Georgia WOMEN's TENNIS
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2015 Georgia’ Women s Tennis MATCH NOTES 2015 Schedule Results JANUARY Georgia 18 @ #15 Baylor L, 4-3 24 ^ #71Samford W, 4-1 WOMEN'S TENNIS 25 ^ #28 Auburn W, 4-0 5 NATIONAL TITLES | 9 FINAL FOURS | 22 QUARTERFINALS | 28 STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENTS 31 @ #13 Clemson W, 4-3 9 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 7 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY CURRENT MATCH 2 @ #10 Virginia L, 4-2 6 % #15 Michigan W, 4-1 No. 4 Georgia(12-4) 7 % #1 UCLA W, 4-2 8 % #5 California W, 4-2 9 % #3 North Carolina L, 4-1 21 #23 Georgia Tech W, 4-1 27 *#45 LSU W, 6-1 MARCH 1 *Texas A&M W, 5-2 VS 6 @ *#9 Alabama L, 5-2 8 @ *#39Auburn W, 4-1 13 *#22 Kentucky W, 4-0 Tennessee (8-10) 15 *#11 Vanderbilt W, 5-2 21 @ *Tennessee Noon Saturday, March 21 | Noon ET | Barksdale Stadium | Knoxville, Tenn. 27 @ *Arkansas 2 p.m. 29 @ *Missouri 1 p.m. Series Info: Georgia leads 42-9 Georgia’s Series Streak: W3 APRIL Last Meeting: No. 12 Georgia 7, No. 40 Tennessee 0 (2014, Athens, Ga.) 3 * Ole Miss 5 p.m. 5 * Mississippi State 1 p.m. The Opposition: The Bulldogs will travel to Tennessee having not lost to the Lady Vols since 10 @ *Florida 5 p.m. 2012. These two SEC squads met just once during the 2014 regular season and Georgia came 12 @ *South Carolina 1 p.m. away with the 7-0 sweep. The Lady Vols are yet to win an SEC match this season, having gone 15-19 @ SEC Tournament All Day 0-6 thus far. In their last match they lost 4-3 to Kentucky in Knoxville. Tennessee currently has no (Columbia, S.C.) ranked singles players but boasts the nation’s No. 33 ranked doubles pairing of Joanna Hender- MAY son and Caitlyn Williams. Henderson is also the reigning SEC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week 9-10 NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds TBA and plays on the No. 1 court in singles. She is 9-8 (2-3) from that position this dual season. (Sites TBA) 14-19 NCAA Team Championships All Day 2015 Georgia WOMEN'S TENNIS ROSTER (Waco, Texas) 20-25 NCAA Singles & Doubles All Day Name (ITA Rank) Height Class Hometown (Academy/High School) (Waco, Texas) Caroline Brinson 5-9 So. New Orleans, La. (Academy of the Sacred Heart) Silvia Garcia (102-S, 20-D) 5-8 Jr. Madrid, Spain (IES Ortega & Gasset) Note: ^ITA Kickoff Weekend; %ITA National Team Indoors; *denotes SEC match; all times ET and subject to change. Mariana Gould (109-S) 5-8 Fr. Boise, Idaho (Smith Stearns Academy) Lauren Herring (11-S, 16-D) 5-7 Sr. Greenville, N.C. (Kaplan HS) UGA QUICK FACTS Hannah King (55-S) 5-9 Fr. Dunwoody, Ga. (Lifetime Academy) Mia King 5-6 Jr. Charlotte, North Carolina (Kaplan HS) Location: Athens, Ga. Founded: 1785 Laura Patterson 5-8 Fr. Roswell, Ga. (Windward Tennis Academy) Enrollment: 35, 197 Ellen Perez (56-S, 16-D) 5-6 Fr. Shellharbour, Australia (Melbourne Park) Nickname: Bulldogs Kennedy Shaffer (58-S, 20-D) 5-9 Fr. Rossford, Ohio (Ivan Lendl Tennis Academy) Conference: Southeastern Colors: Red & Black GEorgiA Tennis Staff Tennis Facilities: Dan Magill Tennis Complex Henry Feild Stadium (4,500) Head Coach: Jeff Wallace (UGA ‘85) Strength & Conditioning: Katrin Koch Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Courts (1,200) Overall Record: 643-159 (30th season) Tennis Office Manager: Joe Durante McWhorter Courts (300) Assistant Coach: Drake Bernstein (UGA ‘11) Student Manager: Emma Smithson President: Jere W. Morehead Graduate Manager: Matt Williams Tennis Office/Fax: (706) 542-7995/7997 J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics: Greg McGarity Athletic Trainer: Lindsay McManus Office Address: 518 D.W. Brooks Drive UGA Sports Communications 2014-15 cumulative records Women’s Tennis Contact: David Pifer and Christopher Lakos Player Singles (Pct.) Dual (Pct.) Doubles (Pct.) Dual (Pct.) Office Phone: (706) 542-1621 Caroline Brinson 23-6 10-2 19-9 7-6 Email Address: [email protected]/[email protected] Twitter: @UGAWomensTennis Silvia Garcia 15-11 7-8 19-8 9-4 Facebook: Georgia Women’s Tennis Mariana Gould 15-5 3-0 11-7 0-3 Instagram: UGA Women’s Tennis Lauren Herring 15-5 9-2 13-6 7-5 Senior Associate A.D./Sports Communications: Claude Felton Hannah King 14-4 7-2 18-7 8-6 Email: [email protected] Mia King 9-3 0-0 10-0 0-0 UGA Sports Communications University of Georgia Athletic Association Laura Patterson 10-4 0-0 10-3 1-1 Sports Communications Ellen Perez 12-8 7-7 15-8 7-5 1 Selig Circle Kennedy Shaffer 8-5 8-5 9-4 9-4 Athens, Ga. 30602 TEAM 121-51 (.703) 51-26 (.662) 62-26 (.705) 24-17 (.585) Georgia1 Tennis 2014-15 Georgia’ Women s Tennis final two. The Bulldogs are 3-4 all-time in the indoor 2015 By the numbers Season Notes final, having last won in 2002 against Vanderbilt. 2015 DUAL MATCH STATS W L Hometown Heroines: The Bulldogs are an un- All Matches 12 4 defeated 7-0 when playing at home in Athens this Top Dawgs: With their 4-2 victory over UCLA at Home 7 0 season. Only counting regular season matches (the the 2015 ITA Indoors in Charlottesville, the Bulldogs Away 2 3 Bulldogs hosted the 2014 NCAA Championships knocked off the nation’s No. 1 ranked team for the Netural 3 1 and lost to Florida in the quarterfinals), Georgia has first time since 2008 (Georgia Tech). SEC Matches 5 1 not lost at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex since Home 4 0 April 11, 2014 (Alabama) and is on an 8-0 run. King of Clutch: Freshman Hannah King recorded Away 1 1 back-to-back match clinchers against No. 1 UCLA Neutral 0 0 Herring Chasing History: and No. 5 California at the ITA Indoors while playing vs. Ranked Opp. 11 4 • Senior Lauren Herring has 106 career doubles in the number five spot. No. 1-5 2 1 victories, which ties her for fifth (Chelsey Gullick- No. 6-10 0 2 son) in the Georgia record books. Kate Fuller owns Dawg on Top: No. 19 Lauren Herring defeated the No. 11-25 5 1 the all-time record with 123 doubles victories. nation’s top-ranked singles player when she beat No. 26-50 3 0 • Herring currently has 113 singles wins and needs UVA’s Julia Elbaba 7-5, 6-4 on Feb. 2 in Charlottes- No. 51-75 1 0 to reach the 123-win mark to move into the top-10 ville. vs. Unranked Opp. 1 0 in Georgia career singles victories. January 3 1 • Herring has 219 combined wins, placing her in Back-to-Back SEC Player of the Week: Lauren February 5 2 the top-10 (T-7) for career combined singles/dou- Herring earned back-to-back SEC Player of the Week March 4 1 bles wins in Georgia women’s tennis history. With honors on Jan. 28 and Feb. 4. The senior was 4-0 April 0 0 two more wins she will break into the top-5. Maho in singles and 3-0 in doubles during the two-week May 0 0 Kowase holds the record with 245 combined career span. Friday 3 1 wins. Saturday 4 0 Kicking-Off: The UGA women’s tennis team served as Sunday 5 1 Freshman of the Week: Freshman Ellen Perez a host site for the 2015 ITA Kick-Off weekend and won Monday 0 2 was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Feb. both of its matches (Samford and Auburn) to progress Wednesday 0 0 25 after going undefeated in singles and doubles to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships hosted Indoor 9 4 against Georgia Tech. She also stunned the crowd by Virginia from Feb. 6-9. Outdoor 3 0 with a rare, behind-the-back volley that landed for Winning Doubles 7 2 a winner. Preseason Predictions: Jeff Wallace and the other Losing Doubles 5 2 SEC women’s tennis coaches voted in an SEC pre- No Doubles Played 0 0 Terrific Tandem: Caroline Brinson and Hannah season rankings poll just before the start of the 2015 King received SEC Player of the Week and SEC season. Georgia was predicted to finish the regular 2015 Match clinchers Freshman of the Week honors, respectively, on Feb. season No. 2 behind Florida. MATCH/SINGLES DOUBLES POINT 11 after their impressive performances at the ITA Brinson 3 Herring/Perez 3 National Team Indoor Championships. Both were A Look Back at Georgia’s NCAA Titles: The Georgia Garcia 1 Garcia/Shaffer 6 also named to the all-tournament team. women’s tennis team has won five grand slam titles, Gould 2 including the NCAA championships in 1994 and 2000. Herring 2 Fabulous Finalists: Georgia appeared in its 2014 marked the 20-year anniversary of the Bulldogs’ H. King 2 seventh ITA National Team Indoor Championships first national title, which was also the first time the M. King 0 title match in February, losing 4-1 to No. 3 UNC. women’s championships were held in the Classic Patterson 0 The run-in to the final was remarkable, as the team City. In 2000, the Bulldogs traveled to Malibu, Calif. Perez 1 knocked off No. 15 Michigan, No. 1 UCLA, and No. where they beat South Alabama, Southern California, Shaffer 1 5 California to deservedly book their place in the Continued on next page..