The North Carolina Tar Heels women's tennis team, commonly referred to as Carolina, represents the

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. North Carolina currently competes as a member of the

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(ACC) and plays its home matches at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.

History

The team's history in the

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includes one runner-up finish in 2014 and three appearances in the quarterfinals (2013, 2015, 2017). The Tar Heels have won the

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National Team Indoor Championship three times (2013, 2015, 2018). Additionally, the program boasts ten ACC tournament championships. The team is currently led by Brian Kalbas, UNC’s all-time wins leader. Kalbas compiled an .805 career winning percentage over his first 15 seasons at North Carolina, the highest in ACC history.

Notable former players

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Honors

Individual NCAA Champions

(2015)

Doubles NCAA Champions

* Jenna Long/ Sara Anundsen (2007) * Makenna Jones/ Elizabeth Scotty (2021)

All-Americans

*Cinda Gurney (1992, 1993) *Alisha Portnoy (1993) *Marlene Mejia (2001) *Kate Pinchbeck (2002, 2003) *Kendall Cline (2003, 2005) *Aniela Mojzis (2003, 2004, 2005) * Sara Anundsen (2006, 2007) * Jenna Long (2006, 2007) *Sanaz Marand (2008, 2009) *Sophie Grabinski (2009) *Zoe De Bruycker (2011) *Shinann Featherston (2011, 2012) *Lauren McHale (2011, 2012) *Caroline Price (2013, 2014) *Gina Suarez-Malaguti (2013) *

(2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) *

(2014, 2015) *Whitney Kay (2014, 2016) *Sara Daavettila (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) *

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(2017, 2018) * Makenna Jones (2018, 2019, 2021) *Alexa Graham (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021) *Alle Sanford (2018) * Cameron Morra (2019, 2020, 2021) * Elizabeth Scotty (2021)

ITA National Coach of the Year

*2010: Brian Kalbas ''Information about honors and former players cited from th
2019 team yearbook
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References

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