Hayley Carter solidifies leadership role
After the North Carolina women’s tennis team lost its two top players from the previous seasons, a lot of pressure was put on the shoulders of Hayley Carter.
After the North Carolina women’s tennis team lost its two top players from the previous seasons, a lot of pressure was put on the shoulders of Hayley Carter.
The North Carolina women’s tennis team swept the ITA Carolinas Regional on Monday with junior Hayley Carter’s 6-3, 7-5 victory in the singles tournament over Clemson’s Joana Eidukonyte. After falling behind 4-2 Carter rallied in the second set after dropping three straight games from 4-2 to go down 4-5.
There she was in December 2011, coasting in her first match of a tournament she had always refused to play in.
Despite fighting back from a dismal start to win three singles matches, doubles play would prove to be the North Carolina men’s tennis team’s demise against Wake Forest on Sunday.
North Carolina freshman Cassandra Vazquez had only played singles twice heading into Friday’s match between the No. 2 North Carolina women’s tennis team and No. 12 Virginia, but she stepped up at a critical moment to clinch a 4-3 victory.
College tennis matches aren’t quiet, they’re loud.
It was Senior Day for the No. 16 North Carolina men’s tennis team Thursday. And with the court three doubles match against No. 6 Duke sitting at 7-5 in UNC's, senior Esben Hess-Olesen and redshirt junior Andrew Gores were looking to clinch the doubles point for the Tar Heels.
Caroline Price is haunted by her second-place trophy.
There was plenty to celebrate this weekend at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The No. 2 North Carolina women’s tennis team overcame a tough match Friday evening against No. 19 Clemson to win 4-3. UNC followed that matchup Sunday afternoon, easily beating unranked Pittsburgh 7-0 to maintain its undefeated 21-0, 9-0 ACC record.
Despite a valiant comeback attempt, the North Carolina men's tennis team had to settle for a moral victory on its weekend road trip to Virginia.
Coach Brian Kalbas wouldn't have had it any other way. With the undefeated North Carolina women’s tennis team facing its greatest challenge of the year on Friday against No. 19 Clemson — which defeated the Tar Heels in a 4-3 thriller to conclude the 2014 regular season — Kalbas had a chance to obtain his 500th career win.
Just a year removed from its best finish in program history — ending with a 12-2 ACC record yet falling short of an ACC or NCAA championship — the North Carolina women’s tennis team desperately seeks to capitalize on an even stronger showing this season.
After struggling with top competition in the Windy City, the No. 7 North Carolina men’s tennis team is hoping its resilient mindset will guide the path for future successes.
Championship point. It’s a term Caroline Price of the No. 3 North Carolina women’s tennis team is intimately familiar with.
North Carolina junior Ashley Dai might not have the opportunity to rewrite history.
Jamie Loeb and Caroline Price led the No. 3 North Carolina women's tennis team to victories over Minnesota and Louisiana State this weekend — but only after learning from their loss on Saturday first.
North Carolina sophomore Haley Carter had been patiently waiting for two months to take the court since she injured her wrist in November.
Jamie Loeb had faced Julia Elbaba before. Twice, actually, this season alone.
On one of the biggest stages in collegiate tennis and on the cusp of defeat, Brayden Schnur relied on mental fortitude en route to a championship performance.
After just one day of practice, the North Carolina women’s tennis team played in its first tournament of the fall season this weekend in the Duke Fab Four Invitational at the Cary Tennis Courts.