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UNC Men's Tennis Hosts Navy Friday To Open NCAA Play
The North Carolina men's tennis team will open play in the 2022 NCAA Championship when it hosts a pair of matches Friday at the Cary Tennis Park. North Carolina (16-8), seeded No. 15 overall, will host Navy (31-10) at 4 p.m. The winner of Friday's matches will meet on Saturday at 4 p.m. for the right to advance to next weekend's Super Regional. (
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5 Singles, 2 Doubles Pairs For UNC Women's Tennis Headed To NCAA Championships
Five singles players and two doubles pairs from the University of North Carolina have been selected for the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships. The five singles players named to the 64-player field equals the UNC record set last year in 2021 and include
Cameron Morra, Fiona Crawley, Elizabeth Scotty, Reilly Tran, and Carson Tanguilig. (
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UNC Women's Tennis Earns No. 1 Overall Seed At NCAA Championships
UNC is the top seed for the 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Team Championship and was awarded as a host school for one of 16 regional sites. This is the second straight season the Tar Heels were selected the No. 1 seed. UNC will host Iowa State, South Carolina, and South Carolina State on Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8, at Cary (NC) Tennis Park. (
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Born & Bred: The Next 50 Years
In 1997, 26 years after the first seven women’s athletics programs – basketball, field hockey, volleyball, fencing, swimming & diving, tennis and gymnastics – began play at UNC,
Dean Smith was asked about Carolina being a "basketball school" or "football school." Smith remarked, "North Carolina is a women’s soccer school, we’re just trying to keep up." (
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Virginia Edges UNC For ACC Men's Tennis Title
Top-seeded Virginia won its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Tennis Championship on Sunday afternoon, capturing four of the six singles matches to come from behind and top No. 3 seed North Carolina, 4-3, at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College in Rome, Ga. The Tar Heels now await word of who they will play in the NCAA Tournament. (
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Tar Heels Drop First ACC Women's Tennis Championship Since 2015
The UNC women's tennis team fell 4-2 to Virginia in the semifinals of the ACC Championship on Saturday. No. 1 North Carolina, who had won the previous five league titles, lost in the ACC Championship for the first time since 2015, snapping a 16-match win streak. Virginia secured the opening doubles point and that proved to be too much to overcome. (
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UNC Men's Tennis Rolls Past Georgia Tech And Into ACC Final
UNC Men's Tennis continued its hot run Saturday, beating Georgia Tech, 4-1, to advance to the championship match of the ACC Championship. The Tar Heels have won eight of their last nine matches, including three in a row. UNC is an ACC finalist for the second straight year and will face Virginia in the championship match for the second year in a row. (
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No. 1 UNC Women's Tennis Rallies For 4-1 ACC Quarterfinal Win Over Florida State
The No. 1-ranked North Carolina women's tennis team earned a 4-1 victory over Florida State in the quarterfinals of the ACC Championship on Friday. The five-time defending champion Tar Heels will now face seventh ranked Virginia on Saturday at 2 p.m. Singles wins from Anika Yarlagadda, Elizabeth Scotty, Reilly Tran and Fiona Crawley to secure the victory. (
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UNC Men's Tennis Wins 4-3 Thriller Over NC State In ACC Championship
Brian Cernoch won the clincher as third-seeded UNC advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Championship with a suspense-filled, 4-3 win over No. 6 seed NC State on Friday. Cernoch, ranked 33rd nationally, beat Rafa Izquierdo Luque in a long, three-set match at No. 1 singles to send the Tar Heels to the ACC semifinals for the seventh consecutive year. (
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UNC Women's Tennis Enters Postseason Ranked No. 1 In Nation
UNC Women's Tennis continues its run as the No. 1 team in the country according to Wednesday's release of the ITA Collegiate Tennis National Rankings. Already crowned the ACC regular-season champions for the fourth-straight year, the Tar Heels took their first loss of the season last Friday at Duke. Despite the setback, UNC held on to its top spot. (
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