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3 2015 Quick Facts The University of North Carolina Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. Chartered: 1789 Undergraduate Enrollment: 18,370 Chancellor: Carol Folt Director of Athletics: Bubba Cunningham Senior Women s Administrator: Dr. Beth Miller Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Atlantic Coast Nickname: Tar Heels Mascot: Rameses the ram School colors: Carolina Blue and white Athletic department Web site: GoHeels.com Carolina Women s Tennis Head Coach: Brian Kalbas (Notre Dame, 89) Record at Carolina: , 11 seasons Overall Record: , 22 seasons Kalbas Phone/ (919) , bkalbas@uncaa.unc.edu Assistant Coach: Courtney Nagle, First season (Oregon, 05) Nagle s Phone: (919) Nagle s cmnagle@ .unc.edu Tennis Office Fax: (919) Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Tennis Center Contact: Andrew Parker Parker s Phone: (919) Team Physician: Kelly Waicus Strength and Conditioning: Eric Biener Head Athletic Trainer: Carrie Shearer Academic Advisor: Mike Greene 2014 Record: ACC Record: ACC Finish: 1st (regular season), lost in semifinals (tournament) Final 2014 ITA Ranking: 3rd Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/2 Starters Returning/Lost: 5/1 ACC Titles: 6 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002, 2011) NCAA Appearances: 16 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) All-time NCAA Tournament Record: UNC Athletic Communications Office Phone: (919) Assistant Athletic Director for Communications: Kevin Best Assistant Director/Women s Tennis Contact: Mark Kimmel mkimmel@unc.edu Kimmel s Office Phone: (919) Kimmel s Cell Phone: (919) SID Fax: (919) Mailing Address: PO Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC Introduction Quick Facts Roster In Review Results Review Meet The Tar Heels Head Coach Brian Kalbas... 4 Assistant Coaches... 5 Player Profiles This Is Carolina Academics/CLA Chapel Hill/UNC Service/Facilities Administration Supporting UNC Women s Tennis The University of North Carolina is proud of its long-standing relationship with Nike, Inc. The two parties signed a new 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 department with shoes, uniforms, coaching gear, balls and other equipment. Nike also gave the University $2 million for the Chancellor s Academic Enhancement Fund to support faculty. This partnership has benefitted all 28 varsity sports and provided millions of dollars for academics and student scholarships at the University. History and Records UNC/ACC History NCAA History Awards/Honors 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 official site of North Carolina athletics. GoHeels.com offers schedules, rosters, results and more for all 28 of Carolina s varsity sports UNC Women s Tennis Yearbook Credits: Photos by Jeffrey Camarati, Bill Kallenberg and the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Content & Design: The 2015 UNC Women s Tennis yearbook was written, edited and designed by Mark Kimmel with assistance from the UNC Athletic Communications staff. Covers designed by Associate Athletic Communications Director Dana Gelin Carolina Women s Tennis Page 1

4 2015 Roster Left to right: Assistant coach Courtney Nagle, volunteer assistant coach Shinann Featherston, Marika Akkerman, Kate Vialle, Whitney Kay, Cassandra Vazquez, Caroline Price, Hayley Carter, Jamie Loeb, Maggie Kane, Ashley Dai, Head Coach Brian Kalbas North Carolina Tar Heels Name Yr. Ht. Hometown High School/Academy Marika Akkerman Fr. 5-7 Toronto, Ontario Hayley Carter So Hilton Head, S.C. Smith Stearns Academy Ashley Dai Jr. 5-2 Temple City, Calif. Weil Tennis Academy Maggie Kane Fr. 5-8 Raleigh, N.C. Broughton Whitney Kay Jr. 5-8 Alpharetta, Ga. Laurel Springs Jamie Loeb So. 5-6 Ossining, N.Y. John McEnroe Academy Caroline Price Sr Duluth, Ga. Laurel Springs School Cassandra Vazquez Fr. 5-9 Houston, Texas Kate Vialle So. 5-6 Leawood, Kan. Wolf Tennis Academy 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: Eric Biener 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 approximately 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 stoplight 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 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 2

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6 Currently in his 12th season at the University of North Carolina and his 23rd season overall as a collegiate head coach, Brian Kalbas has led the Tar Heels to unmatched success in the women s tennis program during his time in Chapel Hill. Highlighted by two ITA National Team Indoor Championships in 2013 and 2015, the program s first trip to the NCAA national finals in 2014, another semifinal berth in 2010 and its first NCAA tennis title in 2007, UNC has advanced to the NCAA Tournament all 11 years under Kalbas. Kalbas and the Tar Heels rose to the top of the collegiate tennis world in 2007 when seniors Sara Anundsen and Jenna Long defeated Megan Moulton- Levy and Katarina Zoricic of William & Mary to claim the NCAA Doubles Championship. The title capped an incredible season for the duo that saw them reach No. 1 in the nation and earn National Doubles Team of the Year honors from the ITA, as they became the first Tar Heels 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 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 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. Then 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 Kalbas Year-by-year Results YEAR RECORD PCT Career Totals At W&M: (11 seasons).716 At UNC: (11 seasons) Carolina Women s Tennis Page 4 BRIAN KALBAS HEAD COACH 12TH SEASON NOTRE DAME ( 89) in the NCAA Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals before bowing out to the UCLA Bruins. Expectations were skyhigh leading into the season with the additions of Blue Chip prospects Jamie Loeb and Hayley Carter to an already seasoned roster. The newcomers 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, respectively, 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 and those early accolades proved correct when Kalbas club won the 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the second such title in three years. Carolina surrendered 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 national-title contender. 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 At William & Mary, Kalbas posted a 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 46 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 and No. 2 Alabama in the 2014 NCAA quarterfinals. Under Kalbas direction, 19 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 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 Kalbas also coached William & Mary to two NCAA quarterfinals appearances. Under Kalbas direction at William & Mary and Carolina, he has coached a total of 19 All-Americas, the most recent being Carter, Kay, Loeb and Price in Carolina continued its impressive run of NCAA success under Kalbas in 2009, with the team earning a bid as well as several individuals making the field. As a team, the Tar Heels defeated Georgia State before falling to ACC-rival Clemson in the second round. Individually, Marand and Tsang both earned singles bids, while Marand and Grabinski were joined in the doubles field by Tsang and senior Austin Smith. Marand advanced to the national quarterfinals, becoming just the third Tar Heel to reach the final eight in program history. Both Tsang and Marand qualified for the NCAA Singles tournament in 2008 and Marand partnered with Grabinski to earn a doubles bid. Kalbas helped guide three singles players (Long, Tsang and Marand) and two doubles pairs (Anundsen/Long, Marand/Caitlin Collins) to NCAA play in 2007, marking the most Tar Heels ever to earn invites to the NCAA individual tournaments. Carolina also had more NCAA participants than any school in the nation in Long was also named the ITA Senior Player of the Year for her accomplishments in UNC had yet another highly successful season in dual match play in 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 decision 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 squad finished Kalbas was named the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for his efforts.

7 The 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 American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 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 Brian Kalbas Career Highlights 1998 and 2010 ITA National Coach of the Year Six-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year Four-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 Led Carolina to the 2013 & 2015 ITA National Team Indoor Championships Coached 19 All-America players to 34 total All-America honors Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners Coach Jamie Loeb to ITA National and Rookie of the Year honors Won nine CAA titles in 11 seasons at W&M His teams have defeated 46 top-10 opponents in 22 seasons, including five in Coached teams to the NCAA quarterfinals seven times, made two appearances in the Final Four in 2010 and 2014 and the national title match in Coached Team USA at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. 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 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, 24, and Joseph, 15. COURTNEY NAGLE ASSISTANT COACH FIRST SEASON OREGON ( 05) Courtney Nagle was hired in August 2014 as the new assistant coach for the North Carolina women s tennis program. Nagle spent the previous two seasons as the assistant women s tennis coach at the University of Iowa. She assisted in the day-to-day management of the program, including player development, practice plans and student-athlete recruitment. I m very excited and honored to be joining the Tar Heel family, said Nagle. I want to thank Brian Kalbas and Bubba Cunningham for the amazing opportunity. I believe in Brian s vision for the tennis program and look forward to helping build great student-athletes on the court, in the classroom, and in the Chapel Hill community. 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 also spent the 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 Sportsmanship Award winner. She was a four-year letterwinner and member of two Oregon NCAA Tournament teams in 2002 and In 2003, Nagle earned a NCAA Tournament singles berth, in addition to advancing to the NCAA Tournament doubles quarterfinals, also in 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 in the same capacity, before returning to Eugene in 2010 to become part of the Ducks coaching staff in a volunteer role. Nagle is affiliated with United States Professional Tennis Association (USTA) Professional Level l Certification and the Professional Tennis Registry Coaching Certification. SHINANN FEATHERSTON VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH SECOND SEASON UNC ( 12) Shinann Featherston begins her second season as the volunteer assistant coach during the 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 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 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 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 5

8 CAROLINE PRICE SENIOR 5-11 DULUTH, GA. Price s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES (.698) 21-8 (.724) (.810) 23-6 (.793) (.757) 26-9 (.742) Career (.754) (.753) 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 6

9 JUNIOR SEASON ( ) Earned All-America status in doubles playing with partner Whitney Kay The duo earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship and reached the quarterfinals Kay and Price finished the season ranked No. 9 according to the ITA Kay/Price finished with a 25-8 overall doubles record, including 18-5 in dual matches and an 8-2 mark against the ACC They were 9-3 at #1 and 9-2 at #2 doubles The tandem won four doubles matches in the NCAA Team Championship over VCU, Texas A&M, Alabama and Stanford Beat #3 Michigan (Bolender/Bektas) and #7 William & Mary (Belaya/Loomans) at Riviera ITA All-Americans to advance into semifinals of Main Draw Doubles Posted a 25-8 singles record, including a 22-6 mark in dual matches and an 11-2 record against the ACC Was ranked as high as #31 by the ITA in singles, before finishing the season #49 Defeated 21st ranked Carol Zhao of Stanford in the NCAA Championship Final Four match Had nine-straight victories over a five-week stretch in the spring. SOPHOMORE SEASON ( ) Named a 2013 All-America, All-ACC and helped Carolina to the National Indoor Team Championships in second season with the Tar Heels Her 34-8 singles record led the team for the second-straight year That mark included a 22-2 dual match singles record and a 6-1 record in the ACC Was ranked as high as No. 25 in singles in late February and finished No. 41 in the country After a 10-5 record in the fall, she won 19-consecutive singles matches that helped propel Carolina to No. 1 nationally for 10-straight weeks Won all three singles matches in leading the Tar Heels to the National Indoors title, earning victories over Texas A&M, USC and UCLA Also won both her singles matches in the NCAA Tournament Qualified for the NCAA Singles and took down No. 50 Lacey Smyth of Arizona, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 and No. 12 Julie Elbaba of Virginia, 6-2, 6-1, before falling in the Round of 16 Joined forces with Whitney Kay and went 13-4 in doubles, including 10-3 in dual matches The duo went 5-2 in the ACC and also took down No. 8 Northwestern, 9-8 (6) in Evanston, Ill. Price and Kay finished the season ranked No. 37 in the country. Caroline Price FRESHMAN SEASON ( ) Standout freshman who immediately became a key component in the Carolina lineup in both singles and doubles Finished a team best in singles, including a 21-8 mark in dual match play Ranked as high as No. 55 in singles and finished the year at No. 106 Compiled a combined doubles record of 15-11, including a 6-5 mark in dual match play with Gina Suarez-Malaguti that featured four ACC wins Won three matches in straight-sets in her first career event, including victories over No. 43 Alex Guarachi of Alabama and No. 38 Hanna Mar of Duke Won six of her first seven matches in dual play as well as a straight-set victory over Georgia Tech s Jasmine Minor at the ITA National Team Indoor Championships Lost just one match in ACC regular season play and won all three of her singles matches in the NCAA Championship Finished her freshman campaign with a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win over No. 71 Lina Lineikite of Miami in the NCAA round of 16 All eight of her ACC regular season wins came in straight sets and her lone loss was a three-setter Participates in the Baddour Carolina Leadership Academy as a CREED Mentor. PREP/PERSONAL Was consistently been ranked among the top 10 in the USTA 18-and-under junior national rankings and is considered a blue chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net Won the girls 18s singles title at the 2010 National Clay Court Championship By virtue of that win, qualified to play in the U.S. Open junior event, where she won her opening match and lost to the No. 1-ranked junior in the world in three sets Followed that up with a win in the girls 18s doubles event at the 2011 National Clay Court Championship Named the 2009 Junior Female Tennis Player of the Year in the state of Georgia Won the USTA s Bill Talbert National Jr. Sportsmanship Award in 2009 Also claimed the sportsmanship award at the 2010 Barbados ITF, an event that saw her advance to the singles final and win the doubles title Won singles and doubles 16s titles at the Easter Bowl in 2009 as well as the 18s Bullfrog events in Jackson and Lawrenceville Caroline Elizabeth Price is the daughter of Mark and Laura Price Her father was a standout basketball player at Georgia Tech and played 12 seasons in the NBA, most notably with the Cleveland Cavaliers Also a member of Dream Team II, the United States national team that won gold at the 1994 FIBA World Championships Born March 13, 1993, in Akron, Ohio Carolina Women s Tennis Page 7

10 ASHLEY DAI JUNIOR 5-2 TEMPLE CITY, CALIF. Dai s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES (.731) (.732) (.630) 20-7 (.741) Career (.679) (.735) 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 8

11 Ashley Dai FRESHMAN SEASON ( ) Finished with an overall singles record of 19-7, including an 11-3 mark in dual match play Went 3-2 in ACC singles play Was ranked as high as No. 65 in the country in singles and finished at No. 121 Won 10-straight singles matches that spanned seven weeks of competition Teamed with Whitney Kay to form a strong doubles combination that owned a 15-8 overall doubles record The duo ranked No. 8 nationally in early January and finished the season No. 33 in the country Dai and Kay won their first nine doubles matches of the season, including two victories over ranked opponents from Tennessee and Florida State at the Furman Fall Classic Also joined Lauren McHale in doubles and the two notched a 3-0 record, including a win at Boston College and an 8-2 victory over Nebraska s Weinstein and Weinreich in the NCAA Round of 16 Also went 7-3, including 5-2, with Zoe De Bruycker and 4-0 matched with Caroline Price in doubles. JUNIOR/PREP No. 10 overall player in the class and considered a Blue Chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net Threetime UTSA Gold Ball winner Won the Winter National Championships doubles title three straight years from 2007 to 2009 Captured the Casablanca ITF G4 singles event in 2010 Part of a team that won the s Intersectionals, and she was undefeated in the event. SOPHOMORE SEASON ( ) Finished the season ranked No. 97 in the final ITA Tennis singles rankings Recorded a singles record, including a 12-7 dual match record Went 4-1 in ACC singles competition Was ranked in the top-100 for most of the season Finished the season by winning 11 of 13 singles matches Took 13th-ranked Chanelle Van Nguyen to three sets in NCAA Championship final against UCLA In doubles, owned a 13-5 record playing with Tessa Lyons Their best win was 8-2 over 71st ranked Alabama in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship that clinched the doubles point over the Crimson Tide Also went 5-0 playing with Jamie Loeb that saw the duo briefly ranked No. 76 in the ITA doubles rankings in early May Dai/Loeb beat Duke s 30th ranked Goldfeld/Smith, 8-3, in the quarters of the ACC Championship Carolina Women s Tennis Page 9

12 WHITNEY KAY Junior 5-8 ALPHARETTA, GA. Kay s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES (.689) (.689) (.464) (7.30) Career (.603) (.707) 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 10

13 SOPHOMORE ( ) Earned All-America status in doubles playing with partner Caroline Price The duo earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Doubles Championship and reached the quarterfinals Kay and Price finished the season ranked No. 9 according to the ITA Kay/Price finished with a 25-8 overall doubles record, including 18-5 in dual matches and an 8-2 mark against the ACC They were 9-3 at #1 and 9-2 at #2 doubles The tandem won four doubles matches in the NCAA Team Championship over VCU, Texas A&M, Alabama and Stanford Beat #3 Michigan (Bolender/Bektas) and #7 William & Mary (Belaya/Loomans) at Riviera ITA All-Americans to advance into semifinals of Main Draw Doubles Posted a singles record Defeated Texas A&M s Stefania Hristov in straight sets in the NCAA Team Championship Was ranked as high as #33 by the ITA in singles. FRESHMAN SEASON ( ) Enjoyed an outstanding first season with Carolina by posting a overall singles record, including a 19-5 mark in dual match play Her 8-1 record in ACC competition led the team Was ranked as high as No. 19 nationally in singles and finished the season at No. 44 in the country Won her first three collegiate matches at the Duke Fab Four, including a straight-set victory over No. 17 Cristinia Stancu of Texas A&M Earned 12-straight singles wins that spanned two months of the spring season That included three wins in leading Carolina to the National Indoor title in February She had victories over No. 19 Zoe Scandalis of USC, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, No. 40 Ester Goldfield of Duke in straight-sets and No. 96 Pamela Montez of UCLA, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5) Teamed with Ashley Dai to form a strong doubles combination that owned a 15-8 overall doubles record The duo ranked No. 8 nationally in early January and finished the season No. 33 in the country Dai and Kay won their first nine doubles matches of the season, including two victories over ranked opponents from Tennessee and Florida State at the Furman Fall Classic Kay later joined forces with Caroline Price and went 13-4 in doubles, including 10-3 in dual matches The duo went 5-2 in the ACC and also took down No. 8 Northwestern, 9-8 (6) in Evanston, Whitney Kay Ill. Price and Kay finished the season ranked No. 37 in the country. JUNIOR/PREP No. 5 overall player in the class and considered a Blue Chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net One of the nation s top junior players since the age of nine, and reached the No. 1 spot in the national rankings in 2010 Won 31 National titles, including 12 USTA National Championship Gold Balls. Also earned 8 USTA National Championship Silver Balls Won 26 Southern Championship Titles including winning the Southern Section Closed Championship at the 12s, 14s, and 18s Two-time Southern Section Junior Female Player of the Year Two-time Georgia Junior Female Player of the Year Was awarded several regional and national Sportsmanship Awards including: The 2012 USTA Bill Talbert Sportsmanship Award which includes a permanent plaque at the International Tennis Hall of Fame; the 2012 USTA Southern Bill Ozaki Sportsmanship Award; and 2012 USTA Spring Nationals, 2010 USTA Spring Nationals, and 2009 USTA National Championship Hard Courts Sportsmanship Awards Carolina Women s Tennis Page 11

14 KATE VIALLE JUNIOR 5-6 LEAWOOD, KAN. Vialle s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES (.818) 5-3 (.625) (.741) 16-8 (.667) Career 29-9 (.763) (.656) 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 12

15 Kate Vialle FRESHMAN SEASON ( ) Joined the program in January and finished with an impressive 9-2 overall singles record She was 8-1 in dual matches, including 3-1 against the ACC She won five-straight singles matches and eight of her final nine to end the year The final two victories came in straight sets over Melissa Bolivar of Miami in the ACC Semifinals and against Nebraska s Izabella Zgierska in the NCAA Round of 16 Finished with a 5-3 overall doubles record Was 3-1 combined with Gina Suarez-Malaguti. PREP/PERSONAL No. 17 overall player in the class and considered a blue chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net USTA National Championship gold ball winner and USTA National Championship silver ball winner USTA National Open singles and doubles winner Agassi No Quit award winner USTA National Open Sportsmanship Award winner Also won the Missouri Valley Heart of America Player of the Year Award and completed her Missouri Valley Section career with the No. 1 ranking Her father, mother and grandfather played college tennis. SOPHOMORE SEASON ( ) Finished the season with a 20-7 record in singles play, including 19-6 in dual matches and 12-2 in the ACC Defeated No. 75 Catherine Harrison of UCLA, 6-4, 6-4, at #5 singles in the NCAA Championship match Also beat Alabama s Emily Zabor in the NCAA quarterfinals, 6-1, 6-4 Won six-straight matches against ACC opponents Teamed with Laura Slater to post a 13-8 doubles mark, including a 5-4 dual match record Slater/Vialle advanced to the finals of the ITA Carolinas Regional, falling to teammates Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb, 8-2 Played with Ashley Dai in the ACC Championship and won 8-4 over Florida State Carolina Women s Tennis Page 13

16 Hayley Carter HAYLEY CARTER SOPHOMORE 5-11 HILTON HEAD, S.C. FRESHMAN SEASON ( ): Ranked No. 3 in the final ITA Tennis 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 quarterfinals 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, culmninating 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 Intercollegiate 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 championships 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. Carter s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES (.877) 34-8 (.810) 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 14

17 FRESHMAN SEASON ( ): 53-4 overall singles record, 31-2 in dual matches, 14-0 in ACC Nation s topranked women s tennis player ITA All-America in both singles and doubles ITA National Player and Rookie of the Year ACC Player of the Year First Team All-ACC One of four nominees for the Honda Sports Award for women s tennis First Carolina player to be ranked No. 1 in singles, held top ranking from Feb. 11 until final ranking in June Teamed with Hayley Carter for the No. 3 doubles tandem in the country with a final record of 34-6 Won ACC Player of the Week honors three times Was the top seed in NCAA Singles bracket and advanced to the quarterfinals Loeb and Carter were the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Doubles bracket and reached the quarterfinals Became the first freshman in almost 30 years to win both the Riviera/ITA Women s All-American Championship and the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship in the same season Helped guide the Tar Heels to a runner-up finish at the 2014 NCAA Team Championship, the first national championship match appearance in program history North Carolina finished the season ranked No. 3 nationally 36 of her 53 singles victories came over ranked opponents, including 10 wins over top-10 ranked players. Jamie Loeb JAMIE LOEB SOPHOMORE 5-6 OSSINING, N.Y. JUNIOR/PREP: No. 1 overall player in the class considered a Blue Chip prospect by TennisRecruiting.net Competed in the 2013 U.S. Open Main Draw Qualifier, defeating Veronica Cepede Roug, 6-1, 6-3, who was ranked 193rd in the world at the time Was a quarterfinalist at the 2013 Wimbledon Juniors Won the doubles and finished runner-up in singles at the 2013 USTA International Spring Championship in Carson, Calif. Won both the singles and doubles 18s titles at the 2012 USTA National Winter Championship Has already won a pair of pro tournaments, the $10,000 Futures events in Buffalo and Amelia Island Swept singles and doubles titles at the ITF Grade 4 event in Delray Beach, Fla., in May Loeb s Career Stats YEAR SINGLES DOUBLES (.930) 41-6 (.872) 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 15

18 Freshmen Class MARIKA AKKERMAN FRESHMAN 5-7 TORONTO, ONTARIO 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 MAGGIE KANE FRESHMAN 5-8 RALEIGH, N.C. JUNIOR/PREP: Earned All-America status during high school career at Needham Broughton Named the 2013 North Carolina High School Female Tennis Player of the Year 2012 North Carolina 4A singles champion A 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 soccer for legendary coach Anson Dorrance. CASSANDRA VAZQUEZ FRESHMAN 5-9 HOUSTON, TEXAS JUNIOR/PREP: Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net Ranked 6th nationally in her class Competed at the 2013 US Open, winning two rounds in qualifying to earn a spot in the main draw Won both the singles and doubles draws at the ITF Dominican Republic in 2013 Won her very first ITF event in both singles and doubles in Monterrey, Mexico in 2012 Also won an ITF singles tournament in the Bahamas and brought home both singles and doubles titles at the Texas Grand Slam in 2012 Was invited to compete in the Federation Cup three-straight years in Claremont, Calif Carolina Women s Tennis Page 16

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20 Season Review Singles Results Player #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tourn. Dual ACC Overall Jamie Loeb Hayley Carter Caroline Price Whitney Kay Ashley Dai Kate Vialle Tessa Lyons Laura Slater Overall Doubles Results Player #1 #2 #3 Tourn. Dual ACC Overall Loeb/Carter Kay/Price Dai/Lyons Slater/Vialle Carter/Kay Carter/Lyons Dai/Loeb Dai/Slater Dai/Kay Dai/Vialle Kay/Loeb Lyons/Price Lyons/Loeb Lyons/Slater Lyons/Vialle Price/Slater Overall Rankings Summary Team ITA Rankings Singles ITA Rankings Singles ITA Rankings Doubles ITA Rankings Doubles ITA Rankings 1/2/14 #3 1/21/14 #3 1/29/14 #3 2/11/14 #6 2/18/14 #6 2/25/14 #11 3/4/14 #12 3/11/14 #6 3/18/14 #10 3/25/14 #8 4/1/14 #6 4/8/14 #3 4/15/14 #7 4/22/14 #11 5/1/14 #7 Final #3 Hayley Carter 1/2/14 #5 2/11/14 #8 2/25/14 #6 3/11/14 #5 3/25/14 #7 4/8/14 #6 4/15/14 #6 4/22/14 #5 5/1/14 #5 Final #3 Ashley Dai Pre #100 1/2/14 #T118 2/11/14 #106 2/25/14 #119 4/15/14 #103 4/22/14 #111 5/1/14 #105 Final #97 Whitney Kay Pre #33 1/2/14 #88 2/11/14 #T69 2/25/14 #83 3/11/14 #111 Jamie Loeb 1/2/14 #2 2/11/14 #1 2/25/14 #1 3/11/14 #1 3/25/14 #1 4/8/14 #1 4/15/14 #1 4/22/14 #1 5/1/14 #1 Final #1 Tessa Lyons Pre #92 Caroline Price Pre #31 2/11/14 #67 2/25/14 #52 3/11/14 #41 3/25/14 #47 4/8/14 #43 4/15/14 #46 4/22/14 #50 5/1/14 #59 Final #49 Price/Kay Pre #15 1/2/14 #10 2/11/14 #12 2/25/14 #5 3/11/14 #15 3/25/14 #11 4/8/14 #17 4/15/14 #15 4/22/14 #10 5/1/14 #13 Final #9 Carter/Loeb 1/2/14 #12 2/11/14 #13 2/25/14 #9 3/11/14 #7 3/25/14 #3 4/8/14 #3 4/15/14 #3 4/22/14 #3 5/1/14 #3 Final #3 Dai/Loeb 5/1/14 #76 Slater/Vialle 1/2/14 #42 2/25/14 #32 3/11/14 #57 3/25/14 #44 4/8/14 #46 4/15/14 #50 4/22/14 #50 5/1/14 #55 Final #57 Dai/Lyons Pre # Carolina Women s Tennis Page 18

21 Overall Record: 29-6 ACC: 12-2 Home: 16-1 Away: 6-2 Neutral: 7-3 Against Ranked Opponents: 21-6 Postseason: Results Date UNC s Rank Opponent Result Score Doubles Record Jan. 22 #3 No. 75 Elon Win Jan. 22 #3 UNCG Win Jan. 25 #3 No. 62 Denver (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win Jan. 26 #3 No. 31 Memphis (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win Feb. 4 #3 No. 7 Texas A&M Loss Feb. 7 #3 vs. No. 15 Vanderbilt (ITA National Team Indoors) Win Feb. 8 #3 vs. No. 10 Duke (ITA National Team Indoors) Loss Feb. 9 #3 vs. No. 4 Georgia (ITA National Team Indoors) Win Feb. 19 #6 Norfolk State Win Feb. 19 #6 East Carolina Win Feb. 21 #6 No. 62 Boston College* Win , 1-0 ACC Feb. 23 #6 No. 46 NC State* Win , 2-0 ACC Feb. 28 #11 No. 38 Wake Forest* Win , 3-0 ACC March 2 #11 at No. 1 Duke* Loss , 3-1 ACC March 8 #12 at No. 5 Virginia* Win , 4-1 ACC March 9 #12 at No. 55 Virginia Tech* Win , 5-1 ACC March 12 #6 vs. Appalachian State Win March 12 #6 at College of Charleston Win March 23 #10 No. 22 Notre Dame* Win , 6-1 ACC March 25 #8 No. 9 Northwestern Win March 28 #8 at Pittsburgh* Win , 7-1 ACC March 30 #8 at No. 59 Syracuse* Win , 8-1 ACC April 5 #6 No. 14 Miami* Win , 9-1 ACC April 6 #6 No. 38 Florida State* Win , 10-1 ACC April 13 #3 Maryland* Win , 11-1 ACC April 17 #7 at No. 27 Georgia Tech* Win , 12-1 ACC April 19 #7 at No. 17 Clemson* Loss , 12-2 ACC April 25 #11 vs. No. 42 Florida State (ACC Tournament) Win April 26 #11 vs. No. 6 Duke (ACC Tournament) Loss May 9 #7 VCU (NCAA Tournament First Round) Win May 10 #7 No. 64 Georgia State (NCAA Tournament Second Round) Win May 15 #7 vs. No. 9 Texas A&M (NCAA Tournament Round of 16) Win May 17 #7 vs. No. 2 Alabama (NCAA Tournament Round of 8) Win May 19 #7 vs. No. 11 Stanford (NCAA Tournament Final Four) Win May 20 #7 vs. No. 3 UCLA (NCAA Tournament Championship) Loss *Denotes ACC match. ITA National Team Indoor Championships matches played in Charlottesville, Va. ACC Tournament matches played in Cary, N.C. NCAA Tournament matches played in Chapel Hill, N.C. (First and Second Rounds), Atlanta, Ga. (Round of 16) and Athens, Ga. (Final 8, Final Four, Championship) 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 19

22 Season Recap CAROLINA ADVANCES TO FIRST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL North Carolina appeared in the NCAA National Championship match for the first time in program history in Athens, Georgia. The Tar Heels earned the No. 7 national seed and ran through its competition, culminating with a title bout with perennial power UCLA. For the 12th time in 13 seasons and the 10th time under the direction of head coach Brian Kalbas, Carolina was picked to host a regional, welcoming Georgia State, Tennessee and VCU to the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Carolina didn t surrender a point in victories over VCU and Georgia State to advance to Athens for the round of 16. Weather moved the match with Texas A&M to Georgia Tech s facility in Atlanta, but that was no bother as UNC again earned a third straight 4-0 win to send the Tar Heels into the quarterfinals for the sixth time. Up next was No. 2 seed Alabama, and with UNC leading 3-2, Hayley Carter clinched the victory on her 19th birthday to secure a place in the semifinals against defending champion Stanford. A spot in the finals came down to the singles match on court one between UNC s top-ranked Jamie Loeb and Stanford s third-ranked Kristie Ahn. Loeb lost the first set on a tiebreaker, but walloped Ahn, 6-0 and 6-0, over the final two sets to earn a 4-3 victory over the Cardinal. Carolina fell behind 2-0 early against UCLA in the finals by losing the doubles point and then Loeb lost to No. 2 Robin Anderson, snapping a 25-match winning streak. The Tar Heels tied the match at 2-2, before the Bruins regained the lead, before Tessa Lyons knotted the match at 3-3 with a three-set victory on court six, setting up a dramatic ending that would fall on court three between Carolina s Caroline Price and UCLA s Kyle McPhillips. Down a set, Price answered with a 6-3 win in set two. Trailing 5-3 in the third set, Price battled to the bitter end with the final point going to deuce seven times and fought off three championship points before McPhillips prevailed. UNC NO. 3 IN FINAL ITA RANKINGS North Carolina began the 2014 spring season ranked No. 3 and finished in the same position after reaching the NCAA Championship in May. The Tar Heels were ranked as high as third on five occasions during the spring semester, and slipped outside the top 10 twice and was no lower than 12th the entire season. JAMIE LOEB NAMED ITA NATIONAL COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Jamie Loeb took home the 2014 ITA National College Player of the Year award after posting a 53-4 singles record, including a 19-1 mark in the fall. Her 53 wins are the most in program history. The Tar Heel won singles titles at the 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships and Riviera/ ITA Women s All-American Championships. She was ranked in the No. 1 spot in the ITA Division I National Singles Rankings since February 11, and held that spot until the final rankings were released in June. Loeb was the first female from North Carolina to be the topranked singles player. Loeb was named an ITA All-America in both singles and doubles and is the 2014 ITA National Rookie of the Year. CARTER, LOEB EARN MORE ITA NATIONAL AWARDS Freshmen sensations Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb earned national awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Carter was named the ITA Player to Watch, while Loeb added ITA Rookie of the Year honors to her trophy case in Both players earned the same award for the Carolina Region, also given out by the ITA. LOEB, CARTER SWEEP TOP HONORS FROM ACC North Carolina freshman Jamie Loeb was named the 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Women s Tennis Player of the Year, while classmate Hayley Carter was named Freshman of the Year. Loeb is the third Carolina player to earn player of the year honors, while Carter is the first Tar Heel to earn the freshman of the year award. Carolina, the co-acc regular season champion, placed three players on the All-ACC team. Carter and Loeb were voted to the nine player first team. Junior Caroline Price landed on the All-ACC second team, her second career all-league selection. Loeb was named ACC Player of the Week on three occasions in She joins Gina Suarez-Malaguti (2013) and Cinda Gurney (1991, 1992 and 1993) as the only players in program history to earn ACC Player of the Year honors. FOUR TAR HEELS SELECTED ITA ALL-AMERICAS Junior Caroline Price and sophomore Whitney Kay earned All-America honors in doubles, while freshmen Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb earned All- America status in both singles and doubles. The Tar Heel quartet was second only to UCLA s five players on the all-america team. Price garnered her second career All-America award after earning singles honors as a sophomore in She teamed up with Kay and qualified as All- America s by advancing to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship. Loeb and Carter earned automatic All-America status by virtue of being the No. 1 and No. 7 seed, respectively, in the NCAA singles tournament. The freshmen tandem earned doubles honors by being the No. 3 seed in the NCAA bracket. Both advanced to the quarterfinals in singles play and also landed in the quarterfinals as doubles partners. LOEB BECOMES TWO-TIME CHAMP IN FALL SEASON Jamie Loeb became the first freshman in almost 30 years to win both the Riviera/ITA Women s All-American Championship and the USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship in the same season, doing so in the 2013 fall semester. She defeated UCLA s Robin Anderson in both tournaments to garner title honors, the first in Los Angeles and the latter in Flushing, N.Y., about 30 miles from her hometown of Ossining. CAROLINA AMONG THE BEST OF THE ACC IN 2014 The Atlantic Coast Conference has established itself as the country s best top-to-bottom women s tennis league, and 2014 was more of the same. 14 of the 15 league teams were ranked in the final ITA poll, including three of the top 7 and seven squads in the top 25. Carolina recorded a 12-2 league record to clinch a share of the ACC regular season and earn the No. 1 seed in the ACC Championship ACCOLADES Hayley Carter ACC All-Academic NCAA Singles Championship Selection (No. 7 seed) NCAA Doubles Championship Selection (No. 3 seed) NCAA Women s All-Tournament Team Selection (No. 2 singles) ITA National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament team ITA National Player to Watch ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch ITA All-America (singles and doubles) All-ACC First Team ACC Freshman of the Year Highest Singles Ranking - No. 3 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 3 Ashley Dai Highest Singles Ranking - No. 97 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 42 Whitney Kay ITA All-America (doubles) Highest Singles Ranking - No. 33 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 5 Jamie Loeb NCAA Singles Championship Selection (No. 1 seed) NCAA Doubles Championship Selection (No. 3 seed) ITA National Player of the Year ITA National Rookie of the Year ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year ITA All-America (singles and doubles) All-ACC First Team ACC Player of the Year Honda Sports Award for Women s Tennis (finalist) Highest Singles Ranking - No. 1 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 3 Tessa Lyons Highest Singles Ranking - No. 92 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 42 Caroline Price NCAA Singles Championship Selection ITA All-America (doubles) All-ACC Second Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 31 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 5 Laura Slater Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 32 Kate Vialle NCAA Women s All-Tournament Team Selection (No. 5 singles) Highest Doubles Ranking - No Carolina Women s Tennis Page 20

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34 Administration/Support Staff Bubba Cunningham Director of Athletics Lawrence R. (Bubba) Cunningham is in his fourth year as the director of athletics at the University of North Carolina. Cunningham officially began his duties at UNC on November 14, One of Cunningham s first accomplishments at UNC was the development of a strategic plan for Carolina athletics. A planning committee worked with Dr. Paul Friga, associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Carolina s Kenan-Flagler School of Business throughout the process and created the mission statement - We Educate and Inspire Through Athletics. The plan also identified four core values for Carolina Athletics- Responsibility, Innovation, Service and Excellence. Our number one priority is for athletics to be part of the educational experience of all students at the University, those who compete in our 28 varsity sports as well as those who do not, says Cunningham. Athletics provides academic and competitive opportunities for more than 700 students, and is part of a unifying spirit for thousands of other students, faculty, staff and alumni. In Cunningham s first year at UNC, Carolina began working with the Disney Institute to identify new best practices to implement at UNC. Members of the Disney Institute worked with the athletic department to learn more about Carolina athletics and provide recommendations. Carolina will work with Disney to adapt new best practices throughout the academic year. Working in conjunction with University officials, Cunningham also continues to lead the Student- Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group. That group, which was launched with provost James W. Dean in fall 2013, is taking a comprehensive approach to assessing and enhancing how the University provides academic support to student-athletes. The group will develop 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. On the field, Carolina has achieved outstanding success under Cunningham s leadership. Carolina finished 14th in the Learfield Director s Cup in with seven teams posting top-10 national finishes. A total of 22 Tar Heel teams advanced to postseason play, led by a second place finish by women s tennis and a final four appearance by field hockey. Carolina also had top-10 national finishes in women s lacrosse (fifth), men s tennis (fifth), women s basketball (fifth), women s soccer (fifth) and men s lacrosse (ninth). In , 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 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. Carolina student-athletes excelled in the classroom as well. During the academic calendar, more than 300 student-athletes made the ACC Academic Honor Roll, which requires a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for the year. It was the second-consecutive season Carolina had produced more than 300 honorees. Cunningham, who is the 3rd Vice President of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), is in his 12th 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 at Ball State University. 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 Cunningham is a 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. Born in Flint, Mich., and raised in Naples, Fla., Cunningham and his wife, Tina, have four children: Matthew, Michael, John and Sarah. Women s Tennis Support Staff Carrie Shearer Head Athletic Trainer Mario Ciocca Director of Sports Medicine Dr. Beth Miller Sr. Associate Director of Athletics Beth Miller is in her 31st year supervising North Carolina s highly-successful Olympic Sports program. She serves as UNC s Senior Woman Administrator and as Senior Associate Director of Athletics since Miller is the primary administrator for 13 Tar Heel programs: men s and women s cross country, men s and women s fencing, women s golf, gymnastics, rowing, men s soccer, men s and women s indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball. She assists Athletic Director Bubba Cunningham as secondary administrator for women s basketball, as well as focusing on oversight of Carmichael Arena, special projects and campus and community relations. A native of Landis, N.C., Miller is a 1968 alumna of Appalachian State University with a B.S. degree in health and physical education. She has a master s from ASU and earned a Doctor of Arts degree in physical education at Middle Tennessee State in From , Miller served as the head volleyball and basketball coach at Appalachian State. She became head volleyball coach at UNC in 1975 and led the Tar Heels to four consecutive ACC titles from and five postseason tournament appearances. She also coached softball at Carolina from In 1979, Miller was named UNC s Athletic Business Manager. She retired from coaching volleyball after 1983, but continued to handle all financial affairs for the department through She has overseen UNC s Olympic Sports program since Miller serves on a number of Atlantic Coast Conference committees, including those for women s basketball and women s golf. She also serves on the ACC Awards Committee, Committee on Committees and Officiating Committee. In recognition of her outstanding service to Carolina, Miller was honored in April of 2008 as a recipient of the 2008 C. Knox Massey Distinguished Service Award, one of the most prestigious honors bestowed by the University of North Carolina. UNC Athletics Administration Chancellor... Carol Folt Faculty Representative...Lissa Broome Director of Athletics...Bubba Cunningham Exec. Assoc. AD...Larry Gallo Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA... Beth Miller Sr. Assoc. AD/Bus. & Finance... Martina Ballen Sr. Assoc. AD/Smith Center Operations... Clint Gwaltney Sr. Assoc. AD/Compliance... Vince Ille Sr. Assoc. AD/Strategic Communications...Steve Kirschner Sr. Assoc. AD/Marketing & Football/Olympic Operations...Rick Steinbacher Assoc. AD/Compliance... Marielle vangelder Assoc. AD/Football...Corey Holliday Assoc. AD/Risk Management...Paul Pogge Asst. AD/Marketing and Promotions...Michael Beale Asst. AD/Communications... evin Best Asst. AD/Fac. Planning & Management...Mike Bunting Asst. AD/New Media... Ken Cleary Asst. AD/Football & Olympic Sports Operations...Ellen Culler Asst. AD/Student-Athlete Development...Cricket Lane Asst. AD/Business & Finance...Mike Perkins Asst. AD/Ticket Operations... Tim Sabo Exec. Director Rams Club... John Montgomery Director of Sports Medicine...Dr. Mario Ciocca Dir. of Academic Support/Student-Athletes...Michelle Brown Kelly Waicus Team Doctor Eric Biener Strength and Conditioning Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2126 Chapel Hill, NC Web Address: GoHeels.com Overnight Address: Koury Natatorium 300 Bowles Drive Chapel Hill, NC Carolina Women s Tennis Page 32

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36 Carolina Tennis History The women s tennis program has a long-standing tradition of excellence in the overall women s athletics program at the University of North Carolina, beginning with legendary head coach Frances Hogan and continuing into the 21st century highlighted by standout players the likes of 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 University 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 charter 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 decades. 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. Harrison retired after the season as the winningest tennis coach in ACC history at the time in terms of dual-match victories. Carolina was a force to be reckoned with during the days of AIAW competition from 1971 until the organization was disbanded in The Tar Heels won the NCAIAW Tournament three straight times from 1979 to 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 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 Cinda Gurney, a three-time ACC Player of the Year, was an All-America in singles in both 1992 and Gurney and Alisha Portnoy combined to earn first-team All-America honors in doubles in 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 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 subsequent victory. Thornqvist spent three successful years at the helm of the Tar Heels, finishing with a record and Carolina s first three NCAA tournament appearances in 1999, 2000 and Although only a sophomore in 2001, Marlene 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 Championship, 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 quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships. In 2003, Brian Kalbas was named head coach, and he has enjoyed 11 successful seasons with the Tar Heels. Kalbas has led UNC to NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his first 11 years at Carolina, including a 2014 run to the national finals, the program s best NCAA showing. The Tar Heels have produced 15 All-America selections during Kalbas tenure. Aniela Mojzis was an individual All-America selection in 2004 and teamed with Kendall Cline to earn All-America honors in doubles in Mojzis and Cline also earned national awards from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in 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 nation s top-ranked player twice in the span of three weeks. Marand would repeat her All-America performance in 2009 as well as team with Sophie Grabinski for doubles accolades. Carolina reached new heights in team competition in 2010, rising to the No. 1 ranking in the ITA poll for the first time in school history and advancing to the NCAA Final Four, also a program first. UNC defeated seven top-10 opponents en route to a 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 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 Featherston and McHale earned back-to-back doubles All-America honors after a 21-6 record during the 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 Outstanding 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 amazing, 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 just about 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. During the era of individual ACC competition, Tar Heel players won 33 conference titles in singles, including four by Gurney, three by Jennifer Balent and two each by Janet Shands, Margie Brown, Lloyd Hatcher and Gigi Neely. Brown teamed with Betsy Heidenberger for two of her three doubles titles, and the duo of Shands and Betty Baugh Harrison were as tough to beat in the late 70s as Gurney and Portnoy were during the 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 occasions has the Tar Heel women s tennis program suffered a losing season while competing as a varsity sport Carolina Women s Tennis Page 34

37 ACC History After falling one match short of the title in 2010, the 2011 Tar Heels won their first Atlantic Coast Conference title since 2002 with a 4-3 victory over Florida State in the final in Cary, N.C. Shinann Featherston (bottom right) clinched both the semifinal and the final to earn MVP honors. North Carolina ACC Championships - 6 North Carolina All-ACC Selection History Year Head Coach Runner-up 1977 Kitty Harrison Clemson 1978 Kitty Harrison Virginia 1979 Kitty Harrison Clemson 1980 Kitty Harrison Clemson 2002 Jen Callen Duke 2011 Brian Kalbas Florida State ACC Women s Tennis Individual Honors Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Cinda Gurney, Player of the Year Kate Pinchbeck, ACC Championship MVP Shinann Featherston, ACC Championship MVP Gina Suarez-Malaguti, Player of the Year Jamie Loeb, Player of the Year Hayley Carter, Freshman of the Year 2014 ACC Tournament Results Cary, N.C., Cary Tennis Park First Round #10 Boston College d. #15 Pitt #11 Virginia Tech d. #14 NC State #13 Wake Forest d. #12 Maryland Second Round #8 Florida State d. #9 Syracuse #5 Duke d. #13 Wake Forest #7 Notre Dame d. #10 Boston College #6 Georgia Tech d. #11 Virginia Tech Quarterfinals #1 North Carolina d. Florida State #5 Duke d. #4 Clemson #2 Miami d. #7 Notre Dame #3 Virginia d. #6 Georgia Tech Semifinals Duke d. North Carolina Virginia d. Miami Finals Virginia def. Duke Hayley Carter Jamie Loeb Caroline Price (2nd) 2013 Zoe De Bruycker Caroline Price Gina Suarez-Malaguti 2012 Zoe De Bruycker Shinann Featherston Lauren McHale 2011 Zoe De Bruycker Jelena Durisic Shinann Featherston 2010 Sanaz Marand Katrina Tsang 2009 Sanaz Marand Katrina Tsang 2008 Sanaz Marand Katrina Tsang 2007 Jenna Long Katrina Tsang 2006 Caitlin Collins Jenna Long 2005 Kendall Cline Jenna Long Aniela Mojzis 2004 Kendall Cline Aniela Mojzis 2003 Kendall Cline Tanja Markovic Aniela Mojzis Kate Pinchbeck 2002 Marlene Mejia Aniela Mojzis Kate Pinchbeck Julie Rotondi 2001 Marlene Mejia Julie Rotondi 2000 Marlene Mejia 1997 Jenni Burnette 1996 Marianna Land 1993 Cinda Gurney 1992 Alisha Portnoy Angela Bernal Cinda Gurney 1991 Cinda Gurney 1990 Valerie Famer Cinda Farmer Gigi Neely 1989 Spencer Barnes Gina Goblirsch 1988 Spencer Barnes Gina Goblirsch 1987 Petra Wessels Valerie Farmer Gina Goblirsch 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 35

38 NCAA Tournament History NCAA Tournament Appearances - 16 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014) Record: Best Finish: Reached national championship in NCAA Team Championships First Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #7 North Carolina d. VCU Second Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #7 North Carolina d. Georgia State Round of 16, Athens, Ga. #7 North Carolina d. #10 Texas A&M Quarterfinals, Athens, Ga. #7 North Carolina d. #2 Alabama Semifinals #7 North Carolina d. #11 Stanford Finals #7 North Carolina lost to #5 UCLA NCAA Singles Championships First Round, Athens, Ga. Hayley Carter UNC (7) d. Maho Kowase, Georgia...6-4, 6-3 Jamie Loeb, UNC (1) d. Alexandra Cercone, Florida...6-2, 7-5 Chanelle Van Nguyen, UCLA (9-16) d. Carolina Price, UNC , 4-6, 7-5 Second Round, Athens, Ga. Hayley Carter UNC (7) d. Desirae Krawczyk, Arizona State...6-2, 6-2 Jamie Loeb, UNC (1) d. Zoe Scandalis, Southern Cal...6-3, 6-2 Round of 16, Athens, Ga. Hayley Carter UNC (7) d. Jenny Julien, St. Mary s (Calif.) (9-16)...7-5, 6-2 Jamie Loeb, UNC (1) d. Breaunna Addison, Texas (9-16)...7-5, 6-4 Quarterfinals, Athens, Ga. Danielle Collins, Virginia d. Hayley Carter UNC (7) , 3-6, 7-5 Lynn Chi, California d. Jamie Loeb, UNC (1) , 6-4, 6-2 NCAA Postseason Team Results 2014 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, South Carolina St... W 4-0 Tennessee... W 4-1 Nebraska... W 4-1 UCLA... L, Richmond... W 4-0 Arizona... W 4-2 Miami... L ETSU... W 4-0 Washington... W 4-1 Vanderbilt... W 4-0 Baylor... L Richmond... W 4-0 UNLV... W 4-0 Florida State... W 4-1 Duke... W 4-3 Florida... L Georgia State... W 4-0 Clemson... L SC State... W 4-0 Arkansas... L Marist... W 4-0 Duke... W 4-1 Notre Dame... L SC State... W 4-0 Wake Forest... W 4-3 Duke... L Richmond... W 4-0 Duke... W 4-0 Vanderbilt... W 4-0 Clemson...L Winthrop... W 4-0 Tennessee...L C. of Charleston... W 4-0 Clemson... W 4-1 California...L Loyola (Md.)... W 5-0 Furman... W 4-0 Arizona State... W 4-1 Stanford...L Iowa... W 4-1 California...L Arkansas...L Washington... W 5-4 Mississippi...L NCAA Doubles Championships First Round, Athens, Ga. Whitney Kay/Caroline Price, UNC d. Janowicz/Keegan, Florida , 6-1, 6-2 Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb, UNC (3) d. Jiang/Leung, Columbia , 6-1, 6-2 Round of 16, Athens, Ga. Whitney Kay/Caroline Price, UNC d. Gumulya/Rompies, Clemson..6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb, UNC (3) d. Gleason/Sanders, Notre Dame...6-2, 6-3 Quarterfinals, Athens, Ga. Capra/Mar, Duke (5-8) d. Whitney Kay/Caroline Price, UNC...7-5, 6-2 Burgmans/Flickinger, Auburn d. Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb, UNC (3)...6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Carolina celebrates a victory over Alabama in the 2014 NCAA Team Championship in Athens, Ga. The Tar Heels reached the national championship match for the first time in program history. Carolina celebrates its win over Duke in the 2010 national quarterfinals in Athens, Ga Carolina Women s Tennis Page 36

39 2014 NCAA Singles Hayley Carter First round def. Maho Kowase (Georgia), 6-4, 6-3 Second round def. Desirae Krawczyk (Arizona State), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Jenny Julien (St. Mary s) 7-5, 6-2 Quarterfinals lost to Danielle Collins (Virginia) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Jamie Loeb First round def. Alexandra Cercone (Florida), 6-2, 7-5 Second round def. Zoe Scandalis (Southern Cal), 6-3, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Breaunna Addison (Texas) 7-5, 6-4 Quarterfinals lost to Lynn Chi (California) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Caroline Price First round lost to Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) 7-6, 4-6, NCAA Doubles Whitney Kay/Caroline Price First round lost to Janowicz/Keegan (Florida) 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Gumulya/Rompies (Clemson) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) Quarterfinals lost to Capra/Mar (Duke) 7-5, 6-2 Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb First round lost to Jiang/Leung (Columbia) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Gleason/Sanders (Notre Dame) 6-2, 6-3 Quarterfinals lost to Burgmans/Flickinger (Auburn) 6-3, 2-6, NCAA Singles Zoe De Bruycker First round def. Abigail Tere-Apisah (Georgia State), 6-4, 7-5 Second round lost to Yana Koroleva (Clemson), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Whitney Kay First round lost to Klara Fabikova (California), 7-5, 6-2 Caroline Price First round def. Lacey Smyth (Arizona), 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 Second round def. Julie Elbaba (Virginia), 6-2, 6-1 Round of 16 lost to Natalie Beazant (Rice), 6-1, 6-2 Gina Suarez-Malaguti First round def. Mary Anne Macfarlane (UCLA), 6-2, 6-4 Second round def. Beatrice Gumulya (Clemson), 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Petra Niedermayerova (Kansas State), 6-1, 6-1 Quarterfinals lost to Breaunna Addision (Texas), 5-7, 6-1, NCAA Singles Zoe De Bruycker First round lost to Sona Novakova (Baylor), 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 Lauren McHale First round lost to Nina Secerbegovic (Baylor), 6-3, NCAA Doubles Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale First round lost to Natalie Pluskota/Kata Szekely (Tennessee), 7-6 (2), NCAA Singles Zoe De Bruycker First round def. Mallory Burdette (Stanford), 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 Second round def. Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar (Maryland), 6-2, 6-2 Round of 16 lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 6-1, 2-6, NCAA Singles Sanaz Marand First round def. Jennifer Widjaja (Pacific), 6-1, 6-4 Second round lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 7-6 (4), 6-4 Katrina Tsang First round def. Denise Muresan (Michigan), 6-0, 7-6 (1) Second round lost to Maria Mosolova (Northwestern), 6-0, 7-6 (4) 2010 NCAA Doubles Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand First round lost to Kali Krisik/Kristi Frilling (Notre Dame), 6-3, NCAA Singles Sanaz Marand First round def. Georgia Rose (Northwestern), 6-4, 6-2 Second round def. Natasha Marks (Arizona), 6-3, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Laura Gioia (Furman), 6-1, 6-1 Quarterfinals lost to Julia Cohen (Miami), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 Katrina Tsang First round lost to Jana Juricova (California), 6-4, NCAA Doubles Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand First round lost to Marrit Boonstra/Jo Mather (Florida), 6-2, 6-2 Austin Smith/Katrina Tsang First round lost to Hilary Barte/Lindsay Burdette (Stanford), 6-2, NCAA Singles Sanaz Marand First round def. Caitlin Whoriskey (Tennessee), 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 Second round lost to Katrina Zheltova (Sac. State), 7-6 (4), 1-6, 4-6 Katrina Tsang First round def. Cristina Visico (California), 7-5, 6-3 Second round lost to Tracy Lin (UCLA), 6-2, NCAA Doubles Sophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand First round lost to Melanie Gloria/Tinesta Rowe (Fresno State), 6-3, 5-7, NCAA Singles Jenna Long First round lost to Megan Alexander (Florida), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) Sanaz Marand First round lost to Diana Srebrovic (Florida), 6-1, 6-0 Katrina Tsang First round def. Sylvia Kosakowski (Pepperdine), 6-4, 6-1 Second round lost to Melanie Glorida (Fresno State), 6-2, NCAA Doubles Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen First round def. Alex Haney/Melissa Koning (Auburn), 6-4, 6-3 Round of 16 def. Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 7-6 (5), 7-5 Quarterfinals 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 (William & Mary), 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 Caitlin Collins/Sanaz Marand First 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, NCAA Singles Jenna Long First round lost to Nicole Leimbach (TCU), 6-2, NCAA Doubles Jenna Long/Sara Anundsen First round def. Hannah Grady/Jessica Weeks (Long Beach State), 6-4, 6-4 Round of 16 def. Tiffany Clifford/Sarah Foster (Texas A&M), 6-2, 7-6 (3) Quarterfinals def. Gabriela Duch/Neyessa Etienne (USF), 6-2, 6-4 Semifinals lost to Lucia Sainz/Katharina Winterhalter (Fresno St.), 7-5, NCAA Singles Aniela Mojzis First round def. Amber Liu (Stanford), 6-7 (6), 6-0, ret. Second round lost to Zuzana Zemenova (Baylor), 6-1, 7-6 (0) Kendall Cline First round def. Bianca Dulgheru (Pepperdine), 6-2, 7-5 Second round lost to Riza Zalameda (UCLA), 7-6 (7), 6-0 NCAA Tournament History 2005 NCAA Doubles Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline First round def. Chloe Carlotti/Virginia Tomatis (Miss.), 7-6 (7), 7-5 Rd of 16 lost to Olga Borisova/Marianna Yuferova (VCU), 6-2, NCAA Singles Aniela Mojzis First round def. Lyndsay Shosho (Georgia Tech), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Second round lost to Cristelle Grier (Northwestern), 6-0, NCAA Doubles Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline First round def. Luana Magnani/Carina Vermeulen (USC), 6-3, 6-4 Round of 16 lost to Daniela Bercek/Lauren Fisher (UCLA), 6-1, NCAA Singles Kate Pinchbeck First round def. Julia Scaringe (Florida), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 Second round lost to Agata Cioroch (Georgia), 6-3, 6-4 Marlene Mejia First round def. Saras Arasu (Duke), 6-1, 7-6 (6) Second round lost to Jewel Peterson (USC) Aniela Mojzis First round def. Nathalie Roels (Kentucky), 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (5) Second round lost to Mira Radu (Mississippi), 6-0, NCAA Doubles Aniela Mojzis/Kendall Cline First round lost to Courtney Nagle/Daria Panova (Oregon), 7-5, NCAA Singles Kate Pinchbeck First round def. Katja Kovac (Baylor), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Second round def. Maja Mlakar (Arizona), 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 Round of 16 def. Lauren Kalvaria (Stanford), 7-5, 6-3 Quarterfinals lost to Bea Bielik (Wake Forest), 6-2, 6-4 Julie Rotondi First round def. Darija Klaic (Washington), 6-3, 7-5 Second round lost to Erin Burdette (Stanford), 7-5, 6-2 Marlene Mejia First round lost to Alice Pirsu (Penn), 6-3, NCAA Singles Cinda Gurney First round def. Jody Yin (Indiana), 6-4, 6-1 Second round def. Beth Berris (Stanford), 6-3, 6-1 Round of 16 def. Laxmi Poruri (Stanford), 6-4, 6-3 Quarterfinals 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, NCAA Doubles Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy First round def. Domanico/Saret (BYU), 6-3, 6-0 Second round lost to Jensen/Koves (Kansas), 6-1, NCAA Singles Cinda Gurney First round def. Kylie Johnson (Stanford), 6-3, 6-3 Second round lost to Shawn McCarthy (Georgia), 6-3, 4-6, NCAA Doubles Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy First round def. Downs/Viollet (Miami), 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 Second round lost to Ceniza/McCalla (UCLA), 6-3, 7-6 (1) Jenna Long (left) and Sara Anundsen accept their 2007 NCAA Doubles Championship trophies while head coach Brian Kalbas looks on Carolina Women s Tennis Page 37

40 Honors and Awards ACC Doubles Champions* 1978 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands 1979 #2 Betty Baugh Harrison/Janet Shands 1980 #3 Marjorie Black/Margie Brown 1981 #1 Betsy Heidenberger/Margie Brown 1982 #2 Lloyd Hatcher/Katharine Hogan 1982 #1 Margie Brown/Betsy Heidenberger 1984 #2 Kathy Barton/ Stephanie Rauch 1985 #3 Sara Turner/Liz Wachter 1989 #1 Spencer Barnes/Gina Goblirsch 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy 2001 #1 Kendrick Bunn/Kate Pinchbeck, #3 Courtney Zalinski/Erin Neibling *The ACC discontinued recognition of the doubles championships in Katrina Tsang became UNC s fourth four-time All-ACC selection in All-America Selections 1992 Cinda Gurney 1993 Cinda Gurney, Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy (doubles) 2001 Marlene Mejia 2002 Kate Pinchbeck 2003 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles), Kate Pinchbeck 2004 Aniela Mojzis 2005 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles) 2006 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles) 2007 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles), Jenna Long 2008 Sanaz Marand 2009 Sanaz Marand/Sophie Grabinski (doubles), Sanaz Marand 2011 Zoe De Bruycker, Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles) 2012 Shinann Featherston/Lauren McHale (doubles) 2013 Caroline Price, Gina Suarez-Malaguti 2014 Hayley Carter, Jamie Loeb, Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb (doubles) Whitney Kay/Caroline Price (doubles) ACC Singles Champions* 1977 #2 Camey Timberlake 1988 #3 Spencer Barnes 1977 #3 Lloyd Hatcher 1988 #4 Landis Cox 1977 #5 Betty Baugh 1989 #6 Gigi Neely Harrison 1990 #1 Cinda Gurney 1977 #6 Janet Shands 1990 #4 Valerie Farmer 1978 #2 Jennifer Balent 1990 #6 Gigi Neely 1978 #3 Susie Black 1991 #1 Cinda Gurney 1978 #5 Janet Shands 1992 #1 Cinda Gurney 1978 #6 Margaret Scott 1992 #2 Angela Bernal 1979 #2 Jennifer Balent 1992 #6 Scotti Thomas 1979 #4 Margie Brown 1993 #1 Cinda Gurney 1979 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 1996 #6 Alison Levy 1980 #2 Kathy Barton 1997 #6 Jeni Burnette 1980 #5 Lloyd Hatcher 2001 #1 Marlene Mejia 1980 #6 Jennifer Balent 2001 #3 Kate Pinchbeck 1981 #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 Shinann Featherston earned All-America honors in 2011 and 2012 Sanaz Marand was a three-time All-America performer in 2008 and Carolina Women s Tennis Page 38

41 ACC 50th Anniversary Team Jennifer Balent, North Carolina ( ) 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 regional All- America selection in Kathy Barton, North Carolina ( ) Kathy Barton won the 1980 No. 2 singles championship and was an AIAW All-America in 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 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 overall record and 7-1 conference record as the 59th ranked player in the country... played in NCAA Individual Championships. Margie Brown, North Carolina ( ) Member of Carolina s ACC Championship team in won two individual singles titles and three doubles championships... in 1979, she won the No. 4 flight and in 1981 she captured the title at the No. 3 flight Brown was a part of three ACC championship doubles teams she teamed with Marjorie Black for the No. 3 doubles crown and 82 she and Betsy Heidenberger won the No. 1 ACC doubles title she was a regional All-America selection... considered one of the top players of her era. 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. Laura DuPont, North Carolina ( ) 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 Intercollegiate Tennis Association s (ITA) Women s Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in she was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in she won the 1984 and 85 U.S. Open championship for women over 35. Gina Goblirsch, North Carolina ( ) A three-time All-ACC selection from outstanding doubles player 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 Cinda Gurney, North Carolina ( ) A two-time All-America in singles, Gurney earned ACC Player of the Year three times in 1991, 92 and won the ACC No. 1 singles flight championship all four years at Carolina, becoming only the second player in ACC history to accomplish that feat... In 1993, she advanced to the NCAA singles championship match... compiled a singles record and is considered Carolina s best women s tennis player ever. Marlene Mejia, North Carolina ( ) 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 in her sophomore year, she finished the season ranked No. 18 and was selected first-team ITA All-America. Alisha Portnoy, North Carolina ( ) An All-ACC selection in teamed with Cinda Gurney to win the No. 1 ACC doubles title in both 1991 and she and Gurney went on to win the ITA Clay Court doubles championship in Portnoy and Gurney were 21-7 in doubles play in Alisha Portnoy teamed with Cinda Gurney to win the 1992 ITA Clay Court Doubles title, the first in UNC history. AIAW REGION II SINGLES CHAMPION 1982 Betsy Heidenberger ITA CLAY COURT DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 1992 Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy NORTH CAROLINA AIAW SINGLES CHAMPIONS Camey Timberlake Lloyd Hatcher Sandy Fleischman Margie Brown Jennifer Balen AIAW SOUTHERN REGION II DOUBLES CHAMPIONS 1976 Nina Cloninger/ Jane Preyer 1981 Lloyd Hatcher/ Katharine Hogan 1982 Margie Brown/ Betsy Heidenberger 2015 Carolina Women s Tennis Page 39

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