ORLANDO - No. 1 North Carolina suffered its first loss of the 2021 season in the semifinals of the NCAA Women's Tennis Team Championship on Friday night from the USTA National Campus. Fifth seed Pepperdine earned a 4-3 victory over the top seeded Tar Heels.
North Carolina (30-1) reached the NCAA Final Four for the fourth time after taking down Duke on Wednesday, but will have to wait another year to win that elusive NCAA national title that has escaped this incredibly successful program. The setback also snapped its ACC record 48-match winning streak.
Carolina trailed for the first time in any match since Feb.