2013 Georgia Women's Tennis
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2013 GEORGIA WOMEN'S TENNIS NCAA CHAMPIONS (2): 1994, 2000 • USTA/ITA INDOOR TITLES (3): 1994, ’95, 2002 SEC CHAMPS (9): 1983, ’89, ’90, ’94, 2000, ’02, ’07, ’09, ‘13 • SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPS (6) 1983, ’94, 2001, ’07, ’08, ’09 2013 Match Schedule 2012-13 End of Season Review • SEC Champions | NCAA Quarterfinalist JANUARY 18-20 Georgia Invitational All Day Overall: 24-4; SEC: 12-1 27 ^#73 Columbia W, 4-1 28 ^#71 Georgia State W, 7-0 Home: 12-0; Away: 7-1; Neutral: 5-3 Final Ranking: No. 5 FEBRUARY 2 @ #19 Clemson W, 5-2 SEASON IN REVIEW: The Bulldogs made their 27th consecutive NCAA Tourna- 8 vs. $#11 Texas W, 4-2 ment appearance, falling in the NCAA Quarterfinals to No. 12 Stanford, 4-1. Georgia beat 9 vs. $#7 Cal W, 4-1 Wintrhop (First Round), Arizona State (Second Round) and Clemson (Round of 16) in 10 vs. $#1 UCLA L, 4-1 route to its 21st quarterfinal appearance in program history. Georgia is 67-25 all-time in the 23 #24 Ga. Tech W, 4-3 NCAA Championships. Georgia went 21-3 throughout the regular season, knocking off nine Top-25 oppo- MARCH nents, including six away from the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The Bulldogs won their 2 @ #57 *Tennessee W, 6-1 ninth SEC Championship, after going 13-1 in SEC competition. Highlights from the SEC 8 #50 *Ole Miss W, 6-1. slate included wins at No. 3 Texas A&M and No. 8 Alabama. Georgia’s potential was not- 10 *Miss. State W, 7-0 icted early on after it started the season by reaching the semifinals of the National Team 12 #15 Notre Dame W, 6-1 Indoor Championships before falling to No. 1 UCLA, 4-1. It beat No. 11 Texas, 4-2, in the 15 @ #4 *Florida L, 4-1 round of 16 and No. 7 Cal, 4-1 in the quarterfinals. 17 @ #32 *South Carolina W, 7-0 The Bulldogs’ final 24-4 record give them their 21st 20+ season in program history. 22 #16 *Vanderbilt W, 5-2 They finished the season ranked No. 5 in the national ranking. The Bulldogs were ranked 24 #46 *Kentucky W, 7-0 inside the top-five nine different times during 2013. 29 ^@ #58 *Missouri W, 4-0 BULLDOGS IN NCAA SINGLES AND DOUBLES: Sophomore Lauren Herring 31 @ #3 *Texas A&M W, 4-2 and junior Maho Kowase both advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA singles tourna- ment. They’re the seventh and eighth Bulldogs to advance to the quarterfinals since 2000. APRIL In doubles, junior Kate Fuller and freshman Silvia Garcia also advanced to the quarterfi- 5 #59 *LSU W, 7-0 nals. Georgia has now had at least a team in the quarterfinal round each of the last four 7 #50 *Arkansas W, 7-0 years. 12 @ #22 *Auburn W, 4-0 SEC CHAMPIONS: Georgia clinched its ninth regular season SEC championship 14 @ #8 *Alabama W, 4-0 (1983, ‘89, ‘90, ‘94, 2000, ‘02, ‘07, ‘09). It’s only the fourth time in history that both the men 19 & #39 Ole Miss W, 4-0 and women’s team’s have won the SEC regular season in the same year. 20 & #8 Alabama W, 4-2 GEORGIA IN THE FINAL RANKINGS: For the second consecutive year, Georgia 21 & #2 Florida L, 4-0 finishes the season ranked inside the top-five. The Bulldogs end the year with three ranked (Starkville, Miss.) singles players and four ranked doubles pairs. Herring and Kowase anchored the top of MAY the Bulldog lineup. Herring, who earned SEC Freshman of the Year honors in 2012, is 11 %Winthrop W, 4-0 ranked seven nationally sporting a 38-7 record this year. This season, she beat nine Top- 12 #26 %Arizona State W, 4-0 30 opponents. Kowase, who has a 38-10 record, is ranked 21st in the country. She went 17 #13 ^^Clemson W. 4-2 undefeated in conference play, racking up the most conference wins of anyone in the SEC. 19 #12 ^^Stanford L, 4-1 She had a team-high nine match clinchers. Freshman Silvia Garcia, ranked No. 82 in the 22-27 ^^NCAA Singles & Doubles All Day country, and has been playing at the three spot since enrolling in January and is 24-4 this *Denotes SEC match; All times ET season--a best among SEC freshman. $ - ITA National Team Indoors In doubles, Kate Fuller and Garcia, went 26-4 this season, finishing as the nation’s & - SEC Tournament / Starkville, Miss. second-ranked doubles tandem. Fuller is also ranked with Herring (No. 51). Georgia’s ^ - Match played in St. Louis due to weather % - NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds - Athens, Ga. ^^- NCAA Championships - Champaign, Ill. 2013 Georgia Bulldogs Makenzie Craft 5-5 Fr. Frisco, Texas (Home School) Kate Fuller (2d) 5-9 Jr. Suwanee, Ga. (Keystone National HS) Silvia Garcia (82s/2d) 5-8 Fr. Madrid, Spain (IES Ortega & Gasset) @ugawomenstennis Lauren Herring (7s/48d) 5-7 So. Greenville, N.C. (Kaplan HS) Kelli Jordan 5-5 Sr. Tifton, Ga. (Tiftarea Academy) Lilly Kimbell (83d) 5-6 Jr. New Braunfels, Texas (New Braunfels HS) Mia King 5-6 Fr. Hendersonville, N.C. (Home School) Georgia Women’s Maho Kowase (21s/48d) 5-5 Jr. Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan (Shibuya Makuhari HS) Tennis Ayaka Okuno 5-7 Fr. Osaka, Japan (California Virtual Academy) *Fuller/Herring ranked No. 51; Kowase/Kimbell ranked No. 83; Head Coach: Jeff Wallace (607-150, 28th year); Assistant Coach: Drake Bernstein Volunteer Coach: Javier Garrapiz; Graduate Manager: Will Reynolds Georgiadogs.com ITA Team Ranking: 5; (ITA Singles&Doubles Rankings) PRONUNCIATIONS Maho Kowase = MAH-ho KO-wass-eh; Ayaka Okuno = I-ah-ka O-koon-OH 2013 GEORGIA Women's Tennis court two duo of Herring and Kowase came in at No. 48 in the latest rankings. Kowase In the Numbers and Lilly Kimbell are ranked No. 83 with a 9-3 record. Since August, Georgia played 14 different doubles pairings. 2013 DUAL MATCH STATS KEEPING IT FRESH: Freshman had a big impact on Georgia’s 2013 success. They W L accounted for nearly 35% of the team’s singles wins, combining to go 58-21 (.734), almost All Matches 24 4 exclusively since January. After ITA National Team Indoors, Silvia Garcia was named to Home 12 0 the All-Tournament Team and garnered SEC women’s tennis Freshman of the Week hon- Away 8 2 ors. She finished the year with a 24-4 record in singles and a 26-4 in doubles record. She Netural 4 2 finished the year ranked No. 2 in the latest ITA Top-60 doubles rankings with junior Kate SEC Matches 14 2 Fuller and is ranked No. 82 in singles. Home 6 0 Mia King and Ayaka Okuno have each clinched three matches for Georgia this Away 6 1 spring. King is 14-5 record, while Okuno is 5-2, fresh of a 2-0 record in the first two rounds Neutral 2 1 of the NCAA Tournament. She started her career with an undefeated weekend that helped vs. Ranked Opp. 22 4 her reel in SEC Freshman of the Week honors. No. 1-5 1 3 DOUBLES RECORD FOR FULLER: With her 40 doubles wins this year, Kate No. 6-10 3 0 Fuller is the new Georgia record holder for doubles victories in a season. Chelsey Gullick- No. 11-25 7 1 son set the old record with 35 in 2012. No. 26-50 4 0 IN THE NUMBERS: Here are some interesting statistics from the 2013 season: No. 51-75 7 0 • Georgia finished with a combined 46 wins the last two seasons, the best since vs. Unranked Opp. 2 0 2009-10. January 2 0 • Georgia finished with a .807 singles winning percentage (among its top six play- February 4 1 ers) and a .880 doubles winning percentage (among its top three teams). Both totals are March 9 1 the best since doubles moved to being played before singles in 2001. Ignoring the format April 6 1 change, the next best year would be Georgia’s 2000 National Championship season May 3 1 (.733/.750). Tuesday 1 0 • On the topic of winning percentages, freshman Silvia Garcia has team-bests in Friday 8 1 both singles (.857) and doubles (.892). Saturday 6 0 • Home Sweet Home...Georgia went a perfect 14-0 at home this season for 12th Sunday 8 3 time in program history. It last happened in 2009. Monday 1 0 2012-13 HONORS AND AWARDS: Indoor 9 1 • Four members of the Georgia women’s tennis team were named to All-SEC teams. Outdoor 15 3 Herring and Kowase were named to the All-SEC First Team, and Fuller and Garcia were Winning Doubles 23 2 named to the All-SEC Second Team. Garcia was also named to the conference’s All-Fresh- Losing Doubles 1 2 man Team. No Doubles Played 0 0 • Kowase went 3-0 in April 12-14, including both match clinchers, to earn SEC Player of the Week honors. The Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan native capped a perfect SEC 2013 MATCH CLINCHERS singles slate (12-0) and was riding a 13-match winning streak. MATCH/SINGLES DOUBLES POINT • Okuno won SEC Freshman of the Week honors for April 5-7 after starting her Craft .................. 1 Fuller/Garcia .......... 11 Bulldog career going 2-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles. The Osaka, Japan, native dropped Fuller................. 1 Kowase/Herring ......5 only five games combined in her singles and doubles matches throughout that weekend.