Outstanding Season for the HeelsThe 2015-16 Tar Heel squad put together the finest

campaign in program history. UNC won its first national championship (ITA National Indoor Team Championship), achieved its first No. 1 ranking, set a program record for wins (28), reached the NCAA quarterfinals for the third year in a row and led the nation in All-America honorees (five).

Additionally, head coach Sam Paul reached the 400 wins mark and associate head coach Tripp Phillips was named ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year.

The squad included four seniors, four juniors, one sopho-more and three freshmen.

Fast Facts on UNC2016 record: 28-5 (9-3 ACC)Final ranking: No. 5Head Coach: Sam Paul (23rd year)Record: 415-190Associate Head Coach: Tripp Phillips (10th year)Team Captains: Brett Clark and Ronnie SchneiderHome Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center

Quick Hits• With 28 wins during the season, UNC set a program re-

cord for victories in a season. The Tar Heels’ previous record of 27 was set in 2014, when UNC finished the year 27-6.

• UNC lead the nation with five players earning All-Amer-ica honors. The Tar Heels’ top five all earned the recogni-tion, Ronnie Schneider in singles and Brett Clark, Robert Kelly, Jack Murray and Brayden Schnur in doubles.

• Schnur, a junior, became just the third player in program history to earn All-America honors three times. Before earn-ing doubles recognition in 2016, he was a singles selection in 2014 and ’15.

• Carolina’s assistant head coach, Tripp Phillips, was vot-ed the ITA National Assistant Coach of the Year. A Tar Heel alum, the 2015-16 season was his 10th as part of the coach-ing staff.

• Schneider and Schnur earned first-team All-ACC honors for the third year in a row, and UNC was the only school with two players on the first team. Additionally, Clark was named to the second team for the third year in a row, and Kelly was named to the third team, earning All-ACC honors for the first time in his career.

• Carolina was ranked in the top 10 all spring and finished the year at No. 5.

2015-16 Season Review

2016 RESULTSJan. 16 Georgetown Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 6-0 North Carolina A&T Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 6-1 ITA Kickoff Weekend Jan. 23 #50 Indiana Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-1Jan 24 #40 NC State Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-2

Jan. 30 #7 Illinois Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-0 Feb. 7 #5 Oklahoma Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-3 ITA National Team Indoor Championships Feb. 12 #14 Texas Tech Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-1Feb. 13 #8 Ohio State Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-2Feb. 14 #9 UCLA Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-2Feb. 15 At #1 Virginia Charlottesville, Va. W, 4-2

Feb. 21 Wofford Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0Feb. 24 UNCG Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0Feb. 29 Campbell Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 Feb. 29 N.C. Central Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 March 4 #54 Vanderbilt Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0 March 11 At #51 Florida State* Tallahassee, Fla. L, 4-3 March 13 At #74 Miami* Coral Gables, Fla. W, 6-1March 18 Louisville* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 7-0March 20 At #33 NC State* Raleigh, N.C. W, 5-2 March 25 Clemson* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 6-1 March 27 #40 Virginia Tech* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 5-2 April 1 #3 Virginia* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-3 April 3 #6 Wake Forest* Chapel Hill, N.C. L, 4-3 April 8 At #55 Notre Dame* South Bend, Ind. L, 5-2 April 10 At Boston College* Chestnut Hill, Mass. W, 6-1April 15 #30 Georgia Tech* Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-3April 17 At #64 Duke* Durham, N.C. W, 6-1

ACC Championships April 22 #30 Georgia Tech Durham, N.C. W, 4-0April 23 #1 Virginia Cary, N.C. L, 4-3

NCAA Championships May 14 Coll. of Charleston Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-0May 15 #31 Tulane Chapel Hill, N.C. W, 4-0May 20 #21 Mississippi State Tulsa, Okla. W, 4-0May 22 #7 Georgia Tulsa, Okla. L, 4-0

* – Atlantic Coast Conference match

UNC Athletic CommunicationsMen’s Tennis Contact: Dana Gelindgelin@unc.edu, 919-455-8289

Five Earn All-America honorsUNC led the nation in men’s tennis All-America selections in 2016 with five Tar Heels

earning the honor. Twenty-seven teams had at least one player honored in singles or dou-bles, but Carolina was the only one to put five on the list. Virginia was second with four, and UCLA, Florida, Wake Forest and Texas A&M had three each.

UNC is the first ACC men’s tennis program ever to have five All-America honorees in one year.

Earning All-America honors for UNC were senior Brett Clark (doubles), sophomore Robert Kelly (doubles), junior Jack Murray (doubles), junior Ronnie Schneider (singles) and junior Brayden Schnur (doubles.)

Schnur earned All-America honors for the third year in a row, after being recognized for singles in his freshman and sophomore years. He is just the third player in program history to earn All-America honors in three separate years.

The honor was the first for Clark, Kelly, Murray and Schneider.

UNC Claims Regional HonorsThe UNC men’s tennis coaching staff and a Tar Heel senior are recipients of Intercol-

legiate Tennis Association Division I Region Awards, as announced Monday by the ITA.UNC plays in the Carolina Region and from that pool, senior Brett Clark was named the

ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winner. Clark, who is from Naples, Fla., serves as a team captain for the Tar Heels. He is the sixth UNC player to win the re-gional award, the first since Jose Hernandez in 2012.

Carolina head coach Sam Paul was named Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year. It’s the fifth time he’s won the honor, and the first since 2007.

Associate Head Coach Tripp Phillips was named the ITA Assistant Coach of the Year. It’s the second time he has won the honor, with the other coming in 2011.

Schneider, Schnur, Clark, Kelly Earn NCAA BidsThree Tar Heel men’s tennis players were among the 64 from across the nation who

received singles bids into the NCAA Division I Championships. Senior Brett Clark and juniors Ronnie Schneider and Brayden Schnur received at-large selections.

Additionally, Clark and sophomore Robert Kelly earned the ACC’s automatic qualifica-tion into the doubles bracket and were seeded third overall in the 32-team field. Schnur and junior Jack Murray were among five alternates to the doubles field and eventually were admitted to the field and reached the quarterfinals, earning All-America honors. Clark and Kelly were unable to compete in doubles after Kelly sustained an injury.

Back to TulsaFor seven of the Tar Heels, the NCAA Tournament marked the second action of the sea-

son in Tulsa, following a trip in October for the ITA All-American Championships. Blaine Boyden, Brett Clark, Stuart DePaolo, Robert Kelly, Anu Kodali, Jack Murray and Ronnie Schneider all competed in singles action there, with Schneider reaching the quarterfinals.

• Clark and Kelly finished as the runners-up in doubles, falling to Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Mac Styslinger 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (7) in the championship match.

ACC Honors for the Tar HeelsFour players from UNC earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors for the 2016 sea-

son, as announced April 28 by the league. Juniors Ronnie Schneider and Brayden Schnur

2016 Honors and AwardsAll-AmericaRonnie Schneider (singles)Brett Clark (doubles)Robert Kelly (doubles)Jack Murray (doubles)Brayden Schnur (doubles)

ITA National Assistant Coach of the YearTripp Phillips

Most Outstanding Player of the ITA National Indoor Team ChampionshipRonnie Schneider

ITA National Indoor Team ChampionshipAll-Tournament TeamJack Murray (No. 4)

All-ACCRonnie Schneider, 1st teamBrayden Schnur, 1st teamBrett Clark, 2nd teamRobert Kelly, 3rd team

ITA Men’s DI Honors, Carolina RegionWilson/ITA Coach of the YearSam PaulITA Assistant Coach of the YearTripp PhillipsITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sports-manship AwardBrett Clark

ACC Player of the WeekBrett Clark, Jan. 26Jack Murray, Feb. 9Brayden Schnur, Feb. 16Brayden Schnur, April 5

Athletic Director’s Scholar-AthleteConnor Daly

Top 10 Scholar-AthleteConnor Daly

Final ITA RankingsTeam5th(High is No. 1, low is No. 10)Singles23. Ronnie Schneider30. Brayden Schnur 53. Brett Clark121. Robert KellyDoubles4. Brett Clark/Robert Kelly21. Brayden Schnur/Jack Murray

were named to the first team, each for the third year in a row. Senior Brett Clark was named to the second team for the third year in a row. Sopho-more Robert Kelly earned the first All-ACC honor of his UNC career with a spot on the third team.

UNC was the only program to place two members on the nine-player All-ACC first team.

Georgia Tech’s Christopher Eubanks was selected as ACC Player of the Year and Wake Forest’s Petros Chrysochos was named ACC Freshman of the Year. Wake’s Tony Bresky was named Coach of the Year after guiding his program to its first-ever conference championship.

The All-ACC Team and individual season honors were selected by a vote of the league’s 13 head coaches. The three teams have representa-tives from 12 of the institutions, led by Virginia’s six selections. UNC and Virginia Tech each had four players voted All-ACC, while NC State and Wake Forest each had three honorees. Florida State, Georgia Tech and Notre Dame had to All-ACC selections, and there was one honoree each for Clemson, Duke, Miami and Louisville.

Tar Heels at the RammysThe men’s tennis team earned two honors at the Rammy Awards, UNC’s

annual athletic department recogni-tion show, held on April 18. The team was honored for Best Upset, for its win over top-ranked Virginia, the host team, in the championship of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship in February.

The team also received an ACC Top Six for Service Award, which goes to six individuals or teams at each conference school who have been extremely active in communi-ty service during the school year. The men’s tennis team won for the first time in program history.

Team members were nominees for several other categories:Breakthrough Athlete: Jack Murray• This award goes to a non-freshman who has made great strides. Mur-

ray, a junior who has gone 17-4 this spring, was beaten out by Joel Berry II, who was MVP of the ACC Men’s Basketball Championship as Caroli-na claimed the title.

Record-breaking Performance: Brett Clark• Clark has amassed more than 100 singles and 100 doubles wins in his

career at UNC. The Rammy went to seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige of the men’s basketball team.

Outstanding Championship Performance: Ronnie Schneider• Schneider was named Most Outstanding Player of the National Team

Indoor Championships. The Rammy went to Hayley Carter and Whitney Kay of the UNC women’s tennis team.

• Senior Brayden Schnur was a nominee for Male Athlete of the Year, which was won by men’s basketball’s Brice Johnson

• The team was nominated for Most Outstanding Team, which was won by the NCAA runner-up men’s basketball team.

Additionally, Schneider served as a presenter, announcing the Rammy for Outstanding Newcomer.

Men’s Tennis Recognized For Outstanding APRThe men’s tennis team was one of seven squads at UNC honored by

the NCAA for placing among the top 10 percent nationally in Academic Progress Rates in their respective sports. The men’s tennis team earned a perfect score of 1000 for the fifth consecutive year and ninth time overall in the APR’s 12 years.

The APR is measures a team’s academic success by tracking the prog-ress of each student-athlete on scholarship. The APR accounts for eligi-bility, retention and graduation. This year’s award is based on a four-year average for the 2011-12 through 2014-15 academic years.

Men’s tennis joined women’s tennis, women’s fencing, women’s golf,

gymnastics, men’s swimming and diving and volleyball in top-10 recog-nition at UNC.

Tar Heels Earn Conference Weekly HonorsUNC players earned ACC Player of the Week honors on four occasions

this season:Jan. 26: Brett ClarkClark helped lead the 10th-ranked Tar Heels (4-0) to two homecourt

victories in ITA Kickoff competition. In a 4-1 win over No. 50 Indiana, Clark and doubles partner Robert Kelly won 6-4 in the No. 1 spot and he also picked up a singles win at No. 3. Clark won in the same two spots against No. 40 NC State, defeating the Wolfpack’s top doubles team 6-0 and then beating NC State’s Ivan Saveljic 6-4, 6-2.

Feb. 9: MurrayMurray, a junior from Beverly Hills, Mich., won both of his matches as

No. 7 North Carolina upset No. 5 Oklahoma, 4-3, in Chapel Hill. He and Brayden Schnur won their doubles match over Sooners Axel Alvarez and Spencer Papa in the No. 2 spot. The Tar Heels dropped the doubles point for the first time all season, but Murray led the comeback by defeating No. 92 Alex Ghilea 6-2, 6-4 in the No. 4 spot.

Feb. 16: Brayden SchnurSchnur helped lead UNC to the program’s first-ever ITA National In-

door Team Championship. The Tar Heels beat No. 1 Virginia, the tourna-ment’s host, 4-2 on Monday for the title. The UNC win broke the Cava-liers’ streak of 140 consecutive wins over ACC opponents.

Playing at the No. 1 singles spot, Schnur earned two key wins in the tournament, including one over defending NCAA singles champion Ryan Shane of Virginia, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(4), that tied the championship match at 2-2.

April 5: Brayden SchnurSchnur won two singles and two doubles matches during the week, all

against top-50 opponents. On April 1, as the top-ranked Tar Heels hosted No. 3 Virginia, Schnur teamed with Jack Murray at No. 2 doubles to beat eighth-ranked Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and Mac Styslinger. At No. 1 sin-gles, he held on for a tie-breaker win over No. 8 Ryan Shane, the defend-ing NCAA singles champion.

On April 3 against No. 6 Wake Forest, Schnur and Murray, ranked 17th, teamed up at No. 2 doubles to beat the 48th-ranked pair of Petros Chryso-choes and Jon Ho. In singles, Schnur beat 16th-ranked Skander Mansouri in straight sets.

The Tar Heels beat Virginia 4-3 and fell to Wake by the same score.

Tar Heels at the TopIn the ITA rankings of April 5, North Carolina had the top-ranked dou-

bles team in both the men’s and women’s Division I tennis rankings. Ju-nior Hayley Carter and senior Whitney Kay were atop the women’s dou-bles rankings, and senior Brett Clark and sophomore Robert Kelly led the men’s rankings.

It marked the first time in Carolina tennis history that Tar Heels had topped both the men’s and women’s doubles polls in the same week.

Clark and Kelly moved up from No. 3 to No. 1 in the poll after two wins over highly-ranked teams. On April 1 they beat the No. 2 team of Virgin-ia’s Ryan Shane and Luca Corintelli, and on April 3 they beat the No. 10 team of Christian Seraphim and Skander Mansouri. They were No. 1 in the poll of Jan. 5 following a successful fall, but fell from that spot in the Feb. 10 poll.

Team MickThroughout the season, the Tar Heels had an honorary 13th member of

their team, a young fan named Mick. The 4-year-old is undergoing treat-ment for cancer at UNC Children’s Hospital and was connected with the team through an organization called Team Impact.

In Mick’s honor, each Tar Heel played with “MM” on the back of his shoes during the ITA National Indoor Championship and the team dedi-cated its win to Mick. When the Tar Heels were honored on the court at the UNC-Duke men’s basketball game later that week, Mick joined the

Team members accept the Rammy Award for Biggest Upset

fun, accompanying the team onto the court, even though it was way past his bedtime. He and his family attended several matches during the season and the Tar Heels have visited with Mick at UNC Children’s Hospital.

ITA National Team Indoors ChampionshipThe North Carolina men’s tennis team won its first ITA National Team

Indoor Championship in program history on Feb. 15 defeating host and top-ranked Virginia 4-2 at the Boar’s Head Sports Club in Charlottesville, Va.

With Virginia leading 2-1, juniors Brayden Schnur and Ronnie Schnei-der fought to wins at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, both pulling out third-set tie-breaker victories to pull UNC ahead. In the third set, Schneider over-came a 5-3 deficit with his opponent, second-ranked Thai-Son Kwiatkow-ski, twice serving for the match.

UNC then led 3-2 and junior Jack Murray sealed the championship with a 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 win at No. 4.

“‘Happiness’ is a huge understatement,” Murray said afterward. “Words can’t begin to describe how it feels to get the job done for my team and coaches. Our team has worked so hard and this was the epitome of all that work.”

The Tar Heels, ranked No. 7 nationally and playing as the third seed in the tournament, improved to 10-0 on the season with the win. The Cava-liers (8-1) had won 140 consecutive matches against ACC opponents, the longest such streak in conference history in any sport.

Virginia is a five-time ITA National Indoors champion, while the Tar Heels were playing in their first-ever final and had never even reached the semifinals prior to this year. The Cavaliers ran out to an early 2-0 lead, winning the doubles point and also the fifth singles spot, where soph-omore Robert Kelly suffered his first loss of the year, 6-2, 6-3 to J.C. Aragone.

Playing at No. 6, freshman Anu Kodali won in straight sets get the Tar Heels on the board at 2-1.

“It was a great college match,” said UNC coach Sam Paul. “We know Virginia has a great team and it was a battle all the way to the end. I’m so proud of my guys and how hard they fought all the way through. Nobody hung their heads after the doubles point – they just kept working hard. I’m really happy for them.”

Schneider, Murray Honored for PlayRonnie Schneider was name MVP of the ITA National Indoor Team

Championship. The junior business major from Bloomington, Ind., helped lead UNC to its first national championship on Monday in Charlottesville, Va. UNC’s Jack Murray, a junior economics major from Beverly Hills, Mich., joined Schneider on the 2016 ITA All-Tournament Team.

The squad, which includes one player at each singles spot and three dou-bles teams, was selected by a panel of the 16 participating head coaches from last weekend’s event.

Schneider, ranked No. 23 in the nation in singles, was 4-0 at the No. 2 spot as the Tar Heels beat No. 14 Texas Tech, No. 8 Ohio State, No. 9 UCLA and No. 1 Virginia. He secured the clinching point in the team’s 4-2 semifinal victory over UCLA, and his come-from-behind, three-set win over second-ranked Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Virginia in the tourna-ment final moved UNC within a point of clinching its first championship. The Tar Heels did just that moments later, as Murray won at No. 4 singles to secure the 4-2 victory.

Murray’s win in the championship came 6-4, 0-6, 7-5 over No. 78 Mac Styslinger of Virginia. He also beat No. 18 Herkko Pollanen of Ohio State in the quarterfinals. His other two matches were unfinished because the Tar Heels had already claimed the team victory.

This is the ninth annual ITA National Men’s Team Indoor All-Tourna-ment Team and the first time that a Tar Heel has been selected as MVP. Murray and Schneider were joined on the All-Tournament team by UC-LA’s Mackenzie McDonald at No. 1, Virginia’s Collin Altamirano at No. 3, Virginia’s J.C. Aragone at No. 5 and Ohio State’s Martin Joyce at No. 6. UCLA took the No. 1 doubles honor while Virginia claimed No. 2 and No. 3.

Paul Reaches 400Sam Paul, in his 23rd year as the head coach at UNC, earned his 400th

career win on Feb. 29. Before the day was out, he also had his 401st.That afternoon, the Tar Heels defeated Campbell 7-0, playing on the

outdoor courts at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center for the first time this spring. In the evening, back inside, top-ranked UNC beat N.C. Central 7-0. The Tar Heels didn’t drop a set in either match.

Paul finished the day with a 401-185 record. In reflecting on the mile-stone, he gave plenty of credit to associate head coach Tripp Phillips, who is in his 10th season on the UNC staff. “I’ve had a lot of help, a lot of great players and great people,” Paul said. “I’m lucky to have Tripp and fortunate to be at the University of North Carolina.”

Incoming Tar HeelsIn November, UNC announced the signing of two outstanding pros-

pects, Simon Friis Soendergaard and Joshua Peck, to National Letters of Intent. They will join the team in the fall of 2016.

“It is a pleasure to welcome Simon and Josh to the University of North Carolina,” UNC coach Sam Paul said. “Simon has significant experience playing all over the world, while Josh has benefitted from training under the Tennis Canada umbrella the last two years. We expect them to con-tinue to grow and develop with our team in Chapel Hill. Both Simon and Josh have great work ethic and outstanding character, and have shown their potential on the international stage. They will without a doubt have a huge impact on our program.”

Soendergaard, a native of Copenhagen, Denmark, was ranked as high as No. 31 in the ITF Junior World Rankings. In September, he advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the ITF Futures in Turkey. Sondergaard was coached by Kenneth Carlsen, who achieved a top 50 ATP singles rank-ing and played in 46 Grand Slams during his career. Soendergaard was a competitor in the main draws of all four Grand Slams during his junior career, including reaching the Junior U.S. Open doubles quarterfinals. In addition, Soendergaard captured one of the ITF’s most prestigious events, winning the Mayors Cup (Grade A) in Osaka, Japan. He also has won 30 Danish titles (singles, doubles, team).

Peck, from Calgary, Alberta, is currently ranked No. 3 in the Canadi-an Boys U18’s. Peck has an impressive run of events over the past two summers. In July, at the age of 16, he captured his first ITF Pro Circuit MD singles win at the Kelowna Futures. Peck also won the ITF (Grade 4) Junior singles title in Vancouver. Last summer, Peck reached the doubles semifinals at the Pan American ITF in Tulsa and won the doubles title of the Saville ITF in Edmonton.

Peck won the U16 Canadian Jr. National (outdoor) Doubles title in Mis-sissauga and was a Doubles Finalist at both the U18 Outdoor and Indoor Junior Nationals.

UNC in the NCAA Team Tournament (27-25)Year Opponent Result Round Site1976 USC L 4-5 Round of 16 Athens, Ga.1977 UCLA L 2-7 Round of 16 Athens, Ga.1992 TCU W 5-3 Round of 16 Athens, Ga. UCLA L2-5 Quarterfinal Athens,Ga.1993 Harvard W 5-3 Round of 20 Athens, Ga. USC L 2-5 Round of 16 Athens, Ga.1994 Clemson W 4-2 Regional 1st Rnd Columbia, S.C. South Carolina W 4-2 Regional 2nd Rnd Columbia, S.C. Georgia Tech L 3-4 Regional Final Columbia, S.C.1995 Clemson L 3-4 Regional 1st Rnd Norfolk, Va.1996 La.-Lafayette W 4-2 Regional 1st Rnd Austin, Texas Texas L 2-4 Regional Final Austin, Texas1997 Clemson L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Atlanta, Ga.1998 Georgia Tech W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Richmond, Va. South Carolina L 1-4 Regional Final Richmond, Va.2000 Ball State W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee L 2-4 Regional Final Knoxville, Tenn.2001 Arkansas L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Dallas, Texas2002 Virginia Tech L 2-4 Regional 1st Rnd Knoxville, Tenn.2003 Oklahoma State L 0-4 Regional 1st Rnd Minneapolis, Minn.2004 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Ohio State L 3-4 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C.2005 Boise State L 1-4 Regional 1st Rnd Boise, Idaho2006 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Clemson W 4-1 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Ohio State L 0-4 Round of 16 Palo Alto, Calif.2007 Radford W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. NC State L 0-4 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C.2008 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Duke W 4-2 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Mississippi L 2-4 Round of 16 Tulsa, Okla.2009 South Carolina W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Charlottesville, Va. Virginia L 0-4 Regional Final Charlottesville, Va.2010 Nebraska W 4-1 Regional 1st Rnd Durham, N.C. Duke L 1-4 Regional Final Durham, N.C.2011 E. Kentucky W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Champaign, Ill. Illinois L 1-4 Regional Final Champaign, Ill.2012 Coll Charleston W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Tennessee W 4-0 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgia L 0-4 Round of 16 Athens, Ga.2014 S.C. State W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. South Carolina W 4-1 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Georgia W 4-2 Round of 16 Athens, Ga. Oklahoma L2-4 Quarterfinal Athens,Ga.2015 William & Mary W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Mississippi St. W 4-1 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N.C. Illinois W 4-3 Round of 16 Waco, Texas TCU L1-4 Quarterfinal Waco,Texas2016 Coll. Charleston W 4-0 Regional 1st Rnd Chapel Hill, N.C. Tulane W 4-0 Regional Final Chapel Hill, N,C. Mississippi St. W 4-0 Round of 16 Tulsa, Okla. Georgia L4-0 Quarterfinal Tulsa,Okla.

UNC in the RankingsOn Feb. 17, UNC moved into the No. 1 spot in the ITA Division I

National Rankings for the first time in program history. The Tar Heels held the top ranking for seven weeks this season.

UNC moved up from No. 7 after winning the ITA Division I Na-tional Men’s Team Indoor Championship, held Feb. 12-15 in Charlot-tesville, Va. The Tar Heels downed then-No. 1 Virginia for the title, fighting back from a 2-0 deficit to win 4-2. Carolina then held the top spot for four weeks before falling to No. 2 for a week. The following week UNC was back at the top. After three weeks and loss at Notre Dame, the Tar Heels fell to No. 5. They are now No. 3.

UNC in the rankingsJan. 5 9Jan. 20 10Jan. 27 10Feb. 3 7Feb. 17 1Feb. 23 1March 1 1March 8 1March 15 2March 22 1March 29 1April 5 1April 12 5April 19 3 April 26 3May 5 3Final 5

Heels in the Preseason RankingsFive Tar Heels earned spots in the 2015 Oracle/ITA Collegiate Ten-

nis Men’s Division I preseason rankings. With that total, North Car-olina is tied for the second-highest number of players on the list, just behind Virginia with six. Florida also has five.

Two UNC players were ranked in the top 20 in singles: Brayden Schnur at No. 9 and Ronnie Schneider at No. 14.

Brett Clark was at No. 51, Jack Murray at No. 89 and Robert Kelly at No. 105.

Blaine BoydenFreshman • Raleigh, N.C. • Major Undeclared• Went 11-4 in dual matches during the spring, 6-2 in ACC play• Played mostly at the No. 6 spot• Is 15-8 in singles in his UNC career, including a 4-4 record in fall tournaments• Went 10-7 in doubles, playing at all the third spot and teaming with Andrew Gores (2-1), Anu Kodali

(5-2), Ronnie Schneider (2-4) and Brett Clark (1-0). Teamed with Clark to win at No. 3 in the Elite 8 matchup with Georgia.

Brett ClarkSenior • Naples, Fla. • Business Major• A team captain, along with Ronnie Schneider• The only senior who was a fulltime starter• Earned All-America honors in doubles• 23-5 in dual matches, playing mostly at No. 3 (17-3)• Is 34-9 overall in singles, 10-4 in ACC dual matches

• Named to the All-ACC second team• Winner of the ITA Carolinas Region Arthur Ashe Jr. Leadership and Sportsmanship Award• Played No. 1 doubles with Robert Kelly. The two were ranked No. 1 in two weeks during the season and were in the top five all spring.• Named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 26• With Kelly, reached the finals of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Collegiate Championships in Flushing, N.Y. in Nov. The Tar Heels were seeded No. 2 in the field and fell to Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares of Texas Tech 6-4, 5-7, 1-0(7).• Is the first player since 1987 (Jeff Chambers) to pass the 100 career wins mark in both singles and doubles. Clark finished his career with 116 singles victories and 109 doubles victories.

Robert KellySophomore • Chapel Hill, N.C. • International Studies Major• Earned All-America honors in doubles and was named to the All-ACC third team• Led the team in singles wins with 25 in dual match play and 36 for the year• Finished 25-4 in singles in dual matches, 10-2 in ACC play

• 32-7 in doubles, including 22-5 in dual matches and 10-1 in ACC battles• Unable to compete at the NCAA Championships due to injury• Reached the finals of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Collegiate Cham-pionships in Flushing, N.Y. in Nov. He and Brett Clark were seeded No. 2 in the field and fell to Hugo Dojas and Felipe Soares of Texas Tech 6-4. 5-7, 1-0(7)• The two also were runners-up at the ITA All-American Championship in Tulsa, Okla., in Oct. In that final they fell to Virginia’s Thai-Son Kwi-atkowski and Mac Styslinger, 3-6, 6-2, 1-0(7).

Anu KodaliFreshman • Durham, N.C. • Major Undeclared• Is 18-9 in singles play during his UNC career, including a 13-6 record in spring dual meets and 6-3 vs ACC teams. Played mostly at the No. 6 spot and went 10-3 there.• 13-5 record in doubles, including a win at No. 2 (with Ronnie Schneider) against Mississippi State in the Round of 16.

Jack MurrayJunior • Beverly Hills, Mich. • Economics Major• Earned All-America honors in doubles after reaching the NCAA Championship quarterfinals with partner Brayden Schur. The two got into the field as alternates.• 20-6 in dual meet singles and 26-8 overall in 2015-16

• Went 12-4 at his usual No. 4 slot• Went 4-1 vs. ranked opponents, earning a win against the No. 18 player (Ohio State’s Herkko Pollanen)• Named ACC Player of the Week on Feb. 9 after UNC upset No. 5 Oklahoma• With Brayden Schnur, is an alternate to the NCAA Doubles field.• Coordinated the team’s volunteer activites, which culminated in an ACC Top Six for Service Award

Ronnie SchneiderJunior • Bloomington, Ind. • Business Major• All-America in singles after reaching the Round of 16 at NCAA Championships• A team captain, along with Brett Clark• Went 26-8 overall in 2015-16 and 21-5 in the spring, mostly at No. 2 (15-4). Also played at No. 1 (5-1) and No. 3 (1-0) this spring• First-team All-ACC for the third year in a row

• Played just six times in the fall before suffering a non-tennis injury that kept him out of action until the start of spring play• Achieved his career-high ranking of No. 10 on Feb. 23

Brayden SchnurJunior • Pickering, Ontario • Communication Studies Major• Earned All-America honors in doubles, becom-ing the third player in program history to earn the recognition three times• He and partner Jack Murray reached the NCAA Championship doubles field as alternates and made a run to the quarterfinals • Went 9-11 in singles matches during the spring,

including 4-6 in ACC dual matches• 16-10 in doubles• Two-time ACC Player of the Week (Feb. 16 and April 5)• Played all but one match at No. 1 singles, going 9-9 at that spot• First-team All-ACC for the third year in a row• Did not compete during the fall season due to injury• Started the fall ranked No. 9 nationally and was ranked as high as No. 26 in the spring

2015-16 BIOS