Women's Tennis To Welcome No. 1 Georgia On Sunday

Sunday, February 1

Chapel Hill, N.C.

1 p.m.

North Carolina

Georgia

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

January 31, 2026 | Women's Tennis

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 3 University of North Carolina women's tennis will welcome the defending National Champions, no. 1 Georgia, to Chewning Tennis Center Sunday at 1 p.m.

Carolina opened the weekend with a win over no. 9 NC State and will look to carry that momentum over into Sunday. Reese Brantmeier headlined the win for the Tar Heels after clinching the match for the team in singles play.

The Tar Heels will meet familiar competition in the Bulldogs after going 6-1 against Georgia over the past five seasons.

Most recently, the teams clashed twice last season where they split the meetings 1-1. UNC topped Georgia on the road early in the 2025 season, 4-3. The Tar Heels and Bulldogs later met again in the NCAA Championship Semifinals in Waco, Texas. Georgia went on to down Carolina 4-0 en route to winning the National Championship.

Sunday's match will feature talented lineups on both sides as Carolina currently has five players nationally ranked while Georgia has six.

Tar Heel Tidbits

Carolina topped no. 9 NC State, 4-3, Friday at Cary Tennis Park.
Reese Brantmeier was named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 27 after picking up two ranked wins last week. The senior has started the season 4-0 in singles.
Reese Brantmeier and doubles partner Alanis Hamilton were tabbed ACC Doubles Team of the Week on Jan. 27 after topping two ranked opponents from Virginia and Charlotte. The duo has gone 4-1 to start the season.
Carolina ranked no. 3 for the third consecutive week in the ITA Team Rankings.
Oby Kajuru was tabbed ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 20 for the first time since she joined the program. No. 23 Oby Kajuru defeated no. 5 Savannah Dada-Mascoll from App State for the first ranked singles win among the Tar Heels this season. The win helped the graduate earn the weekly honor from the league.
The Tar Heels downed no. 14 Virginia, 6-1, for their first ranked win of the 2026 campaign.
With the team's win over App State, head coach Brian Kalbas reached 800 career wins. Kalbas remains the winningest active coach in NCAA tennis and just the third all-time to reach 800 wins.
Freshman Anna Frey has started her collegiate career 6-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles matches with partner Tatum Evans.
Partners Brantmeier/Hamilton and Kajuru/Maltby earned All-America honors in the fall after reaching the quarterfinals at the NCAA Individual Championships.
Reese Brantmeier won the 2025 NCAA Singles National Championship and heads into the spring ranked no. 1 in singles.
Brantmeier earned All-America honors in singles this fall making the senior eight-for-eight in All-America selections across her career.
Five Tar Heels are featured in the ITA Singles Rankings (Brantmeier – 1, Kajuru – 23, Evans – 35, Rabman – 51, Hamilton – 69).
Four doubles pairings are among the ITA Doubles Rankings (Kajuru/Maltby – 3, Brantmeier/Hamilton – 11, Rennard/Boyce – 42, Evans/Rabman – 49).