North Carolina Athletics | May 17, 2014 UNC takes down No. 2 seed Alabama Share ATHENS, Ga. -- North Carolina took down second-seeded Alabama 4-2 on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA championship at Henry Field Stadium. Seventh-seeded North Carolina (28-5) will play 11th seed and defending national champion Stanford at 1 p.m. ET Monday in the semifinals. "Doubles were really key today," UNC head coach Brian Kalbas said. "Whitney [Kay] and Caroline [Price] came through for us. We played the best three doubles match of the year so hopefully this will give us momentum going into the next round. DI WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Singles, doubles finals recap Singles: Collins takes singles title for Virginia Doubles: Jansen, Routliffe give Tide first national title Cal's Chi, Virginia's Collins meet in finals, SEC doubles final Singles and doubles semifinals are set Singles: Collins, Tere-Apisah shake up top of draw Singles: Top seeds continue to Round of 16 Singles: Top three seeds advance without drama Championship recap Gallery Final: UCLA wins program's second title 4-3 Semis: UCLA to play in fifth title match in 10 years Semis: UNC ousts defending champ Stanford Quarters: Florida eliminates host, top seed Georgia Quarters: UCLA gets revenge against Duke Quarters: Youth lifts Stanford by Virginia Quarters: UNC takes down No. 2 seed Alabama Round of 16: Scholl, Duke beat Clemson | UCLA advances Round of 16: Georgia outlasts USC | Gators get by Vandy Round of 16: Stanford rallies by Cal | UVa. marches on Round of 16: UNC sweeps Aggies | Alabama stays on roll Brackets: Interactive Printable Individual Draws: Singles | Doubles Live Scoring "I thought Tessa [Lyons] was a huge factor for us. She was a big factor in doubles and at number six singles. Even though she didn't finish, Tessa getting that first set was a tone setter. Also Kate [Vialle] winning at five against another really good player was strong for us today." It was full of drama, but Carolina was able to win the doubles point against Alabama to earn the early 1-0 advantage. Kalbas made a calculated decision to switch up the lineup on court No. 3 with Ashley Dai and Tessa Lyons. That paid immediate dividends with a 8-2 victory against the duo of Emily Zabor and Luicelena Perez. On court No. 1, Hayley Carter and Jamie Loeb lost 8-5 to Erin Routliffe and Maya Jansen. It marked the first loss for the Tar Heel freshmen in a dual match all season long. The point came down to court No. 2 between Carolina's of Whitney Kay and Caroline Price and Alabama's Danielle Spielmann and Mary Anne Daines. Kay and Price jumped out early to a 4-1 lead, but the Crimson Tide ran off the next three points to knot the match at 4-4. Alabama took a 6-5 lead, but Kay held serve to make it 6-6. Price did the same down 7-6 to send it to a tiebreaker to decide the doubles point. UNC led 4-1 in the tiebreaker before it tightened up to 6-5 in favor of the Tar Heels, but a ball hit long by Alabama gave Carolina a reason to cheer by winning the critical doubles point. In singles, Loeb and Kate Vialle earned straight-set wins on court Nos. 1 and 5, respectively, to give Carolina a 3-1 lead against the Crimson Tide. The advantage shrunk to 3-2, but Carter clinched the match with a three-set win on court No. 2, which just so happened to be on her 19th birthday. Alabama tied the match 1-1 with a victory on court No. 4, but Loeb picked up her 49th win of the year with a 6-2, 6-3, win against No. 65 Daines. Vialle made it 3-1 with a 6-1, 6-4, win against Zabor. Carter, up a set, gave away the second, but stormed back with a 6-2 victory in the decisive third set to send the Tar Heels into the semifinals for the first time since 2010. 8 things to know about North Carolina women's lacrosse — a team with a shot at perfection The North Carolina women's lacrosse team has yet to lose a game this season, but perfection isn't the only thing the Tar Heels are on the hunt for — they want a championship and revenge against a conference foe. READ MORE Women's college lacrosse: No. 1 North Carolina wins ACC regular-season title with dominating win over No. 5 Duke North Carolina women's lacrosse took down Duke in dominating fashion, beating the Blue Devils, 18-4, to clinch the ACC regular-season title. READ MORE WATCH: North Carolina's falling catch leads NCAA softball plays of the week Here are the top-five softball plays of the week. READ MORE