{"id":482050,"date":"2026-02-18T02:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482050\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T02:41:08","slug":"womens-tennis-cruises-past-elon-7-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482050\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Tennis Cruises Past Elon, 7-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.\u00a0\u00a0\u2013\u00a0University of North Carolina women’s tennis opened their four-match homestand with a 7-0 victory over Elon Tuesday evening at Chewning Tennis Center. The Tar Heels swept doubles before picking up four singles wins.\u00a0
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\nDoubles action featured new pairings for Carolina. Tatum Evans<\/a> and Oby Kajuru<\/a> competed on court one taking a 6-3 win over their opponents from Elon. Reese Brantmeier<\/a> and Mary Grace Rennard<\/a> clinched the doubles point for the Tar Heels with a 6-4 victory.\u00a0
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\nNo. 1 Reese Brantmeier<\/a> and no. 21 Tatum Evans<\/a> continued to roll past the Phoenix with straight set wins in singles. Their dominant wins put the Tar Heels ahead 3-0.\u00a0
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\nThe rest of Carolina’s singles matches would go the distance to finish in three sets. On court two, no. 7 Oby Kajuru<\/a> won her first set in dominant fashion before dropping the second to force a deciding third set. The graduate went on to win the third, 6-2, clinching the match for the Tar Heels. UNC took a 4-0 lead with three matches left to play out.\u00a0
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\nClaire Hill<\/a> fell in a tight first set before storming back to win her singles match in three sets. Similarly, no. 90 Theadora Rabman<\/a> was down early after dropping the first set in a tiebreaker. Rabman went on to take the second and third sets to secure the 7-0 sweep for Carolina.
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\nResults
\nDoubles
\nEvans\/Kajuru (UNC) def. Bergeron\/Reding (Elon) 6-3
\nBrantmeier\/Rennard (UNC) def. Sarikulaya\/Nyborg (Elon) 6-4
\nRabman\/Hill (UNC) def. Kranec\/Kack (Elon) 6-4<\/p>\n

Singles

\nNo. 1 Reese Brantmeier<\/a> (UNC) def. Simone Bergeron (Elon) 6-0, 6-2

\nNo. 7 Oby Kajuru<\/a> (UNC) def. Cornelia Kack (Elon) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2

\nNo. 21 Tatum Evans<\/a> (UNC) def. Mariana Reding (Elon) 6-0, 6-2

\nNo. 90 Theadora Rabman<\/a> (UNC) def. Lisa Kranic (Elon) 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4

\nClaire Hill<\/a> (UNC) def. Alexis Nyborg (Elon) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2

\nMary Grace Rennard<\/a> (UNC) def. Helen Sarikulaya (Elon) 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (ret. inj.)\u00a0

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