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Tennis teams getting ready for big-time matchups

By Staff Editor | March 27

Men's tennis With nine matches remaining on the schedule, the No. 14 men's tennis team has not been defeated all year. Its reward? The players get to ...

Tennis team aces Big Ten test

By Samantha Newman | February 12

The North Carolina women's tennis team showed its versatility and depth with two impressive 7-0 victories against Minnesota and Indiana on Saturday and ...

UNC women's tennis looks to bounce back

By Nicole Lukosius and Mike Ehrlich | January 30

Heading down south did not turn out the way the North Carolina women's tennis team would have liked, as they fell to No. 2 Florida 4-3 Sunday afternoon ...

Men's tennis team captures Sweet 16 bid

By Matt Brooks | May 18

North Carolina men's tennis coach Sam Paul was soaked. But it wasn't the three-hour rain delay that had him dripping wet at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. ...

Tennis team conquers two Virginia foes

By GREGG FOUND | March 28

The No. 5 North Carolina women's tennis team has proven that upsets are hard to come by against the Tar Heels - the team's only losses among its 19 wins ...

Men's Tennis sweeps doubleheader to improve to 9-0

By Matt Brooks | February 13

The North Carolina men's tennis team is off to its best start since 1973, but don't expect head coach Sam Paul to start celebrating anytime soon. "That, ...

Duke blanks men's tennis

April 14

The stakes were high at North Carolina’s men’s tennis match against Duke at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Wednesday — the 44th-ranked Tar Heels ...

Virginia downs men's tennis

April 11

By the time Brad Pomeroy finally strode to the net to congratulate his Virginia opponent at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Sunday, he looked tired and ...

Women's Tennis Places 2nd

October 29

WINSTON-SALEM -- The 2002 Omni Hotels ITA Southeast Regional ended Monday, and members of the North Carolina women's tennis team took second place in ...

Men's Tennis Hires New Assistant Coach

October 24

Ian Williams, a former Harvard and Texas tennis standout, has joined UNC men's tennis coach Sam Paul's staff as the chief assistant coach."I'm honored ...

Four to Be Reckoned With: Women's Tennis 1 of 4 ACC Champs Crowned

By Chris Gilfillan | April 22

RALEIGH -- Victory, they say, is so sweet.But this year's women's tennis ACC championship was about sweet revenge.After beating Wake Forest 4-2 on Saturday ...

Men's Tennis Aims for Redemption

April 18

It would be nice if the North Carolina men's tennis team got a second shot at rival Duke this weekend.But Coach Sam Paul is preparing his team for another ...

Men's Tennis Nearly Snaps Duke Streak

By Chris Gilfillan | April 11

The North Carolina men's tennis team was undaunted by the challenge of taking perennial ACC power Duke on Wednesday.The Tar Heels didn't worry about the ...

Red-Hot Pinchbeck Leads Tennis to Win

By Chris Gilfillan | April 3

Kate Pinchbeck of the seventh-ranked North Carolina women's tennis team improved her record this year to an impressive 18-0 on Tuesday.And she wasn't ...

Unity, Talent Secrets to Tennis' Success

By Randy Wellington | March 28

Discovering the key to the No. 9 North Carolina women's tennis team's success seemed an easy task. Great tennis players make a great tennis team.Tennis ...

Tennis Enters Break With Sweep

March 8

North Carolina opened its ACC men's tennis season Thursday afternoon with a 7-0 victory against N.C. State at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.The Tar ...

Women's Tennis Edges 'Cats With Strong Singles Play

By Randy Wellington | February 18

It had histrionics, verbal sparring, a biased judge and even a ruling body that intervened.But this wasn't Olympic figure skating. It was women's tennis. ...

Pinchbeck Paces Men's Tennis

By Chris Gilfillan | February 12

You could say that Daniel Pinchbeck had another easy day.After barely breaking a sweat against Furman and West Virginia, the Australian freshman had won ...

Tennis Returns to Form Against Furman

By Chris Richter | February 7

The North Carolina men's tennis team wasn't looking for revenge.But Wednesday, revenge is what it got.After losing in 2001 to Furman for the first time ...

Men's Tennis Nets First Win

By Chris Gilfillan | February 1

New experiences come with hesitations.But for the three new UNC men's tennis players, apprehension hardly affected them Thursday against Davidson.Freshmen ...