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The South Carolina State women's tennis team, fresh off winning the 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship, will face No. 1 overall seed North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tennis Championships.

The match is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. Iowa State and South Carolina will also be in Chapel Hill.

The Bulldogs (9-9) won their third straight title and 16th overall on Saturday with a 4-0 win over Howard at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C. They are led by First Team All-MEAC honoree Rachida Berjane and MEAC Championship Outstanding Performer Nalanda Silva.

UNC (24-2) enter the postseason ranked No. 1 in the nation, despite losing in the regular-season finale against Duke and in the ACC semifinals to Virginia.

Saturday and Sunday will see first- and second-round matches on campus sites, followed May 13-14 by Super Regionals. The championships will wrap up starting on May 20 in Champaign, Ill. Every match of the 2022 NCAA Tennis Championships will be streamed live on the TennisONE app.