UNC Earns No. 1 Overall Seed At NCAA Championships

CHAPEL HILL - North Carolina is the top overall seed for the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Team Championship and was awarded as a host school for one of 16 regional sites. This is the second straight season that the Tar Heels were selected as the No. 1 seed in the 64-team field.

UNC will host Iowa State, South Carolina and South Carolina State on Saturday, May 7, and Sunday, May 8, at Cary Tennis Park in Cary, North Carolina.

North Carolina (24-2) will take on SC State (9-9) on Saturday at 1 p.m. That match will be proceeded by a first-round bout between Iowa State (14-6) and South Carolina (14-10) at 10 a.m. The two first-round winners will meet Sunday at 2 p.m., for the right to advance to the NCAA Super Regional round the following weekend.

The eight super regional winners will advance to the NCAA Championships site at the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois.

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 makes 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 52-22 and have advanced beyond the regional round on 16 occasions, including a run to the 2014 NCAA Championship final and the semifinals in 2010, 2019 and 2021.

The Carolina men's tennis program earned the No. 15 seed and will also have hosting duties this weekend in Cary on Friday and Saturday.

NCAA Regional Schedule
Friday, May 7
1 p.m. Gates Open
M: 2 p.m. Princeton vs. Arizona
M: 5 p.m. #15 seed North Carolina vs. Navy

Saturday, May 8
9 a.m. Gates Open
W: 10 a.m. Iowa State vs. South Carolina
W: 1 p.m. #1 seed North Carolina vs. SC State
M: 4 p.m. Second Round

Sunday, May 9
1 p.m. Gates Open
W: 2 p.m. Second Round

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