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2016 Carolina Women’s Tennis • Page 1

The University of North CarolinaLocation: Chapel Hill, N.C.Chartered: 1789Undergraduate Enrollment: 18,370Chancellor: 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: 296-85, 12 seasonsOverall Record: 510-170, 23 seasonsKalbas’ Phone/Email: (919) 962-6262, [email protected] Coach: Courtney Nagle, Second 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: Eric BienerHead Athletic Trainer: Carrie ShearerAcademic Advisor: Mike Greene2015 Record: 30-22015 ACC Record: 14-02015 ACC Finish: 1st (regular season), lost in quarterfinals (tournament)Final 2015 ITA Ranking: 4thLetterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2Starters Returning/Lost: 4/2ACC Titles: 6 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 2002, 2011)NCAA Appearances: 17 (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)All-time NCAA Tournament Record: 37-17

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 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 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.

2016 UNC Women’s Tennis YearbookCredits: Photos by Jeffrey Camarati, Bill Kallenberg and

the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

Content & Design: The 2016 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 .......................... 6-17

2014-15 In Review2014-15 Results ................... 18-192014-15 Review .......................... 20

This Is CarolinaAcademics/CLA .................... 22-23Chapel Hill/UNC ................... 24-27Service/Facilities ................. 28-31Administration ............................. 32

History and RecordsUNC/ACC History ................. 34-35NCAA History ......................... 36-37Awards/Honors .................... 38-39

IntroductionQuick Facts ........................................ 12016 Roster ...................................... 2

2016 Roster


Name Yr. Ht. Hometown High School/AcademyMarika Akkerman So. 5-7 Boca Raton, FloridaJessie Aney Fr. 5-8 Rochester, Minnesota CenturyHayley Carter Jr. 5-11 Hilton Head, South Carolina Smith Stearns AcademyAshley Dai Sr. 5-2 Temple City, California Weil Tennis AcademyRachael James-Baker Sr. 5-6 Plantation, Florida American Heritage AcademyMaggie Kane So. 5-8 Raleigh, North Carolina BroughtonWhitney Kay Sr. 5-8 Alpharetta, Georgia Laurel SpringsChloe Ouellet-Pizer Fr. 5-9 Chapel Hill, North Carolina Laurel SpringsCassandra Vazquez So. 5-9 Houston, TexasKate Vialle Sr. 5-6 Leawood, Kansas 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: 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.

2016 North Carolina Tar Heels

Left to right: Volunteer assistant coach Shinann Featherston, assistant coach Courtney Nagle, Kate Vialle, Rachel James-Baker, Jessie Aney, Cassandra Vazquez, Hayley Carter, Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, Maggie Kane, Whitney Kay, Marika Akkerman, Ashley Dai and head coach Brian Kalbas.


The two-time ITA National Coach of the Year is currently in his 13th season at the University of North Carolina and his 24th 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, an appear-ance 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 Tourna-ment all 12 years under Kalbas’ tutelage. Along the way he was named ACC Coach of the Year five times, including this past season in 2015. 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 accom-plishments 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 ad-vanced 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, ad-vanced 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. 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 in the NCAA Championships and advanced to the quarterfinals before bowing 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 newcomers did not disap-point 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 quar-tet 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 Tour-nament. 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 Kris-tie 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 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. 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 Champion-ship. The Tar Heels reached the quar-terfinals 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 national title in program history in Waco, Texas. 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 appearances. Under Kalbas’ direction at William & Mary and Car-olina, 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/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 2007. Long was also named the ITA Senior Player of the Year for her accom-plishments 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 decision to Notre Dame. Carolina reached a new team pinnacle in 2006, earning a national ranking

BRIAN KALBASHEAD COACH • 13TH 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 .938At UNC: 296-85 (12 seasons) .777Career Totals 510-170 .750


Courtney Nagle begins her second season in 2015-16 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 Hawkeyes reached as high as No. 57 in the ITA National Team Rankings and finished the 2013 season rated 8th in the Divi-

sion 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 • SECOND SEASON • OREGON (‘05)

Shinann Featherston begins her third season as the volunteer assistant coach during the 2015-16 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 • THIRD 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 36 total All-America honors• Coached three ITA Arthur Ashe Award winners• Coach 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 48 top-10 opponents in 23 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.

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 1981-82 squad finished 26-14. Kalbas was named the Wilson/ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for his ef-forts. The 2004-05 season was capped by a dramatic run to the NCAA Quar-terfinals. 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 Sports-manship, 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 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, 25, and Joseph, 16.


ASHLEY DAISENIOR • 5-2 • TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA

Dai’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2012-13 19-7 (.731) 30-11 (.732)2013-14 17-10 (.630) 20-7 (.741)2014-15 19-8 (.704) 26-12 (.684)Career 55-25 (.688) 76-30 (.717)


Ashley DaiJUNIOR SEASON (2014-15) Posted a 19-8 overall singles record in third season at North Carolina • Was 15-6 in dual matches and 8-4 versus the Atlantic Coast Conference • Ranked inside the top-100 a majority of the year, including as high as 66th in both February and March • Defeated 40th ranked Kourtney Keegan of Florida at the ITA National Indoor Team Championship • Teamed with Kate Vialle to create a formidable doubles team that was ranked all season • Reached No. 13 in the rankings and was in to the top-50 most of the year • The duo won the ITA Carolinas Regional in Chapel Hill to ad-vance to the USTA Indoor Nationals • They reached the Round of 16 in the Main Draw and the semifinals of the consolation bracket • Dai/Vialle recorded a 22-11 overall doubles record - 11-4 in tournaments and 11-7 in dual matches (7-4 against the ACC).

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14) Finished the season ranked No. 97 in the final ITA Tennis singles rankings • Recorded a 17-10 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 • Fin-ished 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.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13) Finished with an overall singles re-cord 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 Clas-sic • 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 • Three-time 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 2011 16s Intersectionals, and she was undefeated in the event.


WHITNEY KAYSENIOR • 5-8 • ALPHARETTA, GEORGIA

Kay’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2012-13 31-14 (.689) 31-14 (.689)2013-14 13-15 (.464) 27-10 (.730)2014-15 22-9 (.710) 26-3 (.897)Career 66-38 (.635) 84-27 (.757)


Whitney KayJUNIOR (2014-15) Competed primarily at No. 4 singles for a North Carolina team that was ranked No. 1 for the majority of the 2015 sea-son • Recorded a 22-9 overall singles record - 4-1 in tournaments, 18-8 in dual matches (7-4 against the ACC) • Finished the season ranked 86th in the country • Reached 53rd in the rankings in mid-February after helping lead the team to the ITA National Indoor Team Championship • Was 3-1 in the indoor championship with wins over No. 43 Peggy Porter of Florida and No. 88 Clementina Riobueno of Miami • Named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 20 after reaching the semifinals of singles and the finals of doubles at the Freeman Memori-al Championship in Las Vegas • Best victory of the dual match season was a straight-set win over No. 33 Catherine Harrison at the NCAA Team Championship quarterfinals in Waco, Texas • Teamed with Hay-ley Carter to form a strong doubles team • The duo was 23-3 over-all - 20-2 in dual matches (8-1 against the ACC) • They finished the season ranked 43rd, and reached the top-20 in February and March • The duo won 17 consecutive matches that spanned late January to early April.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14) 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 quar-terfinals • 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-Ameri-cans to advance into semifinals of Main Draw Doubles • Posted a 13-15 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 (2012-13) Enjoyed an outstanding first season with Carolina by posting a 31-14 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 vic-tory 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 Clas-sic • 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, 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 ju-nior 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.


KATE VIALLESENIOR • 5-6 • LEAWOOD, KANSAS

Vialle’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2012-13 9-2 (.818) 5-3 (.625)2013-14 20-7 (.741) 16-8 (.667)2014-15 21-10 (.677) 25-11 (.694)Career 50-19 (.725) 46-22 (.676)


Kate Vialle

JUNIOR SEASON (2014-15) Saw a majority of her court time at Nos. 5 and 6 for a North Carolina team that was ranked No. 1 for the majority of the 2015 season • Finished the year with a 21-10 overall singles record - 15-5 in dual matches (9-3 against the ACC) • Was ranked as high as #116 in late February • Recorded a 9-1 record over her final 10 singles results of the season, including a win over No. 96 Wendy Zhang of Miami • Teamed with Ashley Dai to create a formidable doubles team that was ranked all season • Reached No. 13 in the rankings and was in to the top-50 most of the year • The duo won the ITA Carolinas Regional in Chapel Hill to advance to the USTA Indoor Nationals • They reached the Round of 16 in the Main Draw and the semifinals of the consolation bracket • Dai/Vi-alle recorded a 22-11 overall doubles record - 11-4 in tourna-ments and 11-7 in dual matches (7-4 against the ACC).

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14) 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 Champion-ship and won 8-4 over Florida State.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13) Joined the program in Janu-ary 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 com-bined with Gina Suarez-Malaguti.

PREP/PERSONAL No. 17 overall player in the class and con-sidered 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.


HAYLEY CARTERJUNIOR • 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)Career 81-17 (.827) 60-14 (.811)


Hayley CarterSOPHOMORE 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 Ac-ademic 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 Cham-pionship, and was named to the all-tournament team at No. 3 doubles with Whitney Kay • Reached the semifinals of the Riv-iera/ITA All-American 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 Tennis rankings in both singles and doubles alongside Jamie Loeb in first season at North Carolina • Named ITA All-Amer-ica 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 Tourna-ment, culminating 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 Sin-gles 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 fi-nal 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 Caro-lina 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.


Marika Akkerman

MARIKA AKKERMANSOPHOMORE • 5-7 • BOCA RATON, FLORIDA

FRESHMAN SEASON (2014-15) Recorded a 13-8 overall singles record in first sea-son at North Carolina • 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 primarily with classmate Cassanda

Vazquez, the rookie duo went 6-6 • Also was 2-0 playing alongside Whitney Kay.

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.

Akkerman’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2014-15 13-8 (.619) 9-7 (.563)


Maggie Kane

MAGGIE KANESOPHOMORE • 5-8 • RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

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 Ar-mellino of Appalachian State at the ITA Caro-linas Regional in Chapel Hill • Also picked up dual match victories over William & Mary and Appalachian State • Posted 1-1 records in doubles matches playing with Marika Akker-

man, Hayley Carter and Cassandra Vazquez.

JUNIOR/PREP: Earned All-America status during high school ca-reer at Needham Broughton • Named the 2013 North Carolina High School Female Tennis 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 soccer for legendary coach Anson Dorrance.

Kane’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2014-15 3-7 (.300) 4-3 (.571)


Cassandra Vazquez

CASSANDRA VAZQUEZSOPHOMORE • 5-9 • HOUSTON, TEXAS

FRESHMAN (2014-15) Put together a 10-11 overall 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 Febru-ary • 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 re-

cord • 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.

Vazquez’s Career StatsYEAR SINGLES DOUBLES2014-15 10-11 (.476) 11-7 (.611)

RACHEL JAMES-BAKERSENIOR • 5-6 • PLANTATION, FLORIDA

JESSIE ANEYFRESHMAN • 5-8 • ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA

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

JUNIOR SEASON (2014-15 at Baylor): Registered a 14-9 singles record in only season at Baylor • Record included a 9-8 mark in dual matches, 1-2 in the Big 12 • Posted a 14-10 doubles record with a variety of play-ing 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 dur-ing the spring season • 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 tennisrecruiting.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 champion-ships from 2009-11 • Won the No. 1 doubles championship as a senior in 2012 • Was the No. 1 singles champion 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 fresh-man • Also played two years of volleyball in high school • Born Rachael Cecilia James-Baker on Dec. 30 to Kent Baker and Adrian James.

JUNIOR/PREP: Considered a blue chip recruit and was ranked as high as No. 5 in her class by tennisrecruit-ing.net • Ranked 4th in the country by the United States Tennis Association for girls 18 and under • 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 Sportsman-ship 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.

JUNIOR/PREP: Considered a blue chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.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, earning the first USTA Level 1 title of her career • Gained a spot in the main draw of the 2013 U.S. Open Juniors tournament • Southern Closed Singles and Doubles Champion 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.

Newcomers



2014-15 Season Review2014-15 Singles ResultsPlayer #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Tourn. Dual ACC OverallJamie Loeb 20-3 11-2 20-3 13-1 31-5Hayley Carter 2-0 17-4 12-6 19-4 11-2 31-10Caroline Price 4-0 23-4 12-4 27-4 12-2 39-8Whitney Kay 2-0 16-8 4-1 18-8 7-4 22-9Kate Vialle 2-0 1-0 6-1 6-4 6-5 15-5 9-3 21-10Ashley Dai 3-0 8-4 4-2 4-2 15-6 8-4 19-8Marika Akkerman 1-0 2-0 3-0 7-8 6-0 3-0 13-8Cassandra Vazquez 1-0 3-1 6-10 4-1 2-1 10-11Maggie Kane 1-1 2-6 1-1 0-0 3-7Overall 22-3 21-4 27-4 21-8 17-5 17-8 64-44 125-32 64-17 189-76

2014-15 Doubles ResultsPlayer #1 #2 #3 Tourn. Dual ACC OverallCarter/Kay 4-1 4-1 12-0 3-1 20-2 8-1 23-3Dai/Loeb 2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-1Price/Vialle 3-0 0-0 3-0 0-0 3-0Loeb/Price 13-2 9-1 1-0 22-3 10-1 23-3Dai/Vialle 4-2 3-0 4-5 11-4 11-7 7-4 22-11Carter/Kane 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1Carter/Loeb 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1Carter/Price 2-1 0-0 0-0 2-1Akkerman/Vazquez 1-0 5-6 1-0 0-0 6-6Akkerman/Kay 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0Akkerman/Kane 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1Dai/Vazquez 2-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 2-0Kane/Vazquez 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1Kay/Vazquez 1-0 0-0 0-0 1-0Overall 21-5 18-3 23-5 28-16 62-13 26-6 90-29

2014-15 Rankings SummaryTeam ITA Rankings

Pre #21/6/15 #41/20/15 #31/28/15 #32/10/15 #12/17/15 #12/24/15 #13/3/15 #13/10/15 #13/17/15 #13/24/15 #23/31/15 #24/7/15 #24/14/15 #14/21/15 #15/1/15 #2Final #4

Singles ITA Rankings

Marika Akkerman3/10/15 #116

Hayley CarterPre #31/6/15 #312/10/15 #182/24/15 #193/10/15 #143/24/15 #274/7/15 #244/14/15 #154/21/15 #155/1/15 #16Final #14

Ashley DaiPre #702/10/15 #662/24/15 #683/10/15 #663/24/15 #784/7/15 #1054/14/15 #1114/21/15 #115

Whitney Kay2/10/15 #532/24/15 #763/10/15 #613/24/15 #724/7/15 #934/14/15 #974/21/15 #1125/1/15 #102Final #86

Singles ITA Rankings

Jamie LoebPre #11/6/15 #82/10/15 #52/24/15 #83/10/15 #83/24/15 #94/7/15 #64/14/15 #64/21/15 #75/1/15 #7Final #3

Caroline PricePre #351/6/15 #222/10/15 #212/24/15 #153/10/15 #143/24/15 #184/7/15 #194/14/15 #254/21/15 #205/1/15 #20Final #26

Kate Vialle2/24/15 #1163/10/15 #1254/7/15 #120

Cassandra Vazquez2/10/15 #95

Doubles ITA Rankings

Carter/Kay2/10/15 #192/24/15 #223/10/15 #183/24/15 #334/7/15 #214/14/15 #274/21/15 #305/1/15 #35Final #43

Dai/ViallePre #581/6/15 #132/10/15 #232/24/15 #203/10/15 #363/24/15 #344/7/15 #494/14/15 #494/21/15 #535/1/15 #74Final #62

Loeb/Price2/10/15 #202/24/15 #113/10/15 #123/24/15 #134/7/15 #64/14/15 #114/21/15 #115/1/15 #16Final #18

Doubles ITA Rankings

Carter/LoebPre #2

Price/KayPre #5


2015 ResultsOverall Record: 30-2 • ACC: 14-0

Home: 13-0 • Away: 9-0 • Neutral: 8-2Against Ranked Opponents: 23-2 • Postseason: 4-2

Date UNC’s Rank Opponent Result Score Doubles RecordJan. 9 #4 No. 75 Elon Win 6-1 2-0 1-0Jan. 9 #4 Appalachian State Win 7-0 2-0 2-0Jan. 24 #3 No. 73 Minnesota (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win 4-0 2-1 3-0Jan. 25 #3 No. 37 LSU (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) Win 4-0 2-0 4-0Feb. 1 #3 vs. No. 17 Texas A&M Win 4-3 2-0 5-0Feb. 6 #3 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma State (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 5-1 2-0 6-0Feb. 7 #3 vs. No. 12 Miami (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-0 2-1 7-0Feb. 8 #3 vs. No. 2 Florida (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-0 2-1 8-0Feb. 9 #3 vs. No. 9 Georgia (ITA National Team Indoors) Win 4-1 2-0 9-0Feb. 19 #1 at No. 69 NC State* Win 7-0 2-0 10-0, 1-0 ACCFeb. 22 #1 at No. 15 Michigan Win 5-2 2-0 11-0Feb. 27 #1 No. 27 Georgia Tech* Win 5-2 2-0 12-0, 2-0 ACCMarch 1 #1 No. 41 Virginia Tech* Win 7-0 2-0 13-0, 3-0 ACCMarch 7 #1 vs. East Carolina Win 4-0 2-0 14-0March 7 #1 at Charlotte Win 7-0 2-0 15-0March 13 #1 at No. 28 Notre Dame* Win 5-2 2-1 16-0, 4-0 ACCMarch 15 #1 at Louisville* Win 6-1 2-0 17-0, 5-0 ACCMarch 20 #1 Syracuse* Win 7-0 2-0 18-0, 6-0 ACCMarch 22 #1 No. 61 Wake Forest* Win 7-0 2-0 19-0, 7-0 ACCMarch 27 #2 No. 19 Clemson* Win 4-3 2-1 20-0, 8-0 ACCMarch 29 #2 Pitt* Win 7-0 2-0 21-0, 9-0 ACCApril 2 #2 at No. 66 Florida State* Win 5-2 2-1 22-0, 10-0 ACCApril 4 #2 at No. 16 Miami* Win 5-2 2-1 23-0, 11-0 ACCApril 10 #2 No. 12 Virginia* Win 4-3 2-0 24-0, 12-0 ACCApril 15 #1 No. 23 Duke* Win 4-1 0-2 25-0, 13-0 ACCApril 17 #1 at No. 59 Boston College* Win 5-2 2-0 26-0, 14-0 ACCApril 24 #1 vs. No. 39 Virginia Tech (ACC Championship) Win 4-0 2-0 27-0April 25 #1 vs. No. 10 Virginia (ACC Championship) Loss 1-4 1-2 27-1May 9 #2 Quinnipiac (NCAA Championship First Round) Win 4-0 2-0 28-1May 10 #2 No. 31 Dartmouth (NCAA Championship Second Round) Win 4-0 2-0 29-1May 15 #2 vs. No. 15 Miami (NCAA Championship Round of 16) Win 4-1 2-0 30-1May 17 #2 vs. No. 7 UCLA (NCAA Championship Round of 8) Loss 1-4 1-2 30-2

*Denotes ACC match.

Texas A&M match played in Houston, TexasITA National Team Indoor Championship matches played in Charlottesville, Va.East Carolina match played in Charlotte, N.C.ACC Championship matches played in Cary, N.C. (Virginia Tech) and Durham, N.C. (Virginia)NCAA Championship matches played in Chapel Hill, N.C. (First and Second Rounds), Waco, Texas (Round of 16 and Round of 8).

2014-15 Season Recap


NORTH CAROLINA WINS SECOND ITA NATIONAL INDOOR TITLE North Carolina staked its claim as the top women’s tennis program in the nation with its second ITA National Team Indoor Championship in the last three years, winning 4-1 over Georgia from the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Virginia. Senior Caroline Price, who went 4-0 at third singles, 4-0 at second dou-bles, and clinched the championship point against Georgia, was unanimously selected as the Most Outstanding Player. Joining Price on the all-tournament team was Jamie Loeb at No. 1 singles and Whitney Kay at No. 4 singles. Loeb and Price were also selected at No. 2 doubles and Hayley Carter and Kay were tabbed at No. 3 doubles.

JAMIE LOEB WINS NCAA SINGLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Jamie Loeb defeated No. 2 seed Carol Zhao of Stanford to win the 2015 NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles National Championship in Waco, Texas. The seventh seeded player in the field, Loeb won in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. Loeb is the first singles national champion in Carolina women’s tennis his-tory. Cinda Gurney reached the title match in 1993. Loeb joins Jenna Long and Sara Anundsen who won the 2007 doubles title as the only NCAA champions in program history. Weather played a significant role over the two weeks in Waco, and the title match was no different. The match began outside and Loeb dominated the first set to the tune of a 6-2 win. Then the rains came with Zhao up 1-0 in the second set. The venue change didn’t seem to bother Loeb as she was close to winning in straight sets after leading 4-2 in the second, however, Zhao fought diligently and won the next four points to capture the set and send the finale into a third set. Playing her sixth three-set match in the last 10 days, Loeb took the open-ing point in the third set on a service break, but Zhao answered right back for a 1-1 tie. Loeb broke Zhao for a third successive time in the third set to gain a 4-1 advantage and continued on for the 6-1 victory. Loeb is the seventh sophomore in the last 11 years to win the NCAA sin-gles championship.

CAROLINA REACHES THIRD-STRAIGHT “ELITE 8” North Carolina received the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship, and was pegged for the 13th time in 14 seasons and the 12th time under the direction of head coach Brian Kalbas to host a regional, welcom-ing Dartmouth, Quinnipiac and William & Mary to the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Carolina advanced to the round of 16 for the sixth-consecutive season with a pair of 4-0 victories over Quinnipiac and Dartmouth. In Waco, Texas, site of the 2015 NCAA Tennis Championship, the Tar Heels disposed of 15th-seed Miami, setting up another postseason bout with UCLA. UNC surrendered the doubles point and never recovered in a 4-1 loss, marking the third year in a row the Tar Heels were ousted in the event by the Bruins. Carolina finished the season with a program best 30-2 record.

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 rankings in each of the last three seasons. Carolina advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the third-straight year and reached the Round of 16 for the sixth time in a row. The Tar Heels tied the program record for wins (30)in a season, and enjoyed an extended run at No. 1 in the country after winning the ITA Team Indoor National Championship back in February. Ten of the 15 ACC schools finished in the top 75, including six of the top 20. UNC is also in an exclusive club of six schools that have both its men’s and women’s tennis teams ranked in the top 11. The Tar Heel men’s team claimed the 11th slot to conclude their outstanding season.

CAROLINE PRICE WINS PATTERSON MEDAL Caroline Price, the Most Outstanding Player at the ITA National Indoor Tennis Championships received the 2014-15 Patterson Medal, the most pres-tigious athletic honor awarded at the University of North Carolina.Price is the first women’s tennis player to win the Patterson Medal. Price led the Tar Heel women’s tennis team to its winningest four-year stretch in program history. She earned All-America honors in singles as a sophomore and in doubles the following year, and was a first-team All-ACC selection in 2015. She ranks second all-time in singles victories at UNC with 128. Price led the nation in 2015 with 27 dual match singles victories.

LOEB, KALBAS EARN TOP HONORS FROM ACC Aophomore Jamie Loeb was named the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Year, while Tar Heels’ coach Brian Kalbas was named Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his career. Loeb has been named the ACC Player of the Year for the second consecu-tive year. She is just the third North Carolina student-athlete to earn the award and the seventh multiple-time winner in the history of the conference. Kalbas collected his 500th career victory in his 23rd season as a collegiate head coach. Senior Caroline Price earned her third All-ACC selection, while sopho-more Hayley Carter collects All-ACC honors for the second time. UNC was the only team to place three on the All-ACC First Team.

KALBAS, PRICE GARNER ITA REGIONAL AWARDS Caroline Price and Brian Kalbas earned ITA Carolina Region awards for their outstanding efforts during the 2014-15 season. Price was named Senior Player of the Year and Kalbas took home Coach of the Year honors, his seventh ITA Regional Coach of the Year honor.

CARTER, LOEB NAMED ITA ALL-AMERICA North Carolina sophomores Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb were named first team All-America by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Carter earned her award by finishing in the Top 20 of the Oracle/ITA National Singles Rank-ings, while Loeb garnered All-America status by virtue of her Top 16 seed in the NCAA Singles Championship, a tournament she eventually won as the No. 7 seed to become UNC’s first NCAA singles title holder. Both are named All-America for the second successive season.

CAROLINA AGAIN THE BEST OF THE ACC IN 2015 The Atlantic Coast Conference has established itself as the country’s best top-to-bottom women’s tennis league, and 2015 was more of the same. 10 of the 15 league teams were ranked in the final ITA poll, including two in the top 10 and six squads in the top 20. Carolina recorded an unbeaten 14-0 league record to clinch the ACC regu-lar season and earn the No. 1 seed in the ACC Championship.

2014-15 ACCOLADESMarika Akkerman Highest Singles Ranking - No. 116Hayley Carter ITA Scholar Athlete CoSIDA Academic All-District ACC All-Academic Team NCAA Singles Championship Selection NCAA Doubles Championship Selection ITA National Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament team ITA All-America (singles) All-ACC First Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 3 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 2Ashley Dai Highest Singles Ranking - No. 66 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 13Whitney Kay Highest Singles Ranking - No. 53 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 5Jamie Loeb NCAA Singles National Champion (No. 7 seed) NCAA Doubles Championship Selection ITA All-America (singles) 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. 2Caroline Price UNC Patterson Medal ITA Carolina Region Senior Player of the Year Most Outstanding Player ITA National Team Indoor Championship NCAA Singles Championship Selection All-ACC First Team Highest Singles Ranking - No. 14 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 2Kate Vialle Highest Singles Ranking - No. 116 Highest Doubles Ranking - No. 13Cassandra Vazquez Highest Singles Ranking - No. 95

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The Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, which is home to both the women’s and men’s tennis teams, was dedicated in Septem-ber 1992 in keeping with the University of North Carolina’s tradition of offering quality facilites for its student-athletes. The 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 and a new electronic scoreboard for the indoor courts. UNC has hosted NCAA Championship first and second round play in 13 of the last 14 years, with the Tar Heel women advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 after home victories in nine of the last 11 seasons. In the 12 years under head coach Brian Kalbas, UNC has posted a record of 139-20 at the Cone-Ken-field Tennis Center, including a perfect 14-0 mark in 2010 and another unblemished 13-0 record in 2015.

CONE-KENFIELD TENNIS CENTERHOME OF THE TAR HEELS


Administration/Support Staff

Lawrence R. (Bubba) Cunningham is in his fifth year as the director of athletics at the University of North Carolina. Cunningham officially began his duties at UNC on November 14, 2011.

Cunningham is the seventh director of athletics in Carolina history, following Robert A. Fetzer (1923-52), Chuck Erickson (1953-67), Homer Rice (1969-75), Bill Cobey (1976-80), John Swofford (1980-97) and Dick Baddour (1998-2012).

In each of his four seasons, Carolina has finished in the top 15 of the Learfield Director’s Cup, including three top-10 finishes. During that same period, the number of UNC student-athletes on the ACC Academic Honor Roll has steadily increased.

Among Cunningham’s many accomplishments since arriving in Chapel Hill 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 complete compliance review by an outside firm; the development of a master plan for UNC’s athletic facilities; and the creation of the Rammys - an innovative end-of-the-year awards show popular with Carolina’s student-athletes and staff.

College athletics has seen many changes in recent years and Cunningham, who is the 3rd Vice President of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), has Carolina posi-tioned 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.

In 2012, 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 UNC’s mission statement - “We Educate and Inspire Through Athletics.” The plan also identified four core values for Carolina Athletics- Responsibility, Innovation, Service and Excellence.

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 ath-letic department 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.

Cunningham joined with provost James W. Dean and other University officials to develop the Stu-dent-Athlete Academic Initiative Working Group, which was launched in fall 2013. That group spent several months developing a comprehensive approach to assessing and enhancing how the University provides academic support to student-athletes. The group is implementing 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.

On the field, Carolina has achieved outstanding success under Cunningham’s leadership. Carolina finished fifth in the 2014-15 Learfield Director’s Cup, its highest finish since a second place in 2008-09. Ten Tar Heel teams posted top-10 national finishes and 25 advanced to postseason 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 (fifth), volleyball (fifth), men’s lacrosse (fifth), men’s tennis (fifth), women’s tennis (fifth), men’s basketball (ninth), women’s basketball (ninth) and women’s soccer (ninth).

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. Individually, 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

Tar Heels also had top-10 finishes in field hockey (second), baseball (third), men’s lacrosse (fifth), men’s soccer (fifth) and women’s tennis (fifth). The women’s tennis team captured the ITA national indoor title and six 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 2014-15 academic calendar, more than 300 student-athletes made the ACC Academic Honor Roll, which requires a cumula-tive GPA of at least 3.0 for the year. It was the third-consecutive season Carolina had produced more than 300 honorees.

Cunningham is in his 14th 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 Athletics 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, which included a $20 million renovation to Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, a goal of $20 million for an athletics scholarship endowment and $20 million for coaches’ salary endowment.

Cunningham implemented and developed a strategic plan for personal and professional growth and development for Tulsa’s student-athletes, coaches and staff. He presided over the completion of the $8.5 million Case Athletic Complex, which houses football offices and academic support center for student-athletes.

Tulsa won 34 league championships in his tenure, more than any other school in Conference USA. The football program played in five bowl games in his last six years, winning four of those games. Cun-ningham hired former Tulsa football coach Todd Graham, who led the Golden Hurricane to three 10-win seasons in a four-year span, the first time it had been accomplished in school history.

Tulsa student-athletes excelled academically, earning 17 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Amer-ica performances over the last five years, and 11 student-athletes won C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year honors.

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 increased corporate sponsorship income, created a financial/equity plan for the department and served as chairman of the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee. He also developed an equity plan to meet Title IX require-ments, completed the master plan for athletic facilities and helped plan and complete the $50 million renovation and 20,000-seat expansion of Notre Dame Stadium. He also coordinated the planning and construction of the Warren Golf Course, an 18-hole championship course on the Notre Dame campus.

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 SteinbacherAssoc. 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 PerkinsAsst. AD/Ticket Operations ....................................................................................... Tim SaboExec. 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, 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 Ma-rand, 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 inter-est 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 na-tional 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. Harrison 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 com-petition 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, in-cluding 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-Amer-ica and ACC Player of the Year as a player at UNC, took over the team’s coach-ing 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 42-30 record and Carolina’s first three NCAA tour-nament appearances in 1999, 2000 and 2001. 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, Thorn-qvist 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 quar-terfinals of the NCAA Championships.

In 2003, Brian Kalbas was named head coach, and he has enjoyed 12 suc-cessful seasons with the Tar Heels. Kalbas has led UNC to NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his first 12 years at Carolina, including a 2014 run to the national finals, the program’s best NCAA showing.

The Tar Heels have produced 17 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 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 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 Gra-binski 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 op-ponents 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.

2011 saw three more Tar Heels earn ITA All-America honors in the dou-bles 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 Champion-ship 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 regu-lar 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.

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.

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 1992-93 season when they won the ITA Clay Court Doubles Championship, earned a national No. 1 rank-ing 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.

ACC History


North Carolina ACC Championships - 6

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

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 Year

2015 ACC Tournament ResultsCary, N.C., Cary Tennis Park

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

North Carolina All-ACC Selection 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.

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

NCAA Tournament History


NCAA Tournament Appearances - 17(1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)Record: 37-17

Best Finish: Reached national championship in 2014

2015 NCAA Team ChampionshipsFirst Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #2 North Carolina d. Quinnipiac ........................................................................................4-0Second Round, Chapel Hill, N.C. #2 North Carolina d. Dartmouth ........................................................................................4-0Round of 16, Waco, Texas #2 North Carolina d. #15 Miami ........................................................................................4-1Quarterfinals, Waco, Texas #7 UCLA d. #2 North Carolina .............................................................................................1-4

2015 NCAA Singles ChampionshipsFirst Round, Waco, Texas Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Zoe Scandalis, USC ................................................. 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 Carolina Price, UNC d. Kourtney Keegan, Florida ..............................................6-1, 6-3 Ema Burgic, Baylor d. Hayley Carter, UNC ............................................................6-3, 6-4

Second Round, Waco, Texas Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Simona Parajova, TCU ...................................7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 Sinead Lohan, Miami d. Hayley Carter UNC ..................................................7-6 (3), 7-5

Round of 16, Waco, Texas Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Joana Eidukonyte, Clemson .........................................6-3, 6-1

Quarterfinals, Waco, Texas Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Danielle Collins, Virginia ..................................... 6-3, 1-6, 6-4

Semifinals, Waco, Texas Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Stephanie Wagner, Miami ................................... 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Finals, Waco, Texas Jamie Loeb, UNC (7) d. Carol Zhao, Stanford (2) ...................................... 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

2015 NCAA Doubles ChampionshipsFirst Round, Waco, Texas Jamie Loeb/Caroline Price, UNC d. Katz/Santamaria, USC .................. 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

Round of 16, Waco, Texas Davidson/Zhao, Stanford (2) d. Jamie Loeb/Caroline Price .........................6-2, 6-3

2015 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 0-42009 Georgia State .............. W 4-0 Clemson .......................... L 0-4

2008 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 Postseason Team Results

Carolina celebrates a victory over Alabama in the 2014 NCAA Team Cham-pionship in Athens, Ga. The Tar Heels reached the national championship match for the first time in program history.

NCAA Tournament History


2015 NCAA SinglesHayley Carter First round lost to Ema Burgic (Baylor), 6-3, 6-4Jamie Loeb First round def. Zoe Scandalis (USC), 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 Second round def. Simona Parajova (TCU), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 Round of 16 def. Joana Eidukonyte (Clemson) 6-3, 6-1 Quarterfinals 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 First round def. Kourtney Keegan (Florida) 6-1, 6-3 Second round lost to Sinead Lohan (Miami), 7-6 (3), 7-5

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

2014 NCAA SinglesHayley 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, 7-5Jamie 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, 6-2Caroline Price First round lost to Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) 7-6, 4-6, 7-5

2014 NCAA DoublesWhitney Kay/Caroline Price First 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) Quarterfinals lost to Capra/Mar (Duke) 7-5, 6-2Hayley Carter/Jamie Loeb First round def. 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, 6-3

2013 NCAA SinglesZoe 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, 6-2Whitney Kay First round lost to Klara Fabikova (California), 7-5, 6-2Caroline 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, 6-2Gina 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, 6-4

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

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

2011 NCAA SinglesZoe 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, 6-2

2010 NCAA SinglesSanaz Marand First round def. Jennifer Widjaja (Pacific), 6-1, 6-4 Second round lost to Chelsea Gullickson (Georgia), 7-6 (4), 6-4Katrina 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 DoublesSophie Grabinski/Sanaz Marand First round lost to Kali Krisik/Kristi Frilling (Notre Dame), 6-3, 6-2

2009 NCAA SinglesSanaz 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, 6-1Katrina Tsang First round lost to Jana Juricova (California), 6-4, 6-3

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

2008 NCAA SinglesSanaz 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, 4-6Katrina Tsang First round def. Cristina Visico (California), 7-5, 6-3 Second round lost to Tracy Lin (UCLA), 6-2, 6-3

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

2007 NCAA SinglesJenna 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, 6-0Katrina Tsang First round def. Sylvia Kosakowski (Pepperdine), 6-4, 6-1 Second round lost to Melanie Glorida (Fresno State), 6-2, 6-3

2007 NCAA DoublesJenna 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, 6-2Caitlin 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, 6-2

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

2006 NCAA DoublesJenna 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, 6-3

2005 NCAA SinglesAniela 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

2005 NCAA DoublesAniela 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, 6-4

2004 NCAA SinglesAniela Mojzis First round def. Lyndsay Shosho (Georgia Tech), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Second round lost to Cristelle Grier (Northwestern), 6-0, 6-4

2004 NCAA DoublesAniela 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, 7-5

2003 NCAA SinglesKate Pinchbeck First round def. Julia Scaringe (Florida), 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 Second round lost to Agata Cioroch (Georgia), 6-3, 6-4Marlene 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, 6-2

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

2002 NCAA SinglesKate 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, 6-4Julie Rotondi First round def. Darija Klaic (Washington), 6-3, 7-5 Second round lost to Erin Burdette (Stanford), 7-5, 6-2Marlene Mejia First round lost to Alice Pirsu (Penn), 6-3, 6-2

1993 NCAA SinglesCinda 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, 6-1

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

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

1992 NCAA DoublesCinda 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.


Honors and AwardsACC 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.

All-America Selections1992 Cinda Gurney1993 Cinda Gurney, Cinda Gurney/Alisha Portnoy (doubles)2001 Marlene Mejia2002 Kate Pinchbeck2003 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles), Kate Pinchbeck2004 Aniela Mojzis2005 Kendall Cline/Aniela Mojzis (doubles)2006 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles)2007 Sara Anundsen/Jenna Long (doubles), Jenna Long2008 Sanaz Marand2009 Sanaz Marand/Sophie Grabinski (doubles), Sanaz Marand2011 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 Loeb

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

Sanaz Marand, a three-time All-America performer in 2008 and ‘09, compiled a program record 131 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.


ACC 50th Anniversary TeamJennifer 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

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