The UNC women’s tennis team will compete for a fourth consecutive ITA National Team Indoor championship Monday in Seattle. The Tar Heels will face Georgia for the title at 3 p.m. after defeating Pepperdine, Michigan and No. 3 overall seed Texas A&M on their way to the final. It’s Carolina’s ninth consecutive appearance in the championship round.

Carolina is the No. 2 overall seed in the field. Georgia is unseeded, having already knocked off No. 5 Stanford on its way to the title match. No. 1 overall seed and defending NCAA champion Texas fell in the quarterfinals. UNC defeated Georgia less than two weeks ago, defeating the Bulldogs 5-2 in Chapel Hill. The team is still undefeated in 2023.

Texas A&M put quite the scare into the Tar Heels in Sunday’s semifinal round. The Aggies soundly defeated Carolina in doubles, marking the first time all season UNC has dropped the doubles point. The top-ranked duo of Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig fell 6-3, while Reese Brantmeier and Elizabeth Scotty fared even worse, losing 6-1.

In singles, though, all four players found their form to lead Carolina past the pesky Aggies. Crawley dominated in straight sets, defeating A&M’s Carson Branstine 6-4, 6-1. Braintmeier took care of the Aggies’ Mary Stoiana 7-6, 6-4. Stoiana is ranked No. 5 in singles. Scotty won her opening set 6-4, but had to go to a third after dropping the second, 6-2. She recovered to win the decider 6-3, and Tanguilig put the match away with a thrilling 6-0, 4-6, 7-6 win. Tanguilig won 7-2 in the third-set tiebreaker. Had she lost, A&M would’ve been on the cusp of victory, as Abbey Forbes trailed 4-5 in the third set of her singles match.

With a win on Monday, Carolina would become the first women’s team to ever win four consecutive ITA indoor championships. The team has six titles overall, all of which have come since 2013. Coincidentally, Georgia is the last non-UNC team to win the ITA women’s indoor title, taking the crown in 2019 over the Tar Heels.

 

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