The magic number is now 51.
Since March 25, 2018, the No. 3 North Carolina women’s tennis team walked out on the courts at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center and won 50 times in a row.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Tar Heels wrote their place in history with a 7-0 home win against East Carolina University in the first match of a doubleheader to give the team its school-record of 51 consecutive home victories.
For a program that has seen much success throughout its history, this milestone still means something to the coaches and players involved.
“I’m just real proud of the many players that have been able to kind of come to this program and accomplish this incredible run that we have going at home," head coach Brian Kalbas said.
Kalbas is joined by senior Alle Sanford as the only Tar Heels from the 2017-18 team that got the streak started. The previous record of 50 wins lasted three years from 2014 to 2017.
As UNC women's tennis is still early in its season, Sanford said Tuesday's accomplishment could boost the team’s momentum as they get into tougher matchups down the road.
Don’t be mistaken — with bigger tests ahead, this team remains high in confidence that they can keep the streak going, especially with the young talent emerging this season.
It starts as young as first-year Carson Tanguilig.