{"id":892424,"date":"2026-09-12T01:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T01:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/892424\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T01:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T01:20:11","slug":"womens-tennis-concludes-day-one-of-tournament-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/892424\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Tennis Concludes Day One Of Tournament Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. \u2013\u00a0Carolina women’s tennis opened the fall season in two tournaments on Friday. Nine\u00a0Tar Heels began the weekend at the Kitty Harrison Invitational held in Chapel Hill. The rest of the team began tournament play on the road at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic. Across both tournaments, Carolina picked up 10 singles wins and eight in doubles action.
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\nKitty Harrison Invitational
\nUNC got the day started with two rounds of doubles matches. Duos Nicole Khirin<\/a>\/Tatum Evans<\/a> and Maddy Zampardo<\/a>\/Susanna Maltby<\/a> went undefeated, 2-0, on day one of the invitational.\u00a0
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\nIn singles play, Susanna Maltby<\/a> recorded the first win of the day in straight sets. No. 21 Tatum Evans<\/a> secured a win over no. 32 Vivian Yang from Virginia in straight sets. In a three-set battle including a tiebreak, Maddy Zampardo<\/a> picked up the second singles win of the day for Carolina. The win marked her first ranked win of the year. Thea Rabman also earned a straight-set win over her opponent from Charlotte.
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\nThe Tar Heels will return to action at 9 a.m. with a round of doubles matches on Saturday.
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\nResults
\nDoubles
\nNo. 15 Khirin\/Evans (UNC) d. Zozaya Menendez\/Lam (Virginia) 6-4
\nNo. 15 Khirin\/Evans (UNC) d. Charney\/Miller (Michigan) 6-4
\nNo. 8 Zampardo Maltby (UNC) d. Nakano\/Chacon (Charlotte) 6-1
\nNo. 8 Zampardo\/Maltby (UNC) d. Hovde\/Schuman (Duke) 6-3
\nNguyen\/Ashar (UNC) d. Beuing\/Leon Jaume (Kansas State) 6-4
\nMohamed\/Widdowson (Charlotte) d. Nguyen\/Ashar (UNC) 7-5
\nRolls\/Gae (Virginia) d. Rabman\/Manning (UNC) 6-2
\nRabman\/Manning (UNC) d. Sartz -Lunde\/Lindgren (Michigan) 6-2
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\nSingles
\nSusanna Maltby<\/a> (UNC) d. Lisa Dierick (Elon) 6-4, 6-2
\nNo. 48 Katie Rolls (Virginia) d. no. 95 Nicole Khirin<\/a> (UNC) 6-3, 6-4
\nNo. 21 Tatum Evans<\/a> (UNC) d. no. 32 Vivian Yang (Virginia) 6-2, 6-2
\nAlyssa James (Virginia) d. Aya Manning<\/a> (UNC) 6-1, 6-1
\nMaddy Zampardo<\/a> (UNC) d. no. 59 Eugenia Zozaya Menendez (Virginia) 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-2
\nThea Rabman (UNC) d. Amalie Widdowson (Charlotte) 6-3, 6-2
\nNo. 64 Emily Sartz-Lunde (Michigan) d. Avery Nguyen<\/a> (UNC) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6
\nLinea Bajrailiu (Georgia) d. no. 85 Alexis Nguyen<\/a> (UNC) 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-2
\nAriel Avidan (JMU) d. Ishika Ashar<\/a> (UNC) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
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\nMilwaukee Tennis Classic
\nBoth doubles teams picked up wins to start the day in Wisconsin. Mary Grace Rennard<\/a>\/Alana Boyce<\/a> earned a 6-2 win while Alanis Hamilton<\/a>\/Anna Frey<\/a> topped their opponents 6-3.\u00a0
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\nThree Tar Heels went undefeated in singles play across the round of 32 and 16. Anna Frey<\/a> and Alanis Hamilton<\/a> recorded straight-set wins in both matches while Alana Boyce<\/a> fought to win her second match in a tiebreak.\u00a0
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\nCarolina will pick up play Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in Milwaukee.
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\nResults
\nDoubles
\nRennard\/Boyce (UNC) d. Leeson\/Falster (USF) 6-2
\nNo. 14 Hamilton\/Frey (UNC) d. Castaneda Guerrero\/Skowronska (UVM) 6-3
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\nSingles
\nAnna Frey<\/a> (UNC) d. Ema Bubalo (CU) 6-3, 6-3
\nAnna Frey<\/a> (UNC) d. Tianna Rangan (WI) 6-2, 6-3
\nLyla Messler (ILL) def. Mary Grace Rennard<\/a> (UNC) 6-2, 6-3
\nThea Latak (Wisconsin) d. Mary Grace Rennard<\/a> (UNC) 7-6 (3), 7-5
\nAlana Boyce<\/a> (UNC) d. Deborah Dominguez Collado (LU) 6-1, 6-2
\nAlana Boyce<\/a> d. Gabriela Skrabalova (WI) 6-0, 6-7 (5), 1-0 (7)
\nAlanis Hamilton<\/a> (UNC) d. Elise Barnstedt (Marquette) 6-4, 6-1
\nAlanis Hamilton<\/a> (UNC) d. Karolina Jacobson (Milwaukee) 6-4, 6-4
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