#1 Carolina Set For Two Top-15 Matchups

Saturday, January 20

Chapel Hill, N.C.

11 AM

North Carolina

Auburn

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 19, 2024 | Women's Tennis

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Who:
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Auburn / No. 3 Georgia

Where:
Cone-Kenfield Indoor Tennis Center – Chapel Hill, N.C.

When:
Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024 – 11:00 a.m. / Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024 – 1:00 p.m.

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The Lead: After two wins last week, the North Carolina women's tennis team returns to the court to face two SEC foes in No. 11 Auburn and No. 3 Georgia. Saturday's match begins at 11 a.m. while Sunday's match begins at 1 p.m.

Storylines:

Brian Kalbas leads the country in wins amongst active coaches (748 career wins).
North Carolina defeated Auburn 6-1 last season.
The Tar Heels swept Georgia 4-0 in the NCAA Semifinals to advance to the Championship match last May.
UNC returns nine of its ten members from last season's championship team.
Fiona Crawley is three singles wins away from entering the Top-5 on the all-time victory list at UNC. She currently sits at 125.

From The Notes:

Last week, Thea Rabman was named the ACC Freshman of the Week.
Reese Brantmeier picked up her 40th career singles victory against Campbell.
Carson Tanguilig won her 70th career singles match last week.
Reilly Tran eclipsed 80 career singles wins last week versus the Fighting Camels.
Elizabeth Scotty registered her 115th career doubles victory last week against Campbell.
This past December, Fiona Crawley was a member of Team USA when the Americans won the Masters'U PNB Paribas Tournament in France.
Sophomore Reese Brantmeier swept the 2023 ITA Fall Championships this past fall. She won the singles title and followed it up with winning the doubles title with partner Elizabeth Scotty. In addition, Abbey Forbes and Reilly Tran won the doubles consolation tournament at the 2023 ITA Fall Championships.