No. 1 WTEN Hosts Florida Friday In Super Regionals

Friday, May 13

4 PM

North Carolina

Florida

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

May 11, 2022 | Women's Tennis

Live Scoring

CHAPEL HILL - Top seed North Carolina and No. 16 seed Florida will clash in the super regional round of the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championship on Friday from Cary Tennis Park at 4 p.m. ET.

The match will be streamed live on the TennisONE app.

The super regional round was established in 2019 with the purpose of sending the final eight teams remaining in the 64-team field to the host site of the NCAA Championships. The winner of Friday's match will head to Champaign, Illinois, with hopes of hoisting the trophy at the University of Illinois' Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex.

REGIONALS ROUNDUP
Carolina swept South Carolina State and South Carolina by identical 4-0 scores to advance out of regionals for the 12th time in a row.

Florida advanced out of regionals for the first time since 2017 after defeating South Alabama and Florida State last weekend in Gainesville, Florida.

TICKETS
Admission will be $5 per person and available for credit card purchase only (no cash).

CONCESSIONS
Limited concessions will be available, and outside food or beverage is allowed.

Team Capsules

North Carolina (goheels.com)
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Rankings: No. 1
Seed: No. 1
Singles/Doubles Rankings: Cameron Morra (5), Elizabeth Scotty (30), Reilly Tran (35), Carson Tanguilig (51), Fiona Crawley (55); Crawley/Scotty (2)
Record: 26-2, 12-1 ACC
Bid: At-large

North Carolina earned a national seed in the team championship for the 18th time in 19 seasons under the direction of head coach Brian Kalbas. Carolina is making its 23rd consecutive appearance in the national tournament and 18th in a row under Kalbas. As a reminder, the 2020 NCAA Championship was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tar Heels own an all-time NCAA record of 54-22 and have advanced beyond the regional round on 17 occasions, including a run to the 2014 NCAA Championship final and the semifinals in 2010, 2019 and 2021.

No. 5 seed Cameron Morra heads up a group of five players that will compete at the NCAA Singles Championship. Fiona Crawley, Elizabeth Scotty, Reilly Tran and Carson Tanguilig all received at-large bids.

Crawley and Scotty are the No. 2 seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship, while Morra and Tanguilig are alternates in the doubles field.

Florida Gators (floridagators.com)
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Rankings: No. 16
Seed: No. 16
Singles/Doubles Rankings: McCartney Kessler (12), Marlee Zein (81); Briggs/Zein (23), Dudeney/Kessler (26), Dudeney/Spee (46)
Record: 21-6, 10-3 SEC
Bid: At-large

Florida is making its 35th-straight appearance in the NCAA Championship and has advanced out of regionals for the 19th time in program history. The Gators have won seven national team titles, second only to Stanford. Head coach Roland Thornqvist is a former UNC men's player that also served as the Tar Heel head women's coach from 1999-2001.

McCartney Kessler, the 2022 SEC Player of the Year, has been selected to compete in the NCAA Singles Championship, while Carly Briggs and Marlee Zein earned a bid to the doubles championship.

Series History in NCAA Championship: Florida won the only previous meeting between the two programs at the 2010 semifinals. The Tar Heels made their first appearance in the NCAA Final Four, but it was Florida that came away with a 4-0 win in Athens, Georgia.