Georgia Bulldogs Match 16 & 17 Vs
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Georgia Bulldogs Match 16 & 17 vs. UA/AU GEORGIA 20 19 Women’s Tennis 2 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS | 4 NATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS | 16 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 36 All-AMERICANS 2019 SCHEDULE 2019 ITA NATIONAL TEAM INDOOR CHAMPIONS Overall: 15-0 | SEC: 7-0 | Vs. Top 25: 7-0 | Region: 2-0 GEORGIA CAPTURED ITS SIXTH TEAM TITLE Home: 7-0 | Away: 4-0 | Neutral: 4-0 In February, the No. 5-seed Georgia Bulldogs defeat- DATE UGA Rank Opponent Time/Result ed four opponents, including the three top-ranked J.25 #5 !South Florida W, 5-2 teams in the country to win the 2019 ITA Indoors. It J.26 #5 !Kansas State W, 7-0 marked Georgia’s fourth indoor title and puts the Bull- F.2 #5 @Clemson W, 7-0 dogs at six total team championships. F.8 #5 ^vs. #14 N.C. State W, 4-2 For more go to page 6 and go to http://www.gado.gs/1fh. F.10 #5 ^vs. #2 Vanderbilt W, 4-3 Matchup | vs. OM/MSST F.11 #5 ^vs. #1 Stanford W, 4-3 #1 Georgia Bulldogs (15-0, 7-0 SEC) F.12 #5 ^vs. #3 UNC W, 4-3 Head Coach | Jeff Wallace (Georgia ‘85) F.23 #1 #31 Georgia Tech W, 4-0 Record | 729-180; 34 years (all at Georgia) M.2 #2 @ #30 Tennessee* W, 4-0 M.8 #2 #15 LSU* W, 4-2 GEORGIA PROJECTED LINEUP M.10 #2 #21 Texas A&M* W, 4-0 #1 Katarina Jokic, So., 18-3 1s ...13 ranked wins this season M.15 #2 @ #34 Florida* W, 4-1 #20 Marta Gonzalez, Jr., 20-9 2s ...needs 2 W’s for career-high M.17 #2 @ #7 South Carolina* W, 4-2 #93 Lourdes Carle, Fr., 14-5 3s ...is 9-3 on court three M.22 #2 #48 Ole Miss* W, 4-0 M.24 #2 #50 Mississippi St.* W, 4-0 #34 Vivian Wolff, So., 21-3 4s ...on nine-match win streak M.29 #1 @ #39 Alabama* 6 P.M. Elena Christofi, Jr., 13-5 5s ...is 9-2 on court four M.31 #1 @ #49 Auburn* 1 P.M. #103 Meg Kowalski, Fr., 16-0 6s ...is 12-0 in dual season A.5 - @ Arkansas* 5 P.M. A.7 - @ Missouri* 1 P.M. Carle/Jokic, 4-3 1d ...on two-match win streak A.12 - #22 Kentucky* 4 P.M. Christofi/Wolff, 8-0 2d ...8-0 all-time together, 0 UNF A.14 - #5 Vanderbilt* 1 P.M. Gonzalez/Kowalski, 4-5 3d ...all four wins in SEC play A.17-21 - ~SEC Tournament M.3-5 - NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds #39 Crimson TideVs. #49 Tigers M.11 - NCAA Super Regional (14-7, 3-4 SEC) (13-9, 0-7 SEC) M.16-25 - NCAA Championships OPPONENT PROJECTED LINEUPS Bold - in Athens, Ga. #69 Andie Daniell, Sr., 19-9 1s #91 Jaeda Daniel, So., 14-10 !ITA Kick-Off Weekend; Athens, Ga. Moka Ito, Soph.,13-10 2s Madeline Meredith, So., 11-8 ^ITA National Team Indoor Championships; Seattle, Wash. Alba Cortina-Pou, Jr., 17-6 3s Taylor Russo, Jr., 14-11 *SEC Match Jacqueline Pelletier, Jr.,13-10 4s #113 Alannah Griffin, Sr., 7-5 ~SEC Tournament; College Station, Texas Time in ET Luca Fabian, Jr., 16-10 5s Yu Chen, Fr., 11-7 Ann Selim, Jr., 17-6 6s Caroline Turner, Sr., 5-8 Follow Us... ugawomenstennis Daniell/Cortina-Pou, 0-0 1d Meredith/Russo, 1-0 Selim/Kimberley Gintrand, 16-4 2d Griffin/Chen, 5-7 Fabian/Ito, 13-10 3d Daniel/Song, 0-0 Warm-Up • Georgia is back on top of both national polls (ITA & USTA) with the Bulldogs passing North Carolina in the ITA rankings Tuesday afternoon. • The Bulldogs are 15-0 for the first time since 2002 when Georgia started 22-0. If Georgia wins friday, it will tie Georgia’s longest win streak in 10 years (3/15/09-5/18/09). If the Bulldogs win on Sunday as well, the streak goes back to 2002. In the same scenerio in the Southeastern Conference, the last 8-0 SEC start and 9-0 SEC start was 2011 and 2003, respectively. • In the all-time Georgia-Alabama series, the Bulldogs lead 43-4 with the Crimson Tide’s last win coming in 2015. In the Georgia-Auburn histo- ry, the Bulldogs have the 55-7 advantage with the Tigers’ last win occurring in an upset at the SEC quarterfinals in 2017. Georgia Bulldogs 2019 1 Georgia Bulldogs Quick Facts vs. UA/AU Sports Communications 2019 Alphabetical Roster Women’s Tennis Contacts: Player Ht. Class Hometown (Academy/High School) Austin Hannon ([email protected]) Lourdes Carle 5-7 Fr. Daireaux, Argentina (San Ignacio) 404-861-8787 Elena Christofi 5-10 Jr. Athens, Greece (Costeas-Geitonas School) Christopher Lakos ([email protected]) Alee Clayton 5-8 Fr. Hunstville, Ala. (Laurel Springs) 706-542-7994 Senior Associate A.D./Sports Communications: Morgan Coppoc 5-7 Soph. Tulsa, Okla. (Tucker Tennis Academy) Claude Felton ([email protected]) Marta Gonzalez 5-5 Jr. Madrid, Spain (IES Europa) (706) 542-7994 Annette Goulak 5-6 Soph. Oak Park, Calif. (Oak Park) UGA Sports Communications Katarina Jokic 5-7 Soph. Novi Grad, Bosnia (TK Mladost) University of Georgia Athletic Association Meg Kowalski 5-4 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Laurel Springs) 1 Selig Circle Athens, Ga. 30602 Vivian Wolff 5-8 Soph. Frankfurt, Germany. (Kurpfalz Gymnasium) Social Media Twitter: @UGAWomensTennis Pronunciation Guide Instagram: @ugawomenstennis Lourdes Carle ............................................Lord-es Car-Lay Elena Christofi ...........................................ELL-uh-nuh CHRIS-toe-fee Facebook: Georgia Women’s Tennis Alee Clayton ..............................................Al-E Morgan Coppoc .........................................COP-ick Katarina Jokic ...........................................YOLK-itch Annette Goulak .........................................GOO-Lack Quick Facts Location: Athens, Ga. 2019 Staff Founded: 1785 Head Coach: Jeff Wallace (Georgia ‘85) Enrollment: 38,652 Nickname: Bulldogs Overall Record: 729-180 (34th season) Conference: Southeastern Associate Head Coach: Drake Bernstein (Georgia ‘11) Colors: Red and Black Volunteer Assistant: Mariana Gould (Georgia ‘18) President: Jere W. Morehead Program Specialist: Will Reynolds (Georgia ‘12) J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics: Athletic Trainer: Abby Sponseller (Penn State ‘17) Greg McGarity Strength and Conditioning: Katrin Koch (Indiana ‘97) Facilities: Dan Magill Tennis Complex Tennis Office/Fax: (706) 542-7995/7997 Henry Feild Stadium (4,500) Office Address: 518 D.W. Brooks Drive Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Courts (1,200) Athens, Ga., 30602 McWhorter Courts (300) Coaches’ Corner History All-Time Record: 909-283 (45th season) Jeff Wallace Grand Slam Titles: 6 (2 NCAA, 4 Indoor) Georgia Head Coach Individual Grand Slams: 10 (6 sngl, 4 dbls) On No. 1 ranking... All-Americans: 36 with 108 honors “It is exciting. However, what I tell our players all Honda Award Winners: 3 (1984, ‘94, ‘98) the time and what I live by is that the only ranking SEC Titles: 9 that really matters is the final rankings and all SEC Tournament Titles: 7 these now are to just show where teams are at on NCAA Appearances: 32 straight (Since ‘87) a weekly basis. Our goals are all in front of us still and we are able to accomplish them no matter NCAA Tourn. Record: 79-30 where we are ranked. We shoot for being No. 1 by NCAA Team Titles: 2 (1994, 2000) the end of the year, so ultimately that is what is NCAA Singles Titles: 3 important to us.” (Spain ‘84, Lettiere ‘94, Gullickson ‘10) Georgia Bulldogs 2019 2 Georgia Bulldogs Notes vs. UA/AU »Scouting the Crimson Tide« »Doubles, Progressing« • Alabama (14-7, 3-4 SEC) is riding a two-match win streak and will Through 15 dual matches, Georgia is 10-for-14 in obtaining the be well rested as it had only one match last week. The Crimson doubles point (Doubles bypassed in NC State match). The Bulldogs are Tide’s best win was a 4-1 result over Kentucky who is now No. 22. 23-15 (4 unf.) in individual doubles dual matches. After dropping three • The team is packed with experience as the roster contains one doubles points at the ITA Indoors, the Bulldogs switched up the lineup, senior, five juniors, and a sophomore. which resulted in five-straight points won, until South Carolina stopped • In doubles, the Crimson Tide are 12-for-21 in taking the point, but in the streak. SEC matches are 2-for-7. Last season, Georgia took 19-of-25 doubles points. The Bulldogs • Returning All-SEC First Teamer Andie Daniell plays No. 1 singles lost just 16 individual dual doubles matches (38-16 with 20 unfinished). and has a team-high 19 wins. At No. 6 singles, Ann Selim contains Georgia was one of four schools (North Carolina, Duke, Stanford) to have Alabama’s best SEC record (3-1). two doubles teams inside the top-30 in the final ITA rankings. Last Meeting -- Remaining Players highlighted #8 Georgia 4, Alabama 0 »’The PIT’ Getting it Done« Dan Magill Tennis Complex Recently the Georgia men’s assistant coach Jamie Hunt named March 29, 2018 courts four, five and six of the Henry Feild Stadium “The Pit”. The idea Singles is to highlight the tough mentality of players that occupy those courts. 1. #6 Katarina Jokic (UGA) de. Andie Daniell (UA), 6-2,6-3 They don’t get the attention of the players that roam the upper courts 2. #45 Kennedy Shaffer (UGA) vs. Smith Hinton (UA), 6-7(5), 1-2,unf. 3. #81 Marta Gonzalez (UGA) vs. Jacqueline Pelletier (UA), 6-3,4-2,unf. nor is the seating as comfy for fans that are viewing the bottom courts.