With the victory, the Tar Heels will move on to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and face No. 8-ranked Georgia in Athens, Ga. on Friday at 4 p.m. The Bulldogs are the host school for the final four rounds of the championships and go into Friday match as the tournament’s No. 10 seed.
The Tar Heels improve to 26-5 on the season with the victory, breaking the all-time team single-season wins record of 25 victories achieved in both 1992 and 2006. North Carolina also advanced to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in both of those seasons. South Carolina fell to 16-14 on the season with the loss.
In singles action, sophomore Brett Clark tied UNC’s single-season singles wins record with a 6-4, 6-3 victory on court three. Clark’s win ties him with former Tar Heel All-Americas Roland Thornqvist and Nick Monroe, both of whom achieved 36 wins in the 1992-93 and 2003-04 campaigns, respectively.