ITA Kickoff Weekend - North Carolina

Schedule

#1 unc def. #4 northwestern 4-0

Singles Results:

#2 William Blumberg (UNC) def. #58 Dominik Stary (NU) 6-3, 6-2
#41 Benjamin Sigouin (UNC) v Nick Brookes (NU) 6-4, 5-6, unf.
Brian Cernoch (UNC) def. Chris Ephron (NU) 6-2, 6-3
#100 Josh Peck (UNC) def. Trice Pickens (NU) 6-4, 6-4
Mac Kiger (UNC) v Simen Bratholm (NU) 5-7, 6-2, 2-1, unf.
Logan Zapp (UNC) v Gleb Blekher (NU) 6-7(4), 6-3, 2-0, unf.

Doubles Results:

#6 Blumberg/Cernoch (UNC) def. #57 Bratholm/Brookes (NU) 6-4
#5 Kiger/Soendergaard (UNC) v Ephron/Stary (NU) 5-3, unf.
Peck/Sigouin (UNC) def. Spear/Thieneman (NU) 6-3

#3 south carolina Def. #2 duke 4-1

Singles Results:
1. Garrett Johns [DU] vs. Daniel Rodrigues (32/-) [SC], unf.
2. Raphael Lambling (81/-) [SC] def. Edu Guell [DU], 6-4, 6-0
3. Connor Thomson (118/-) [SC] vs. Sean Sculley [DU], unf.
4. Andrew Zhang [DU] def. Toby Samuel [SC], 6-4, 6-1
5. Phillip Jordan [SC] def. Samuel Rubell [DU], 6-4, 7-5
6. Jake Beasley [SC] def. Michael Heller [DU], 6-3, 6-4
Doubles Results:
1. Sculley / Johns (55/-) [DU], 5 & Rodrigues / Thomson (44/-) [SC], 5 unf.
2. Lambling / Jordan (59/-) [SC] def. Keist / Heller (46/-) [DU], 7-5
3. Samuel / Beasley [SC] def. Guell / Zhang [DU], 6-2

#1 UNC def. #3 South Carolina 4-1

Singles Results:

#2 William Blumberg (UNC) v #32 Daniel Rodrigues (SCAR) 6-7(5), 5-3, unf.
#41 Benjamin Sigouin (UNC) def. #81 Raphael Lambling (SCAR) 6-4, 6-4
Brian Cernoch (UNC) def. #118 Connor Thomson (SCAR) 6-1, 6-3
#100 Josh Peck (UNC) v Toby Samuel (SCAR) 3-6, 6-2, 2-1, unf.
Simon Soendergaard (UNC) def. Phillip Jordan (SCAR) 6-3, 7-5
Jake Beasley (SCAR) def. Mac Kiger (UNC) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles Results:

#6 Blumberg/Cernoch (UNC) def. #44 Rodrigues/Thomson (SCAR) 6-2
#5 Kiger/Soendergaard (UNC) v #59 Lambling/Jordan (SCAR) 4-4, unf.
Peck/Sigouin (UNC) def. Samuel/Beasley (SCAR) 6-2

#4 Northwestern def. #2 duke

Singles Results:

#58 Dominik Stary (NU) v Garrett Johns (DU) 7-6(3), 3-3, unf.
Nick Brookes (NU) v Edu Guell (DU) 4-6, 6-4, 2-0, unf.
Chris Ephron (NU) v Sean Sculley (DU) 4-6, 4-4, unf.
Trice Pickens (NU) def. Andrew Zhang (DU) 6-1, 6-4
Simen Bratholm (NU) def. Samuel Rubell (DU) 6-1, 7-6(7)
Presley Thieneman (NU) def. Michael Heller (DU) 6-2, 7-5

Doubles Results:

#57 Bratholm/Brookes (NU) def. Sculley/Johns (DU) 7-5
Ephron/Blekher (NU) def. #46 Keist/Heller (DU) 6-4
Guell/Zhang (DU) def. Spear/Thieneman (NU) 6-3

Rosters

North Carolina (Host)

Coach: Sam Paul

Asst. Coach: Tripp Phillips

William Blumberg, SR*^

Brian Cernoch, JR^

Mark Dillon, SO

Rinky Hijikata, SO

Mac Kiger, SR^

Peter Murphy, FR

Adam Neff, FR

Josh Peck, SR

Benjamin Sigouin, SR^

Simon Soendergaard, SR^

Anuj Watane, SO

Logan Zapp, FR

Duke

Coach: Ramsey Smith

Asst. Coach: Maciek Sykut

Edu Guell, SR

Michael Heller, SO

Garrett Johns, SO

Luca Keist, SR

Samuel Rubell, SO

Sean Sculley, SR

Niroop Vallabhaneni, FR

Andrew Zhang, SO

South Carolina

Coach: Josh Goffi

Asst. Coach: Andrew Adams

Jake Beasley, SO

Thomas Brown, JR

Phillip Jordan, FR

Raphael Lambling, SO

Carter Morgan, FR

Bruno Oliveira, FR

Beau Pelletier, SO

Daniel Rodrigues, SO

Toby Samuel, FR

Connor Thomson, SO

Northwestern

Coach: Arvid Swan

Asst. Coach: Chris Klingemann

Russell Berdusco, SO

Gleb Blekher, FR

Simen Bratholm, JR

Nick Brookes, SR

Chris Ephron, GR

Antonioni Fasano, SR

Steven Forman, JR

Saiprakash Goli, FR

AJ Joshi, SR

Trice Pickens, JR

Natan Spear, SO

Dominik Stary, GR

Presley Thieneman, FR

*Returning Singles All-American, ^Returning Doubles All-American

Live Scoring

Team Background

NORTH CAROLINA

2016 ITA National Team Indoors Champion
2020 ITA National Team Indoors Runner-up
2017 NCAA Runner-up
30 athletes have earned 53 All-American honors
Returns 5 All-Americans, including 8-time All-American William Blumberg

DUKE

8-time NCAA team quarterfinalists
47-27 (.635) record in NCAA competition
22 athletes have earned 44 All-American honors
#2 recruiting class in 2019 (tennisrecruiting.net)

SOUTH CAROLINA

24 NCAA tournament appearances
2019 NCAA Singles Champion - Paul Jubb
2019 SEC Semifinalist
12 athletes have earned 18 All-American honors
Returns 2 nationally ranked singles players

NORTHWESTERN

16 NCAA tournament appearances
Home to 8 ITA Hall of Fame inductees, including Grand Slam finalist Todd Martin and leadership expert Doug Conant
2 athletes have earned 2 All-American honors

Coaches

North Carolina - Sam Paul

28th season as UNC head coach
502-209 (.706) career record
2017 ITA National Coach of the Year
6-time ACC Coach of the Year
5-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year
Coached William Blumberg to becoming just the 3rd 8-time All-American in men's tennis

Duke - Ramsey Smith

12th season as Duke head coach
206-107 (.658) career record
Lead Duke to six 20-win seasons
2-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year
Coached Henrique Cunha to ITA National Rookie of the Year award in 2010

South Carolina - Josh Goffi

11th season as South Carolina head coach
151-116 (.566) career record
2013 SEC Coach of the Year
2013 ITA Carolina Region Coach of the Year
Five top-25 finishes
Coached 2019 NCAA singles champion, Paul Jubb

Northwestern - Arvid Swan

14th season as Northwestern head coach
206-149 (.580) career record
Lead Northwestern to a program-record 26 wins in 2016
2-time ITA Regional Coach of the Year
Lead Sam Shropshire to the Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship award (Midwest region)

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