University of North Carolina Athletics
Friday, May 8
Chapel Hill
5 p.m.
North Carolina
vs
Michigan
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
Women’s Tennis To Host Michigan In Super Regional
May 7, 2026 | Women's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – No. 5 Carolina women's tennis welcomes no. 12 Michigan to Chapel Hill on Friday for the Super Regional. The match is set for a 5 p.m. start at Chewning Tennis Center.
The Tar Heels head into their 16th consecutive Super Regional after picking up back-to-back sweeps to open the NCAA Tournament. UNC was the only team across both the men's and women's tournament to not drop a set during the first two rounds.
Carolina is 13-1 against Michigan with their most recent matchup coming in the 2023 season. The Tar Heels and Wolverines last clashed in the 2023 ITA Indoor National Championships where UNC came out on top 4-1.
Between both programs, Friday's match will feature four top-25 singles players. Each team also has three doubles pairings ranked in the latest ITA rankings.
Super Regional tickets are available here.
NCAA Tournament History
Tar Heel Tidbits
The Tar Heels head into their 16th consecutive Super Regional after picking up back-to-back sweeps to open the NCAA Tournament. UNC was the only team across both the men's and women's tournament to not drop a set during the first two rounds.
Carolina is 13-1 against Michigan with their most recent matchup coming in the 2023 season. The Tar Heels and Wolverines last clashed in the 2023 ITA Indoor National Championships where UNC came out on top 4-1.
Between both programs, Friday's match will feature four top-25 singles players. Each team also has three doubles pairings ranked in the latest ITA rankings.
Super Regional tickets are available here.
NCAA Tournament History
- UNC is set to make their 27th consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, and the 21st during the Brian Kalbas era.
- The Tar Heels hold a 70-25 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament.
- Carolina has advanced beyond regionals in 21 different seasons.
- The team won its first NCAA Championship in 2023.
- UNC has hosted the opening round of regionals for 16 consecutive seasons.
- The team advances to their 16th consecutive Super Regional.
- Under head coach Brian Kalbas, the Tar Heels have made 13 appearances in the NCAA Quarterfinals and seven in the Final Four.
Tar Heel Tidbits
- Reese Brantmeier was named ACC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season, becoming the first Tar Heel to do so since 2016-17.
- Reese Brantmeier was named First Team All-ACC Singles while Tatum Evans and Oby Kajuru were named second team.
- Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton were tabbed First Team All-ACC Doubles and Oby Kajuru and Susanna Maltby were named second team.
- Carolina fell in the ACC semifinals against NC State.
- Reese Brantmeier was tabbed ACC Player of the Week three times this season.
- Reese Brantmeier and Alanis Hamilton were named ACC Doubles Team of the Week for the second time this season.
- The Tar Heels finished the regular season 11-1 in ACC play after winning five-straight matches.
- The team earned seven sweeps in conference action.
- UNC swept UNCG in the nonconference finale.
- The Tar Heels went 12-1 in nonconference play this season.
- The Tar Heels boast a 17-0 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Four Tar Heels are featured in the ITA Singles Rankings (Brantmeier – 2, Kajuru – 18, Evans – 42, Zampardo – 116).
- Three doubles pairings are among the ITA Doubles Rankings (Brantmeier/Hamilton – 9, Kajuru/Maltby – 5, Rennard/Boyce – 74).
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