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Carolina Welcomes Gardner-Webb Before Traveling To Charlottesville
January 17, 2025 | Women's Tennis
Who:
Gardner-Webb
at Virginia
Where:
Chewning Tennis Center – Chapel Hill, N.C.
Boyd Tinsley Courts – Charlottesville, Va.
When:
Saturday, January 18 - 11 a.m.
Monday, January 20 - 1 p.m.
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The Lead: After picking up two wins last weekend, the No. 6 UNC Tar Heels will look to continue its winning ways against Gardner-Webb on Saturday before traveling to Charlottesville to face Virginia on Monday.
Storylines:
- Brian Kalbas climbed to 772 career victories last week against JMU & Campbell.
- Kalbas owns the third-most victories all-time and is the nation's active leader.
- Reese Brantmeier returned from injury last week.Â
- She went 2-0 in doubles play while tallying her first singles win of the season.
- In singles, Carson Tanguilig is just three wins away from reaching 100 career wins, and in doubles, she is seven wins away from 100 career wins.
- Carolina welcomes five newcomers to the 2025 roster.
- Last week, Alanis Hamilton and Claire Hill each picked up their first collegiate singles wins.
- Overall, the freshmen class combined for a 5-0 singles record last weekend.
From The Notes:
- Claire Hill was named the ACC's Freshman of the Week following last weekend.
- UNC has never given up a point to Gardner-Webb.
- Reese Brantmeier picked up her 50th career doubles win last week.
- Carolina boasts three ranked singles and three ranked doubles teams entering the week.
- The last time UNC faced Virginia was in last season's ACC championship.Â
- In the ACC final, Carolina came away with a 4-1 victory to clinch the program's 12th ACC title.
- Under Brian Kalbas, Carolina is 25-5 all-time against the Cavaliers.
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