April 22, 2007

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* Carolina ACC Tournament semifinal victory over 19th-ranked Florida State Saturday was the eighth match the Tar Heels have played in this year decided by a 4-3 score. UNC is 8-0 in those matches. Carolina is also 3-0 this year in matches decided by 4-2 scores.

* Taylor Fogleman and Chris Kearney lead UNC this year in doubles wins with a 21-4 record, all in dual matches. Lenny Gull and David Stone are 20-15 overall in doubles.

*Taylor Fogleman leads the Tar Heels with 25 wins, followed by Chris Kearney with 24, Benjamin Carlotti with 22 and Stefan Hardy with 21. Hardy leads the Tar Heels in dual match wins with a 20-5 mark.

*Carolina is 4-3 against Top 25 teams and 12-3 versus Top 50 teams.

*Carolina swept FSU thus year after beating the Seminoles 4-3 both in the regular season and the tournament. FSU had beaten Carolina in the ACC Tournament in both 2005 and 2006.

*Sunday's meeting was the first between UNC and Virginia in the ACC Tournament since 2002 when Carolina won 4-0 in the quarterfinals.

*Carolina has won six of the last nine meetings against Virginia but has lost the last two. UNC beat Virginia in 2006 when the Cavaliers were ranked No. 11 and in 2004 when Virginia was ranked No. 11.

*Carolina's 20-0 start this season was the best since 1965.

*When UNC was ranked No. 5 earlier in the year it was Carolina's highest ranking ever in the ITA poll.

*UNC's 11 overall ACC wins were the most in school history (9-2 in regular season and 2-1 in tournament).

*Earlier this season when UNC beat No. 7 Wake Forest is was ranked among top five highest ranked road wins in UNC histroy.

*Benjamin Carlotti and Chris Kearney were named All-ACC.

*Sam Paul earned coach of the year honors for the fifth time in his 14 years as head coach.

*Chris Kearney became the third Tar Heel in history to win ACC Freshman of the Year honors.