Women’s Tennis Prepares For Pair Of Home Matches

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 5 University of North Carolina women's tennis is set to return home to host a pair of ACC matches at Chewning Tennis Center. The Tar Heels will take on no. 20 Clemson Friday evening at 5 p.m. before facing Georgia Tech Sunday at 1 p.m. for Senior Day. Carolina will look to maintain their undefeated record at home this season.

Last season, the Tar Heels and Clemson Tigers clashed in South Carolina where UNC came out on top 4-2. Carolina has won the previous 10 matches against Clemson. Friday's match is set to be a competitive battle with six ranked singles and five ranked doubles pairings across both teams.

In their final home match of the regular season, UNC will take on Georgia Tech. The Tar Heels swept the Yellow Jackets last season and hold a nine-match win streak against them.

Tar Heel Tidbits

The Tar Heels improved to 7-1 in ACC play after dominating no. 24 Duke, 4-1.
The team has earned five sweeps in conference action.
UNC swept UNCG in the nonconference finale.
The Tar Heels went 12-1 in nonconference play this season.
UNC has earned four top-15 wins so far this season. The most recent coming against no. 6 Oklahoma.
The Tar Heels boast a 13-0 record at home this season.
Tatum Evans was tabbed ACC Player of the Week for the first time in her career Feb. 10. The junior went 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles including a ranked singles win during the ITA Indoor Championships.
Reese Brantmeier was named ACC Player of the Week for the second consecutive week (Feb. 3) 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.
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 14-3 in singles and 9-1 in doubles matches.
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.
Carolina ranked no. 5 in the latest ITA Team Rankings.
Five Tar Heels are featured in the ITA Singles Rankings (Brantmeier – 2, Kajuru – 8, Evans – 27, Hamilton – 108, Frey – 111).
Three doubles pairings are among the ITA Doubles Rankings (Brantmeier/Hamilton – 3, Kajuru/Maltby – 4, Rennard/Boyce – 71).

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Reese Brantmeier

Tatum Evans

Anna Frey

Alanis Hamilton

Oby Kajuru

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