UNC Women’s Tennis Knocks off Wolfpack for Championship
By Jordan Falls
The UNC Women’s Tennis program won its first National Championship in program history on Saturday evening with a 4-1 win over rival NC State.
It’s always a Great Day to be a Tar Heel, but the UNC women’s tennis program made it even greater on Saturday evening with their 4-1 National Championship victory over rival NC State.
Carolina was the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and entered the match 34-1, with their only loss coming to the Wolfpack just four weeks ago in the ACC Championship match when NC State beat them 4-1 in Cary. NC State earned the no. 3 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament with a 28-5 record.
Unlike in Cary, the Tar Heels were able to take the doubles point and took a 1-0 lead into the singles matches. From there, the Tar Heels never let the Wolfpack grab any momentum. NC State was able to even score at one when Diana Shnaider took the singles match from Tar Heel Reese Brantmeier, but that would be the only singles match the Wolfpack would take.
Carolina’s Fiona Crawley won her singles match 2-0, Carson Tanguuilg won 2-1, and Elizabeth Scotty won 2-0 to give the Tar Heels the three single points they needed to clinch the match, avenge their loss to the Wolfpack a month ago and win their first National Championship.
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬#GoHeels x #GDTBATH pic.twitter.com/4bAhAGFtTZ
— Carolina Women's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@UNC_wtennis) May 21, 2023
There are many numbers we can begin to throw around revolving around National Championships and Carolina… so hang with us, because it’s impressive.
North Carolina wins its 49th NCAA championship across eight different sports, 17 more than any other ACC school.
— Bryan Ives (@awaytoworthy) May 21, 2023
In fact, Tar Heels women’s teams have won 36 NCAA titles, more than any other ACC’s entire athletic department.
UNC Senior Associate Athletic Director for Sports Information Steve Kirschner also has plenty of information about the UNC Women’s Tennis program as they become the eighth program at UNC to win a National Championship
Carolina women's tennis wins the 49th NCAA championship for the Tar Heels. The eighth program to win an NCAA championship, joining w-soccer 21, field hockey 10, m-basketball 6, m-lacrosse 5, w-lacrosse 3, m-soccer 2 and w-basketball 1. #GoHeels
— Steve Kirschner (@UNCKirschner) May 21, 2023
It’s the University of National Champions for a reason… we win National Championships in Chapel Hill. Once again, little brother takes a back seat to the Tar Heels, sorry NC State… this is the Tar Heel State!
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