SEATTLE (UNC Athletic Communications). – The Tar Heels are ITA National Champs for the fourth consecutive year!
No. 2 North Carolina earned a 4-0 victory over No. 3 Georgia in the championship match of the 2023 ITA Division I National Women’s Team Indoor Championships to claim the 4th straight ITA Indoor National Championship. This marks the seventh ITA National Championship for UNC. The Tar Heels have won five titles in the last six years and seven in the last 10 years.
Doubles got started as the Georgia paring of Kowalski/ Reasco defeating No. 1 Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig 6-4. The Tar Heels tied things up as Reilly Tran/Abbey Forbes defeated Hertel/Lopata 6-4. It all came down to 1-Doubles as it needed a tiebreak for No. 32 Reese Brantmeier/Elizabeth Scotty defeating Grant/ Nirundorn 7-6 (8-6) to clinch the doubles point and give the Tar Heels the 1-0 lead in the match.
No. 18 Anika Yarlagadda got singles started taking down Meg Kowalski 6-1, 6-2 to claim the 2-0 lead for the Tar Heels.
On court 3 it was No. 9 Carson Tanguilig defeating No. 39 Mell Reasco of UGA 7-5, 6-0.
The clinching point came on court 4 as No. 12 Abby defeated Anna Hertel (Georgia) 6-4, 6-1.
North Carolina has won five titles in the last six years and seven in the last 10 years.
ITA National Team Indoor Championships
2010…………………………………………….. Finalist
2013………………………………………..Champions
2015………………………………………..Champions
2016…………………………………………….. Finalist
2017…………………………………………….. Finalist
2018………………………………………..Champions
2019…………………………………………….. Finalist
2020………………………………………..Champions
2021………………………………………..Champions
2022………………………………………..Champions
2023………………………………………..Champions
Champions 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2015, 2013
Finalist 2019, 2017, 2016, 2010
Singles
- No. 1 Fiona Crawley (UNC) vs. No. 11 Lea Ma (Georgia) 7-6 (7-3) unfinished
- No. 122 Reese Brantmeier (UNC) vs. No. 40 Dasha Vidmanova (Georgia) 6-3, 1-6, 1-1 unfinished
- No. 9 Carson…
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