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UNC Tar Heels men’s tennis: NCAA Elite Eight

After their third round win over California, the North Carolina Tar Heels are advancing to the Elite Eight. The Heels will square off against ACC foe Wake Forest today at 4:00 PM in Athens, Georgia.

On Thursday, #9 UNC beat #8 California 4-1. Carolina started the scoring by winning two of three matches in doubles. In a marquee matchup, Will Blumberg and Robert Kelly, the 12th-ranked doubles pair in the nation, defeated the fifth-ranked pair of Florian Lakat and Filip Bergevi. The UNC duo won in a tiebreaker to clinch the doubles point.

Jack Murray secured the second point for UNC in singles, as he beat J.