posted top-10 national finishes in 2014-15 and 25 advanced to post-season play, led by a second-place finish by women’s lacrosse and a final four appearance by field hockey. Carolina also had top-10 finishes in men’s soccer, volleyball, men’s lacrosse, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s basketball, women’s basketball and women’s soccer.

In addition, the women’s cross country team won its first ACC title in 11 years and the women’s tennis team captured the ITA national indoor team championship for the second time in the last three years. Indi-vidually, Jamie Loeb won UNC’s first-ever women’s tennis NCAA singles championship.

Carolina finished 14th in the 2013-14 Learfield Director’s Cup with seven teams posting top-10 national finishes. In 2012-13, Cunningham’s first full season at UNC, Carolina finished eighth in the Director’s Cup on the strength of national championships in women’s soccer and women’s lacrosse. The women’s tennis team captured the ITA national indoor title and 11 other programs finished in the top 25.

The UNC women’s athletics program captured the 2013 Capital One Cup, which is awarded to the best men’s and women’s Division I athletics programs in the country. For winning its first Capital One Cup, the Tar Heels earned $200,000 toward student-athlete scholarships and a spot at the annual ESPY Awards show in Los Angeles.

Carolina student-athletes have excelled in the classroom as well. During the 2015-16 academic calen-dar, more than 350 student-athletes made the ACC Academic Honor Roll, which requires a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for the year. It was the fourth-consecutive year more than 300 UNC student-athletes have earned the honor. Carolina has set or tied its top single-season score in the APR in the last two seasons. UNC student-athletes have improved their APR scores from 966 in 2011 to 987 in 2015.

Cunningham is in his 15th year as a Division I director of athletics. He came to Chapel Hill after spending the previous six years as the director of athletics at the University of Tulsa. He also was the AD for three years from 2002-2005 at Ball State University. He was honored as the 2008-09 FBS Central Region Athlet-ics Director of the Year, an award presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

At Tulsa, Cunningham guided the Golden Hurricane through its initial move to Conference USA and spearheaded a $60 million athletics initiative. Tulsa won 34 league championships in his tenure, more than any other school in Conference USA and the football program played in five bowl games in his last six years.

At Ball State, Cunningham led a program with 19 intercollegiate sports and a budget of $12.4 million. In his final year, Ball State completed a $12 million campaign to renovate the football stadium. In raising those funds, Cunningham secured the largest single gift in Ball State athletics history.

From 1988-2002, Cunningham worked in the athletics department at the University of Notre Dame. He served as Notre Dame’s associate athletics director for finance and facilities from 1995-2000 and was the associate director of athletics for external affairs from 2000-02.

Cunningham earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, both from Notre Dame, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He played on the Irish golf team in 1982-83.

Cunningham is a member of the USTA Athletic Director Advisory Group. He is a former member of NACDA’s Executive Committee, and was on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimers Association of Oklahoma and the Folds of Honor Foundation Board. Cunningham also served on the Gatorade National Advisory Board and has been a featured speaker at numerous NACDA and I-A institute conferences.

Born in Flint, Mich., and raised in Naples, Fla., Cunningham and his wife, Tina, have four children: Matthew, Michael, John and Sarah.

Bubba CunninghamDirector of Athletics

UNC Athletics AdministrationChancellor ......................................................................................................................... Carol FoltFaculty Representative ........................................................................................Lissa BroomeDirector of Athletics .................................................................................Bubba CunninghamExec. Assoc. AD .............................................................................................................Larry GalloSr. Assoc. AD/SWA .................................................................................................. Nicki MooreSr. Assoc. AD/Bus. & Finance ......................................................................... Martina BallenSr. Assoc. AD/Operations ................................................................................ Clint GwaltneySr. Assoc. AD/Compliance ......................................................................................... Vince IlleSr. Assoc. AD/Strategic Communications ...............................................Steve KirschnerSr. Assoc. AD/Marketing ..............................................................................Rick SteinbacherSr. Asst. AD/Ticket Operations ........................................................................... Gerry LajoieAssoc. AD/Compliance ............................................................................. Marielle vanGelderAssoc. AD/Football .............................................................................................Corey HollidayAssoc. AD/Risk Management .................................................................................Paul PoggeAsst. AD/Marketing and Promotions ............................................................Michael BealeAsst. AD/Communications .......................................................................................Kevin BestAsst. AD/Faculty Planning & Management .................................................Mike BuntingAsst. AD/New Media .................................................................................................. Ken ClearyAsst. AD/Football & Olympic Sports Operations ..........................................Ellen CullerAsst. AD/Student-Athlete Development .........................................................Cricket LaneAsst. AD/Business & Finance .............................................................................Mike PerkinsExec. Director Rams Club ......................................................................... John MontgomeryDirector of Sports Medicine .........................................................................Dr. Mario CioccaDir. of Academic Support/Student-Athletes ..........................................Michelle Brown

Mailing Address: Overnight Address:P.O. Box 2126 Koury NatatoriumChapel Hill, NC 27515 300 Bowles Drive Chapel Hill, NC 27514

Women’s Tennis Support Staff

Carrie ShearerHead Athletic Trainer

Mario CioccaDirector of Sports

Medicine

Kelly WaicusTeam Doctor

Chad WorkmanStrength and Conditioning


Carolina Tennis HistoryThe women’s tennis program has a long-standing tradition of excellence in

the overall women’s athletics program at the University of North Carolina, be-ginning with legendary head coach Frances Hogan and continuing into the 21st century highlighted by players like Marlene Mejia, Kate Pinchbeck, Kendall Cline, Aniela Mojzis, Sara Anundsen, Jenna Long, Sanaz Marand, Shinann Featherston, Gina Suarez-Malaguit, Caroline Price, Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb. Although Hogan was involved at the roots of the program, it has been players of more recent vintage who have kept Carolina in the national spotlight.

Hogan, the former women’s athletic director at Carolina, was the guiding force during the game’s early years on the Chapel Hill campus. As the first head coach of Tar Heel women’s tennis teams since the 1940s, she spurred interest in the sport by instituting North Carolina Women’s Tennis Day in 1958, a yearly fixture for collegiate and prep aficionados of the sport around the state. Despite limitations on match play, Hogan was instrumental in ensuring the team played a full schedule. Her tennis team was the first women’s sports team at the Uni-versity to travel out of the state to compete. In 1970, prior to the advent of Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women-sponsored women’s tennis at the collegiate level which did not come until 1971, Hogan coached the late Laura DuPont to the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s collegiate singles championship. During that same year, Carolina posted a national ranking of sixth place in the USLTA collegiate ratings.

Eight women’s sports at North Carolina, including the tennis program, were officially elevated to varsity status in 1971, when Carolina became a char-ter member of the newly-formed Association For Intercollegiate Athletics For Women. The eight sports as varsity entities were under the supervision of the Physical Education Department until October 1974, when the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics took over supervision of all Carolina varsity sports—men’s and women’s at UNC.

That fall, Camey Timberlake was awarded the first-ever women’s athletic scholarship for any sport at the University. She went on to capture the Atlantic Coast Conference championship at No. 2 singles during the fall of 1977 in the first-ever ACC women’s sports championship event of any kind.

After the sport came under the direction of the athletic department, Hogan coached the first two tennis teams to outstanding 13-1 and 13-2 records in 1975 and 1976, respectively. During the 1976 season, Hogan guided the Tar Heels to a No. 16 national ranking and the team won the Southern Collegiates in Columbus, Miss., by defeating Rollins College in the final.

When Hogan retired from coaching in 1976 to concentrate full-time on her senior women’s administrator duties, she was replaced by Kitty Harrison, who continued to build the success of the Tar Heel program for over two de-cades. Eight of Harrison’s 21 teams were ranked among the Top 25 nationally. Under Harrison’s direction, Carolina won four ACC championships in a row in the 1970s and 1980s and finished as the league runner-up four other times. Har-rison retired after the 1997-98 season as the winningest tennis coach in ACC history at the time in terms of dual-match victories.

Carolina was a force to be reckoned with during the days of AIAW competi-tion from 1971 until the organization was disbanded in 1982. The Tar Heels won the NCAIAW Tournament three straight times from 1979 to 1981. In 1982, they avenged a 6-3 loss to Duke in the state tournament by defeating the Blue Devils 7-2 to capture the AIAW Southern Region II title. The Tar Heels earned a bid to the AIAW national tournament three times, finishing 15th in 1979, 11th in 1981 and 17th in 1982.

There were numerous outstanding players during Harrison’s tenure, including three first-team All-America selections. Kathy Barton was an AIAW first-team All-America in 1982. Cinda Gurney, a three-time ACC Player of the Year, was an All-America in singles in both 1992 and 1993. Gurney and Alisha Portnoy combined to earn first-team All-America honors in doubles in 1993. As a senior, Gurney advanced to the NCAA championship match without losing a set in any of her five preliminary matches in the field of 64. She completed that year seventh individually in singles in the ITA rankings and achieved the highest rating ever by a Carolina player in singles when she was ranked third nationally in December of 1991.

Former Tar Heel men’s tennis standout Roland Thornqvist, an All-America and ACC Player of the Year as a player at UNC, took over the team’s coaching duties in 1998 and led UNC to its first ever NCAA Tournament berth and sub-sequent victory. Thornqvist spent three successful years at the helm of the Tar Heels, finishing with a 42-30 record and Carolina’s first three NCAA tournament appearances in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Although only a sophomore in 2001, Mar-lene Mejia earned ITA All-America honors in singles, helping the Tar Heels earn a Top 20 ranking that season. Following the 2001 season, Thornqvist left Carolina to take over the coaching reigns at Florida.

In 2002, under coach Jen Callen, the Tar Heels won the ACC Champion-ship, advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history, finished fifth in the country, and had a sparkling 25-5 record. Pinchbeck earned first-team All-America honors after advancing to the quarter-

finals of the NCAA Championships. In 2003, Brian Kalbas was named head coach, and he has enjoyed 13 suc-

cessful seasons with the Tar Heels. Kalbas has led UNC to NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his first 13 years at Carolina, including a 2014 run to the national finals, the program’s best NCAA showing.

The Tar Heels have produced 33 All-America selections during Kalbas’ ten-ure. Aniela Mojzis was an individual All-America selection in 2004 and teamed with Kendall Cline to earn All-America honors in doubles in 2005. Mojzis and Cline also earned national awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in 2005. Cline was awarded the ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Mojzis received the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, marking the first time in ITA history that one school won both awards. In 2006, Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long earned All-America honors as one of the nation’s top doubles pairs. That tandem capped its stellar career by winning the 2007 NCAA Doubles Championship, giving Anundsen and Long the first NCAA tennis title in UNC history.

Sanaz Marand became the next Tar Heel All-America singles performer in 2008, a season in which she lost just one singles dual match and defeated the na-tion’s top-ranked player twice in the span of three weeks. Marand would repeat her All-America performance in 2009 as well as team with Sophie Grabinski for doubles accolades.

Carolina reached new heights in team competition in 2010, rising to the No. 1 ranking in the ITA poll for the first time in school history and advancing to the NCAA Final Four, also a program first. UNC defeated seven top-10 opponents en route to a then school-record 30-5 season that featured an undefeated 11-0 ACC regular season mark. The Tar Heels also advanced to the finals of the ITA Team Indoor Championships for the first time and earned the No. 2 overall seed in the NCAA Team Championship.

2011 saw three more Tar Heels earn ITA All-America honors in the doubles tandem of Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale and singles standout Zoe De Bruycker. The team advanced to the national quarterfinals for the third time and, behind Featherston’s MVP performance, won the ACC Championship for the first time since 2002. Featherston and McHale earned back-to-back doubles All-America honors after a 21-6 record during the 2011-12 campaign.

The 2012 campaign featured a spot in the NCAA Round of 16 and a regular season ACC title with a 10-1 league record. In addition, Zoe De Bruycker, Shinann Featherston and Lauren McHale earned All-ACC accolades, with Featherston and McHale earning All-America honors in doubles.

North Carolina won the ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2013, marking the program’s first team national championship. Freshman Whitney Kay won a three-setter, clinching the final point in a tiebreaker to earn Most Out-standing Player honors. The victory set the tone for a season that saw Carolina reach the No. 1 national ranking for ten-straight weeks and the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. Gina Suarez-Malaguti was selected ACC Player of the Year, while she joined Caroline Price as the latest All-America selections.

The first decade under the tutelage was Kalbas was nothing short of amaz-ing, however, the 2014 season may have been his best to date. The Tar Heels made their first appearance in the NCAA national championship match, and along the way saw freshmen Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter earn nearly every national and conference honor that was awarded that year. Loeb was the ACC and ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year, while Carter was the top ACC Freshman and ITA Player to Watch. Loeb and Carter would earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles, while Caroline Price and Whitney Kay also earned All-America status in doubles.

Carolina won its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship in 2015, while Jamie Loeb won the program’s first NCAA singles national title to cap an amazing two-year UNC career that saw her win ACC Player of the Year honors twice. Both she and Hayley Carter were again named ITA All-America.

Carter displayed more fabulous tennis in 2016 when she became the first UNC player to be ranked No. 1 nationally in both singles and doubles simultane-ously. Carter (both singles and doubles) and Whitney Kay earned All-America honors, and the Tar Heels set a program record with a 31-3 record and won the ACC Championship after recording a second-straight 14-0 regular season.

During the era of individual ACC competition, Tar Heel players won 33 con-ference titles in singles, including four by Gurney, three by Jennifer Balent and two each by Janet Shands, Margie Brown, Lloyd Hatcher and Gigi Neely. Brown teamed with Betsy Heidenberger for two of her three doubles titles, and the duo of Shands and Betty Baugh Harrison were as tough to beat in the late ‘70s as Gurney and Portnoy were during the 1992-93 season when they won the ITA Clay Court Doubles Championship, earned a national No. 1 ranking after the fall season and finished the spring season ranked fourth in the country.

Despite playing one of the country’s toughest dual-match schedules year in and year out, Carolina teams continue to win with regularity. Only on six occa-sions has the Tar Heel women’s tennis program suffered a losing season while competing as a varsity sport.


All-America Selections

1992 Cinda Gurney1993 Cinda Gurney Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy (doubles)2001 Marlene Mejia2002 Kate Pinchbeck2003 Kate Pinchbeck Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles)2004 Aniela Mojzis2005 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles)2006 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles)2007 Jenna Long Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles)2008 Sanaz Marand2009 Sanaz Marand Sanaz Marand/Sophie Grabinski (doubles)

2011 Zoe De Bruycker Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles)2012 Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles)2013 Caroline Price Gina Suarez-Malaguti2014 Hayley Carter Jamie Loeb Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb (doubles) Whitney Kay/Caroline Price (doubles)2015 Hayley Carter Jamie Loeb2016 Hayley Carter Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay (doubles)

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

Caroline Price was a two-time All-America selection in 2013 and ‘14, and became the program’s first recipient of the Patterson Medal in 2015, the highest athletic honor given at UNC.

Jamie Loeb with the 2015 NCAA Singles Championship trophy. Loeb was named ACC Player of the Year and was an All-America selection in her only two seasons at North Carolina in 2014 and ‘15.

Tar Heel All-America Selections

ACC History


North Carolina ACC Championships - 7

Year Head Coach Runner-up1977 Kitty Harrison Clemson1978 Kitty Harrison Virginia1979 Kitty Harrison Clemson1980 Kitty Harrison Clemson2002 Jen Callen Duke2011 Brian Kalbas Florida State2016 Brian Kalbas Miami

ACC Women’s Tennis Individual Honors1991 ............................................. Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year1992 ............................................. Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year1993 ............................................. Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year2002 ............................Kate Pinchbeck, ACC Championship MVP2011 ................ Shinann Featherston, ACC Championship MVP2013 .............................Gina Suarez-Malaguti, Player of the Year2014 .................................................. Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year2014 .....................................Hayley Carter, Freshman of the Year2015 .................................................. Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year2016 .............................................Hayley Carter, Player of the Year2016 ............................... Hayley Carter, ACC Championship MVP

2016 ACC Tournament ResultsCary, N.C., Cary Tennis Park

First Round#12 Florida State d. #13 Boston College ...................................4-1#10 NC State d. #15 Louisville .......................................................4-0#11 Notre Dame d. #14 Pitt ............................................................4-0Second Round#8 Wake Forest d. #9 Virginia Tech ............................................4-0#5 Virginia d. #12 Florida State ....................................................4-3#7 Syracuse d. #10 NC State ...........................................................4-3#11 Notre Dame d. #6 Clemson ....................................................4-1Quarterfinals#1 North Carolina d. #8 Wake Forest .........................................4-1#5 Virginia d. #4 Duke .......................................................................4-2#2 Miami d. #7 Syracuse ..................................................................4-2#3 Georgia Tech d. #11 Notre Dame ...........................................4-0Semifinals#1 North Carolina d. #5 Virginia ...................................................4-1#2 Miami d. #3 Georgia Tech ..........................................................4-2Finals#1 North Carolina d. #2 Miami ......................................................4-2

North Carolina All-ACC Selection 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.

2016Hayley CarterWhitney KayJessie Aney (3rd)

2015Hayley CarterJamie LoebCaroline Price

2014Hayley CarterJamie LoebCaroline Price (2nd)

2013Zoe De BruyckerCaroline PriceGina Suarez-Malaguti

2012Zoe De BruyckerShinann FeatherstonLauren McHale

2011Zoe De BruyckerJelena Durisic Shinann Featherston

2010Sanaz MarandKatrina Tsang



2007Jenna LongKatrina Tsang

2006Caitlin CollinsJenna Long

2005Kendall ClineJenna LongAniela Mojzis

2004Kendall ClineAniela Mojzis

2003Kendall ClineTanja MarkovicAniela MojzisKate Pinchbeck

2002Marlene MejiaAniela MojzisKate PinchbeckJulie Rotondi

2001Marlene MejiaJulie Rotondi

2000Marlene Mejia

1997Jenni Burnette

1996Marianna Land

1993Cinda Gurney

1992Alisha PortnoyAngela BernalCinda Gurney

1991Cinda Gurney

1990Valerie FamerCinda FarmerGigi Neely

1989Spencer BarnesGina Goblirsch

1988Spencer BarnesGina Goblirsch

1987Petra WesselsValerie FarmerGina Goblirsch


Jennifer Balent, North Carolina (1978-1981)Jennifer Balent won three ACC singles titles during her career at Carolina ... captured the No. 2 flight Championship in 1978 and 79 and the No. 6 title in 1980 ... regional All-America selection in 1980.

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

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

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

Laura DuPont, North Carolina (1967-1970)Won the United States Lawn Tennis Association’s collegiate singles championship in 1970, becoming UNC’s first female national champion ... she played on the pro tour for 12 years and was ranked as high as ninth in the world ... DuPont was inducted into the In-tercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Women’s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002 ... she was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977 ... she won the 1984 and ‘85 U.S. Open championship for women over 35.

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

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

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

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

Cinda Gurney is regarded as one of the best players in Carolina and ACC history. She is a two-time All-America and earned three ACC Player of the Year honors.

Alisha Portnoy teamed with Cinda Gurney to win the 1992 ITA Clay Court Doubles title, the first in UNC history.

AIAW REGION II SINGLES CHAMPION1982 Betsy Heidenberger

AIAW SOUTHERN REGION II DOUBLES CHAMPIONS

1976 Nina Cloninger/ Jane Preyer1981 Lloyd Hatcher/ Katharine Hogan1982 Margie Brown/ Betsy Heidenberger

ITA CLAY COURT DOUBLES CHAMPIONS1992 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy

NORTH CAROLINA AIAW SINGLES CHAMPIONS1975 - Camey Timberlake 1981 - Lloyd Hatcher1979 - Sandy Fleischman 1982 - Margie Brown1980 - Jennifer Balen

ACC Doubles Champions*1978 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands1979 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands 1980 #3 Marjorie Black/Margie Brown1981 #1 Betsy Heidenberger/Margie Brown1982 #2 Lloyd Hatcher/Katharine Hogan1982 #1 Margie Brown/Betsy Heidenberger1984 #2 Kathy Barton/ Stephanie Rauch1985 #3 Sara Turner/Liz Wachter1989 #1 Spencer Barnes/Gina Goblirsch1991 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy1992 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy2001 #1 Kendrick Bunn/Kate Pinchbeck, #3 Courtney Zalinski/Erin Neibling*The ACC discontinued recognition of the doubles championships in 2002.

ACC Singles Champions*1977 #2 Camey Timberlake 1988 #3 Spencer Barnes1977 #3 Lloyd Hatcher 1988 #4 Landis Cox1977 #5 Betty Baugh 1989 #6 Gigi Neely Harrison 1990 #1 Cinda Gurney1977 #6 Janet Shands 1990 #4 Valerie Farmer1978 #2 Jennifer Balent 1990 #6 Gigi Neely1978 #3 Susie Black 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney1978 #5 Janet Shands 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney1978 #6 Margaret Scott 1992 #2 Angela Bernal1979 #2 Jennifer Balent 1992 #6 Scotti Thomas1979 #4 Margie Brown 1993 #1 Cinda Gurney1979 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 1996 #6 Alison Levy1980 #2 Kathy Barton 1997 #6 Jeni Burnette1980 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 2001 #1 Marlene Mejia1980 #6 Jennifer Balent 2001 #3 Kate Pinchbeck1981 #3 Margie Brown 1981 #6 Sandy Fleischman 1984 #3 Nancy Boggs *The ACC discontinued 1985 #2 Elizabeth Alexander recognition of the singles 1987 #6 Petra Wessels championships in 2002.

ACC Singles & Doubles Champions/ACC 50th Anniversary Team

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 ChampionshipsFirst Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #3 North Carolina d. ETSU ....................................................................................................4-0Second Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #3 North Carolina d. Northwestern ..................................................................................4-2Round of 16, Tulsa, Oklahoma #14 Virginia d. #3 North Carolina .....................................................................................2-4

2016 NCAA Singles Championships (Tulsa, Oklahoma)First Round Jessie Aney, UNC d. Astra Sharma, Vanderbilt.....................................................6-3, 6-1 Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Lauren Chypyha, Wisconsin ...................................6-2, 7-5 Kennedy Shaffer, Georgia d. Whitney Kay, UNC .................................................6-2, 6-4

Second Round Danielle Collins, Virginia (2) d. Jessie Aney, UNC...............................................6-3, 6-2 Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Catherine Harrison, UCLA .......................................6-1, 7-5

Round of 16 Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Julia Elbaba, Virginia (9-16) ...................................6-2, 6-2

Quarterfinals Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Katarina Adamovic, Oklahoma State ........ 4-6, 6-1, 6-0

Semifinals Hayley Carter, UNC (1) d. Sidney Lohan, Miami (8)................................ 1-6, 7-5, 6-2

Finals Danielle Collins, Virginia (2) d. Hayley Carter, UNC (1) ..................................6-3, 6-2

2016 NCAA Doubles Championships (Tulsa, Oklahoma)First Round Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay, UNC (1) d. Abbes/Kobayashi, Wash. ............6-3, 6-2

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)

2016 ETSU ............................. W, 4-0 Northwestern ........... W, 4-2 Virginia .......................... L, 2-42015 Quinippiac .................. W, 4-0 Dartmouth .................. W, 4-0 Miami ............................ W, 4-1 UCLA ............................... L, 1-42014 VCU ................................ W, 4-0 Georgia State ............. W, 4-0 Texas A&M ................. W, 4-0 Alabama....................... W, 4-2 Stanford ....................... W, 4-3 UCLA ............................... L, 3-42013 South Carolina St. ..... W 4-0 Tennessee .................... W 4-1 Nebraska ...................... W 4-1 UCLA ............................... L, 1-42012 Richmond .................... W 4-0 Arizona ......................... W 4-2 Miami ............................... L 2-42011 ETSU .............................. W 4-0 Washington ................. W 4-1 Vanderbilt .................... W 4-0 Baylor .............................. L 3-42010 Richmond .................... W 4-0 UNLV .............................. W 4-0 Florida State ............... W 4-1 Duke ............................... W 4-3 Florida ............................. L 0-4

2009 Georgia State .............. W 4-0 Clemson .......................... L 0-42008 SC State ......................... W 4-0 Arkansas ........................ L 3-42007 Marist ............................ W 4-0 Duke ............................... W 4-1 Notre Dame ................... L 3-42006 SC State ......................... W 4-0 Wake Forest................ W 4-3 Duke ................................. L 1-42005 Richmond .................... W 4-0 Duke ............................... W 4-0 Vanderbilt .................... W 4-0 Clemson .........................L 4-12004 Winthrop...................... W 4-0 Tennessee .....................L 4-32003 C. of Charleston ......... W 4-0 Clemson ........................ W 4-1 California ......................L 4-12002 Loyola (Md.) ............... W 5-0 Furman ......................... W 4-0 Arizona State .............. W 4-1 Stanford .........................L 4-12001 Iowa ............................... W 4-1 California ......................L 4-12000 Arkansas .......................L 5-21999 Washington ................. W 5-4 Mississippi....................L 5-1

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

NCAA Championship Team Results

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.

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.



2016 NCAA SinglesJessie Aney 1st round def. Astra Sharma (Vandy) 6-3, 6-1 2nd round lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-2, 6-2Hayley Carter (National Champion runner-up) 1st round def. Lauren Chypyha (WISC) 6-2, 7-5 2nd round def. Catherine Harrison (UCLA), 6-1, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Julia Elbaba (Virginia) 6-2, 6-2 Quarters def. Katarina Adamovic (OKST) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 Semifinals def. Sinead Lohan (Miami) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 Final lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-3, 6-2Whitney Kay 1st round lost to Kennedy Shaffer (UGA) 6-2, 6-4

2016 NCAA DoublesHayley Carter/Whitney Kay 1st round def. Abbes/Kobayashi (Wash) 6-3, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Dubavets/Stojic (UCSB) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (7) Quarters def. Berg/Cline (SCAR) 6-1, 6-2 Semifinals lost to Manasse/Starr (CAL) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (7)

2015 NCAA SinglesHayley Carter 1st round lost to Ema Burgic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-4Jamie Loeb (National Champion) 1st round def. Zoe Scandalis (USC), 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 2nd round def. Simona Parajova (TCU), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Joana Eidukonyte (Clemson) 6-3, 6-1 Quarters def. Danielle Collins (Virginia), 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 Semifinals def. Stephanie Wagner (Miami), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Finals def. Carlo Zhao (Stanford), 6-2, 4-6, 6-1Caroline Price 1st round def. Kourtney Keegan (Florida) 6-1, 6-3 2nd round lost to Sinead Lohan (Miami), 7-6 (3), 7-5

2015 NCAA DoublesJamie Loeb/Caroline Price 1st round def. Katz/Santamaria (USC), 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 lost to Davidson/Zhao (Stanford) 6-2, 6-3

2014 NCAA SinglesHayley Carter 1st round def. Maho Kowase (Georgia), 6-4, 6-3 2nd round def. Desirae Krawczyk (Arizona State), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Jenny Julien (St. Mary’s) 7-5, 6-2 Quarterfinals lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5Jamie Loeb 1st round def. Alexandra Cercone (Florida), 6-2, 7-5 2nd round def. Zoe Scandalis (Southern Cal), 6-3, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Breaunna Addison (Texas) 7-5, 6-4 Quarters lost to Lynn Chi (California) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2Caroline Price 1st round lost to Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) 7-6, 4-6, 7-5

2014 NCAA DoublesWhitney Kay/Caroline Price 1st round def. to Janowicz/Keegan (Florida) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Gumulya/Rompies (Clemson) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) Quarters lost to Capra/Mar (Duke) 7-5, 6-2

Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb 1st round def. Jiang/Leung (Columbia) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Gleason/Sanders (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-3 Quarters lost to Burgmans/Flickinger (Aub) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3

2013 NCAA SinglesZoe De Bruycker 1st round def. Abigail Tere-Apisah (Georgia St), 6-4, 7-5 2nd round lost to Yana Koroleva (Clem), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2Whitney Kay 1st round lost to Klara Fabikova (California), 7-5, 6-2Caroline Price 1st round def. Lacey Smyth (Arizona), 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 2nd round def. Julie Elbaba (Virginia), 6-2, 6-1 Round of 16 lost to Natalie Beazant (Rice), 6-1, 6-2Gina Suarez-Malaguti 1st round def. Mary Anne Macfarlane (UCLA), 6-2, 6-4 2nd round def. Beatrice Gumulya (Clemson), 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Petra Niedermayerova (Kansas St), 6-1, 6-1 Quarters lost to Breaunna Addison (Texas), 5-7, 6-1, 6-4

2012 NCAA SinglesZoe De Bruycker 1st round lost to Sona Novakova (Baylor), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5Lauren McHale 1st round lost to Nina Secerbegovic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-2

2012 NCAA DoublesShinann Featherston/Lauren McHale 1st round lost to Natalie Pluskota/Kata Szekely (Tennessee), 7-6 (2), 6-3

2011 NCAA SinglesZoe De Bruycker 1st round def. Mallory Burdette (Stan), 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 2nd round def. Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Maryland), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

2010 NCAA SinglesSanaz Marand 1st round def. Jennifer Widjaja (Pacific), 6-1, 6-4 2nd round lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 7-6 (4), 6-4Katrina Tsang 1st round def. Denise Muresan (Michigan), 6-0, 7-6 (1) 2nd round lost to Maria Mosolova (NW), 6-0, 7-6 (4)

2010 NCAA DoublesSophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand 1st round lost to Kali Krisik/Kristi Frilling (Notre Dame), 6-3, 6-2

2009 NCAA SinglesSanaz Marand 1st round def. Georgia Rose (Northwestern), 6-4, 6-2 2nd round def. Natasha Marks (Arizona), 6-3, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Laura Gioia (Furman), 6-1, 6-1 Quarters lost to Julia Cohen (Miami), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1Katrina Tsang 1st round lost to Jana Juricova (California), 6-4, 6-3

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



2009 NCAA DoublesSophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand 1st round lost to Marrit Boonstra/Jo Mather (Florida), 6-2, 6-2Austin Smith/Katrina Tsang 1st round lost to Hilary Barte/Lindsay Burdette (Stanford), 6-2, 6-1

2008 NCAA SinglesSanaz Marand 1st round def. Caitlin Whoriskey (Tenn), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 2nd round lost to Katrina Zheltova (Sac. State), 7-6 (4), 1-6, 4-6Katrina Tsang 1st round def. Cristina Visico (California), 7-5, 6-3 2nd round lost to Tracy Lin (UCLA), 6-2, 6-3

2008 NCAA DoublesSophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand 1st round lost to Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe (Fresno State), 6-3, 5-7, 6-4

2007 NCAA SinglesJenna Long 1st round lost to Megan Alexander (UF), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)Sanaz Marand 1st round lost to Diana Srebrovic (UF), 6-1, 6-0Katrina Tsang 1st round def. Sylvia Kosakowski (Pepp), 6-4, 6-1 2nd round lost to Melanie Glorida (Fresno St), 6-2, 6-3

2007 NCAA DoublesJenna Long/Sara Anundsen (National Champions) 1st round def. Alex Haney/Melissa Koning (Aub), 6-4, 6-3 Round of 16 def. Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 7-6 (5), 7-5 Quarters def. Catrina Thompson/Christian Thompson (Notre Dame), 6-2, 6-0 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, 6-2Caitlin Collins/Sanaz Marand 1st round def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 lost to Megan Moulton-Levy/Katarina Zoricic (W&M), 6-1, 6-2

2006 NCAA SinglesJenna Long 1st round lost to Nicole Leimbach (TCU), 6-2, 6-3

2006 NCAA DoublesJenna Long/Sara Anundsen 1st round def. Hannah Grady/Jessica Weeks (Long Beach), 6-4, 6-4 Round of 16 def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 7-6 (3) Quarters def. Gabriela Duch/Neyessa Etienne (USF), 6-2, 6-4 Semifinals lost to Lucia Sainz/Katharina Winterhalter (Fresno St.), 7-5, 6-3

2005 NCAA SinglesAniela Mojzis 1st round def. Amber Liu (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

2005 NCAA DoublesAniela 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 SinglesAniela 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 DoublesAniela 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 SinglesKate Pinchbeck 1st round def. Julia Scaringe (Florida), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 2nd round lost to Agata Cioroch (Georgia), 6-3, 6-4Marlene Mejia 1st round def. Saras Arasu (Duke), 6-1, 7-6 (6) 2nd round lost to Jewel Peterson (USC)Aniela Mojzis 1st round def. Nathalie Roels (Kentucky), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5) 2nd round lost to Mira Radu (Mississippi), 6-0, 6-2

2003 NCAA DoublesAniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline 1st round lost to Courtney Nagle/Daria Panova (Oregon), 7-5, 6-2

2002 NCAA SinglesKate Pinchbeck 1st round def. Katja Kovac (Baylor), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 2nd round def. Maja Mlakar (Arizona), 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Lauren Kalvaria (Stanford), 7-5, 6-3 Quarters lost to Bea Bielik (Wake Forest), 6-2, 6-4Julie Rotondi 1st round def. Darija Klaic (Washington), 6-3, 7-5 2nd round lost to Erin Burdette (Stanford), 7-5, 6-2Marlene Mejia 1st round lost to Alice Pirsu (Penn), 6-3, 6-2

1993 NCAA SinglesCinda Gurney (National Champion runner-up) 1st round def. Jody Yin (Indiana), 6-4, 6-1 2nd round def. Beth Berris (Stanford), 6-3, 6-1 Round of 16 def. Laxmi Poruri (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3 Quarters def. Christine Neuman (Duke), 7-5, 6-2 Semifinals def. Andrea Farley (Florida), 7-6 (12), 6-2 Finals lost to Lisa Raymond (Florida), 6-3, 6-1

1993 NCAA DoublesCinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 1st round def. Domanico/Saret (BYU), 6-3, 6-0 2nd round lost to Jensen/Koves (Kansas), 6-1, 6-3

1992 NCAA SinglesCinda Gurney 1st round def. Kylie Johnson (Stanford), 6-3, 6-3 2nd round lost to Shawn McCarthy (Georgia), 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

1992 NCAA DoublesCinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 1st round def. Downs/Viollet (Miami), 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 2nd round lost to Ceniza/McCalla (UCLA), 6-3, 7-6 (1)

Katrina Tsang became UNC’s fourth four-time All-ACC selection in 2010.


NCAA Team Championship2014 .................................................................. Finalist

ITA Indoor National Team Championships2010 .................................................................. Finalist2013 .......................................................... Champions2015 .......................................................... Champions2016 .................................................................. Finalist

NCAA Singles Championship2015 ................................. Jamie Loeb (champion)2016 ........................... Hayley Carter (runner-up)

NCAA Doubles Championship2007 ...............S. Anundsen/J. Long (champion)2016 .....................H. Carter/W. Kay (semifinals)

Honda Sports Award2014 ........................................Jamie Loeb (finalist)2015 ........................................Jamie Loeb (finalist)2016 .................................. Hayley Carter (finalist)

ITA National IntercollegiateIndoor Champions2013 ....................................................Jamie Loeb (S)2016 ................ Hayley Carter/Whitney Kay (D)

ITA National Player of the Year2014 ...........................................................Jamie Loeb

ITA National Rookie of the Year2014 ...........................................................Jamie Loeb

ITA National Doubles Team of the Year2007 .........................Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long

ITA Rookie of the Year (Carolinas Region)2013 ....................................................... Whitney Kay2014 ...........................................................Jamie Loeb

ITA National Coach of the Year2010 ....................................................... Brian Kalbas

ITA Coach of the Year (Carolinas Region)2006 ....................................................... Brian Kalbas2010 ....................................................... Brian Kalbas2012 ....................................................... Brian Kalbas

ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year2011 ...................................................Sara Anundsen

ITA Assistant Coach of the Year(Carolinas Region)2006 ..................................................... Tari Ann Toro2010 ...................................................Sara Anundsen2011 ...................................................Sara Anundsen2013 ...................................................Sara Anundsen

ITA National Player to Watch2014 ..................................................... Hayley Carter

ITA Player to Watch (Carolinas Region)2006 ...........................................................Jenna Long2007 .....................................................Katrina Tsang2014 ..................................................... Hayley Carter

ITA National Senior Player of the Year2007 ...........................................................Jenna Long

ITA Senior Player of the Year(Carolinas Region)2007 ...........................................................Jenna Long2010 .....................................................Sanaz Marand2012 ........................................ Shinann Featherson2013 ......................................Gina Suarez-Malaguti

ITA Most Improved Senior Player(Carolinas Region)2016 ....................................................... Whitney Kay

ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award2005 ...................................................... Kendall Cline

ITA/Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award(Carolinas Region)2005 ...................................................... Kendall Cline2012 .......................................Shinann Featherston

ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership Award2005 ......................................................Aniela Mojzis

ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership Award(Carolinas Region)2003 ..................................................Kate Pinchbeck2005 ......................................................Aniela Mojzis2011 .......................................................Haley Hemm

ITA Collegiate All-Star Team2016 ..................................................... Hayley Carter2016 ....................................................... Whitney Kay

ITA Indoor National Team ChampionshipsMost Outstanding Player2013 ....................................................... Whitney Kay2015 .....................................................Caroline Price

UNC Patterson Medal2015 .....................................................Caroline Price

Most Career Wins (thru fall 2016)1. Hayley Carter ...................................................1402. Sanaz Marand ..................................................1333. Caroline Price ...................................................1274. Jenna Long .........................................................1195. Cinda Gurney ....................................................115 Zoe De Bruycker ..............................................1157. Gina Suarez-Malagu.......................................1068. Spencer Barnes ...............................................1059. Sara Anundsen.................................................101 Austin Smith .........................................................101Shinann Featherston..........................................101Tessa Lyons ............................................................10113. Valerie Farmer ..............................................10014. Kathy Barton .................................................... 9915. Ann Stephenson ............................................. 98Aniela Mojzis ........................................................... 98Katrina Tsang .......................................................... 98

Career winning percentage (min 80 victories)Jamie Loeb .............................................. 90.3 (84-9)Hayley Carter ...................................84.9 (140-25)Betsy Heidenberger .........................81.2 (82-19)Cinda Gurney ...................................78.8 (115-31)Margie Brown .....................................78.6 (81-22)

Wins by a freshmanJamie Loeb ................................................................ 53Hayley Carter .......................................................... 50Sanaz Marand ......................................................... 39Kathy Barton ........................................................... 36Jessie Aney ............................................................... 35

Wins by a sophomoreSanaz Marand ......................................................... 37Jenna Long ............................................................... 36Zoe De Bruycker .................................................... 34Caroline Price ......................................................... 34Marlene Meijia ........................................................ 33

Wins by a juniorHayley Carter .......................................................... 49Margie Brown ......................................................... 38Betsy Heidenberger ............................................. 38Jennier Balent ......................................................... 35Katharine Hogan ................................................... 33

Wins by a seniorBetsy Heidenberger ............................................. 44Lloyd Hatcher ......................................................... 41Caroline Price ......................................................... 39Jenna Long ............................................................... 35Kendall Cline ........................................................... 35

Award Winners

Sara Anundsen (left), with Hayley Carter, was named the 2011 ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year.

Carolina advanced to the finals of the 2014 NCAA Championship after defeating Stanford in the semifinals.

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