Women's Tennis Blanks SMU, 4-0

Friday, March 28

Chapel Hill

2 PM

North Carolina

SMU

Alanis Hamilton

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 28, 2025 | Women's Tennis

By: Matt Bowers

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.—Theadora Rabman won the clinching singles match as fourth-ranked North Carolina topped No. 62 SMU, 4-0, on Friday afternoon at the Chewning Tennis Center. The win completed a busy week for Carolina, which played four home matches in an eight-day span.

The Tar Heels improved to 16-4 overall and 7-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference with the victory, bouncing back nicely from Wednesday's 4-2 loss to No.9 Duke. The Mustangs fell to 9-11, 3-6 ACC.

Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton, ranked 20th in the nation, cruised to a quick, 6-1, win at No. 1 doubles over Sophie Llewellyn and Caroline McGinley to start the day. Several minutes later, the ninth-ranked duo of Carson Tanguilig and Susanna Maltby topped Ellie Pittman and Drew Morris, 6-2, at No. 2.

Carolina got singles wins from Brantmeier, Hamilton and Rabman to claim the team victory.

The ninth-ranked Brantmeier dispatched Llewellyn, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles for a 2-0 Tar Heel lead. Hamilton then won, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 5 over Kayla Schefke to make it 3-0. Rabman completed the day's play with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Morris at the No. 2 slot.

"Coming off a loss is always difficult, especially a loss against Duke, so we challenged these guys to respond," assistant coach Hayley Carter said. "I think that showed today. Even in matches where we were down, we were coming back, won some second sets, were coming back in some other seconds. I'm really proud of the group and the fight they showed after a tough match."

Up Next
• The Tar Heels have the rest of the weekend off. UNC will hit the road for a trip to the Bay Area when it visits Stanford and Cal next weekend on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

FINAL SCORE: North Carolina 4, SMU 0

Friday, March 28, 2025
Chewning Tennis Center
Chapel Hill, N.C.

Match Results
Doubles
1.#20 Alanis Hamilton/Reese Brantmeier def. Sophie Llewellyn/Caroline McGinley, 6-1
2.#9 Carson Tanguilig/Susanna Maltby def. Ellie Pittman/Drew Morris, 6-2
3.Tatum Evans/Lindsay Zink vs. Kayla Schefke/Arianna Stavropoulos 4-4 (unfinished)
(Order of finish: 1, 2)

Singles

#9 Reese Brantmeier def. Sophie Llewellyn, 6-1, 6-1
#15 Theadora Rabman def. Drew Morris, 6-2, 7-5
#48 Tatum Evans vs. Ellie Pittman 6-3, 3-4 (unfinished)
#43 Carson Tanguilig vs. Arianna Stavropoulos, 5-7, 6-0, 2-1 (unfinished)
Alanis Hamilton def. Kayla Schefke, 6-3, 6-3
Caroline McGinley vs. Claire Hill, 7-5, 3-4 (unfinished)

(Order of finish: 1,5, 2)

Time of match: 2:08

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