WTEN Improves To 4-0 As Kalbas Wins 500th At UNC

Monday, January 16

Chapel Hill

1 P.M.

North Carolina

East Carolina

Reese Brantmeier
University of North Carolina Women's Tennis v Campbell
Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Monday, January 16, 2023

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 16, 2023 | Women's Tennis

Box Score 1 Box Score 2 ECU Box Score Campbell Box Score

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The University of North Carolina women's tennis team, ranked second nationally, posted a pair of 7-0 wins over East Carolina and Campbell in Monday's doubleheader at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, improving to 4-0 on the season.

The Tar Heels' win against the Pirates marked a major milestone for Brian Kalbas, who reached his 500th victory as Carolina's head coach. The winningest coach in Atlantic Coast Conference women's tennis history now owns an impressive 500-101 (.832) record at UNC.

Match 1 vs. East Carolina, 7-0
UNC started the first match against East Carolina by handily earning the doubles point. Reese Brantmeier, the nation's No. 1 recruit playing in her first match as a Tar Heel, joined forces with Abbey Forbes to defeat Ines Bachir and Alisha Hussain, 6-1, in the first position before the duo of Reilly Tran and Elizabeth Scotty clinched it with a convincing 6-0 win on court two over Martina Muzzolon and Isabella Rivera Ortiz.

Securing the first singles point for the home team was No. 58 Scotty who took down Muzzolon, 6-1, 6-0, on the third court. Continuing her strong rookie debut was Brantmeier, who topped Bachir by a score of 6-1, 6-3 on court two.

Crawley, the top-ranked singles player in the country, got her first clinch of the young season after besting Rivera Ortiz, 6-2, 6-1, on court one. Deciding to play the match out, wins from Sophia Patel, Lindsay Zink and Sara McClure led the Tar Heels to a 7-0 sweep over the Pirates.

Singles
1. No. 1 Crawley (UNC) def. Rivera Ortiz (ECU), 6-2, 6-1
2. Brantmeier (UNC) def. Bachir (ECU), 6-1, 6-3
3. No. 58 Scotty (UNC) def. Muzzolon (ECU), 6-1, 6-0
4. Zink (UNC) def. Auerswald (ECU), 6-4, 6-3
5. McClure (UNC) def. Hussain (ECU), 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
6. Patel (UNC) def. Madi (ECU), 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1*, 6, 4, 5

Doubles
1. Brantmeier/Forbes (UNC) def. Bachir/Hussain (ECU), 6-1
2. Tran/Scotty (UNC) def. Muzzolon/Rivera Ortiz (ECU), 6-0
3. Tarlagadda/Patel (UNC) v. Auerswald/Becker (ECU), 3-3 (Unfinished)
Order of finish: 2, 1*

Match 2 vs. Campbell, 7-0
The Tar Heels began match two against Campbell the same way as in the first contest of the day, by winning the doubles point. Zink and Patel outlasted Tamsin Hart and Veronika Prospalova, 6-0, in the third spot before Brantmeier and Forbes once again teamed up on court one for another win, this time sweeping Anna-Marie Kopecka and Abbie Tyler, 6-0, for the opening point.

Again competing in the second spot for singles, Brantmeier defeated Lena Karlovcan in back-to-back 6-0 sets before No. 8 Tanguilig posted a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Mariana Ossa in the third position. No. 48 Tran clinched it for UNC in straight 6-0 sets over Kopecka on court four.

Playing the match out allowed No. 1 Crawley, Patel and McClure to earn additional singles wins for the Tar Heels, ending the doubleheader with a 7-0 sweep over the Camels.

Singles
1. No. 1 Crawley (UNC) def. Hart (CU), 6-0, 6-1
2. Brantmeier (UNC) def. Karlovcan (CU), 6-0, 6-0
3. No. 8 Tanguilig (UNC) def. Ossa (CU), 6-1, 6-0
4. No. 48 Tran (UNC) def. Kopecka (CU), 6-0, 6-0
5. McClure (UNC) def. Tyler (CU), 6-4, 6-2
6. Patel (UNC) def. Prospalova (CU), 6-1, 6-2
Order of finish: 2, 3, 4*, 1, 6, 5

Doubles
1. Brantmeier/Forbes (UNC) def. Kopecka/Tyler (CU), 6-0
2. No. 1 Crawley/Tanguilig (UNC) v. Ossa/Karlovcan (CU), 5-0 (Unfinished)
3. Zink/Patel (UNC) def. Hart/Prospalova (CU), 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1*

Next, the Tar Heels continue their five-match home stretch by welcoming NC Central to the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Jan. 18. First serve is set for 5 p.m. ET.

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