Women’s Tennis To Begin ITA National Team Indoor Championship

Friday, February 6

Champaign, Ill.

4:30 p.m.

North Carolina

Illinois

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Women’s Tennis To Begin ITA National Team Indoor Championship

February 5, 2026 | Women's Tennis

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – No. 3 University of North Carolina women's tennis is set to compete in the opening round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship Friday against Illinois at 4:30 p.m. ET. The Tar Heels head into the tournament as the no. 1 seed at the Illinois site and will face eighth-seeded Illinois to begin tournament play.

UNC last faced Illinois in 2018 where the Tar Heels took home a 4-0 win. Carolina is 5-0 all time against the Fighting Illini.

Carolina heads into the Indoor Championships 7-0 this season with three top-15 wins. Most recently, the Tar Heels topped no. 9 NC State and no. 1 Georgia and look to continue their hot start at the tournament.

UNC has won seven ITA Team Indoor Championships with their most recent in 2023. The Tar Heels won four consecutive titles from 2020-2023.

The 16-team tournament will take place Feb. 6-10 with the opening two rounds taking place at two sites, Illinois and Northwestern. The semifinals and finals will take place at Northwestern. Tournament updates are available at wearecollegetennis.com.

Tar Heel Tidbits

Carolina topped no. 1 Georgia, 5-2, at Chewning Tennis Center on Sunday.
Reese Brantmeier was named ACC Player of the Week for the second consecutive week after having another standout weekend for the Tar Heels going 2-0 in singles and 1-1 in doubles while helping lead the team to two top-10 wins. Both of Brantmeier's singles wins clinched the team win for Carolina against no. 9 NC State and no. 1 Georgia.
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 5-1 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 7-0 in singles and 2-1 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 headed 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.
Six Tar Heels are featured in the ITA Singles Rankings (Brantmeier – 1, Kajuru – 7, Evans – 21, Frey – 51, Hamilton – 71, Rabman – 90).
Four doubles pairings are among the ITA Doubles Rankings (Kajuru/Maltby – 5, Brantmeier/Hamilton – 6, Rennard/Boyce – 52, Evans/Rabman – 61).