{"id":592733,"date":"2026-04-19T00:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592733\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T00:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:51:18","slug":"womens-tennis-advances-to-acc-tournament-semifinals-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/592733\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s Tennis Advances To ACC Tournament Semifinals, 4-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARY, N.C. \u2013\u00a0Second-seeded Carolina women’s tennis faced tenth-seeded Notre Dame in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals Friday evening. The Tar Heels put together a comeback win, 4-1, to advance to the semifinals to face second-seeded NC State on Saturday.
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\nNo. 7 Susanna Maltby<\/a> and Oby Kajuru<\/a> opened the match with a dominant 6-0 win on court one in doubles. The Tar Heels eventually dropped the last two doubles matches as Notre Dame clinched the doubles point. UNC headed into singles down 1-0.
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\nIn singles, Carolina rattled off four straight wins. No. 15 Oby Kajuru<\/a> got the Tar Heels going with a straight-set win on court two. Her win evened the score at 1-1.
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\nNo. 2 Reese Brantmeier<\/a> kept the momentum rolling with a ranked win over no. 71 Bianca Molnar. The senior’s win gave UNC their first lead of the night at 2-1.\u00a0
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\nOn court three, no. 36 Tatum Evans<\/a> extended the lead after topping her opponent in straight sets.\u00a0
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\nNo. 121 Maddy Zampardo<\/a> won a close first set but dropped the second. Zampardo headed into the third set where she battled to win 6-4 while clinching the match for Carolina.
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\nResults
\nDoubles
\nNo. 7 Susanna Maltby<\/a>\/Ange Oby Kajuru<\/a> (UNC) def. no. 41 Bianca Molnar\/Bojana Pozder (ND) 6-0
\nRylie Hanford\/Gabriella Rawles (ND) def. no. 5 Reese Brantmeier<\/a>\/Alanis Hamilton<\/a> (UNC) 6-4
\nAkari Matsuno\/Marilouise Van Zyl (ND) def. Anna Frey<\/a>\/Maddy Zampardo<\/a> (UNC) 7-5
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\nSingles
\nNo. 2 Reese Brantmeier<\/a> (UNC) def. no. 71 Bianca Molnar (ND) 6-3, 6-3
\nNo. 15 Ange Oby Kajuru<\/a> (UNC) def. Akari Matsuno (ND) 6-2, 6-2
\nNo. 36 Tatum Evans<\/a> (UNC) vs. Sophia Holod (ND) 7-5, 6-3
\nNo. 121 Maddy Zampardo<\/a> (UNC) vs. Rylie Hanford (ND) 6-4, 0-6, 6-4
\nAnna Frey<\/a> (UNC) vs. Jessica Kovalcik (ND) 6-7 (6), 6-0, 4-1 (unf.)
\nTheadora Rabman<\/a> (UNC) vs. Gabriella Rawles (ND) 5-7, 7-5, 1-1 (unf.)
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