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Georgia Bulldogs Match 8 vs. Georgia Tech 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: 7-0 | SEC: 0-0 | Vs. Top 25: 4-0 | Region: 1-0 GEORGIA CAPTURES ITS SIXTH TEAM TITLE Home: 2-0 | Away: 1-0 | Neutral: 4-0 The No. 5-seed Georgia Bulldogs defeated four DATE UGA Rank Opponent Time/Result opponents, including the three top-ranked teams in J.25 #5 !South Florida W, 5-2 the country to win the 2019 ITA Indoors. It marked J.26 #5 !Kansas State W, 7-0 Georgia’s fourth indoor title and puts the Bulldogs at F.2 #5 @Clemson W, 7-0 six total team championships. F.8 #5 ^vs. #14 N.C. State W, 4-2 • First Round: def. #14 N.C. State 4-2 | Meg Kowalski Clinch F.10 #5 ^vs. #2 Vanderbilt W, 4-3 • Quarterfinals: def. #2 Vanderbily, 4-3 | Birthday Girl Lourdes Carle Clinch F.11 #5 ^vs. #1 Stanford W, 4-3 • Semifinals: def. #1 Stanford, 4-3 | Katarina Jokic Clinch F.12 #5 ^vs. #3 UNC W, 4-3 • Finals: def. #3 North Carolina, 4-3 | Katarina Jokic Clinch F.23 #1 #31 Georgia Tech 1 P.M. • ITA All-Tournament Most Outstanding Player | Katarina Jokic M.2 - @ #29 Tennessee* 12 P.M. • ITA All-Tournament Team | Katarina Jokic, No. 1; Vivian Wolff, No. 4; M.8 - #16 LSU* 3 P.M. Elena Christofi, No. 5; Meg Kowalski, No. 6; Jokic/Kowalski, No. 3. M.10 - #21 Texas A&M* 1 P.M. To relive the latest championship, go to http://www.gado.gs/1fh. M.15 - @ #48 Florida* 5 P.M. M.17 - @ #6 South Carolina* 1 P.M. Matchup | Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate M.22 - Ole Miss* 5 P.M. #1 Georgia Bulldogs (7-0) M.24 - Mississippi St.* 1 P.M. Head Coach | Jeff Wallace (Georgia ‘85) M.29 - @ #43 Alabama* 5 P.M. Record | 721-180; 34 years (all at Georgia) M.31 - @ #37 Auburn* 12 P.M. Team | 2 Juniors, 4 Sophomores, 3 Freshman A.5 - @ #41 Arkansas* 5 P.M. A.7 - @ #34 Missouri* 1 P.M. Vs. A.12 - #32 Kentucky* 4 P.M. #31 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (3-3) A.14 - #7 Vanderbilt* 1 P.M. Head Coach | Rodney Harmon (SMU ‘83) A.17-21 - ~SEC Tournament Record | 120-53; 6 years (at Georgia Tech) M.3-5 - NCAA 1st/2nd Rounds Team | 3 Juniors, 1 Sophomores, 4 Freshman M.11 - NCAA Super Regional M.16-25 - NCAA Championships PROJECTED LINEUPS #1 Katarina Jokic, So., 16-2 1s #24 Kenya Jones, Jr., 16-7 Bold - in Athens, Ga. #14 Marta Gonzalez, Jr., 18-6 2s Jeanette Lin, Fr., 5-5 !ITA Kick-Off Weekend; Athens, Ga. #83 Lourdes Carle, Fr., 9-5 3s Nami Otsuka, Jr.,4-4 ^ITA National Team Indoor Championships; Seattle, Wash. #28 Vivian Wolff, So.,14-3 4s Valeriya Deminova, Fr., 7-10 *SEC Match ~SEC Tournament; College Station, Texas #110 Elena Christofi, Jr., 9-5 5s Victoria Flores, So., 6-5 Time in ET #54 Meg Kowalski, Fr., 11-0 6s Gia Cohen, Fr., 5-4 Wolff/Carle, 3-5 1d #33 Jones/Lin, 4-3 Follow Us... ugawomenstennis Christofi/Morgan Coppoc, 3-6 2d Otsuka/Cohen, 4-3 #54 Jokic/Kowalski, 4-1 3d Deminova/Flores, 9-3 Warm-Up • The No. 1-ranked Bulldogs are 7-0 for the first time since 2012. If Georgia wins, the 8-0 start would mark the best start since 2009, a year in which the Bulldogs won the SEC regular season championship, the SEC tournament, and advanced to the NCAA semifinals. • In the all-time Georgia-Georgia Tech series, the Bulldogs lead 24-6, dating back to 1984. However, the Yellow Jackets have won the last two meetings, breaking a six-straight Georgia win streak in the series. Full match-up breakdown on page 3. • New ITA team and individual rankings were released on Wednesday. To no suprise, Georgia stayed at No. 1 and Katarina Jokic, who just won MOP at the National Indoors, returned to the top spot after spending one poll at No. 2. The entirety of Georgia’s singles lineup received rankings with Vivian Wolff and Meg Kowalski reaching their highest career mark. Jokic/Kowalski made their debut in the doubles rankings. Georgia Bulldogs 2019 1 Georgia Bulldogs Quick Facts vs. Georgia Tech 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: 721-180 (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: 901-283 (45th season) Jeff Wallace Grand Slam Titles: 6 (2 NCAA, 4 Indoor) Georgia Head Coach Individual Grand Slams: 10 (6 sngl, 4 dbls) On putting National Indoor Championship in the rear view and focus on out- All-Americans: 36 with 108 honors door.. Honda Award Winners: 3 (1984, ‘94, ‘98) “Now it is time to move on, because we have a long season ahead of us with a lot of SEC Titles: 9 big matches. This is our final one before we start the SEC slate, so we are always look- ing forward to playing Georgia Tech. It is nice that we are at home and it should be a SEC Tournament Titles: 7 great match. When I first arrived on campus, coach Dan Magill and Alan Miller made it NCAA Appearances: 32 straight (Since ‘87) known to me that the UGA-GT rivalry is the biggest match of the year, and you have to NCAA Tourn. Record: 79-30 be ready to bring it. I haven’t looked at it any other way since. It is always fun, because NCAA Team Titles: 2 (1994, 2000) it is a great rivalry. I think our young ladies are looking forward to it” Singles Titles: 3 (Spain ‘84, Lettiere ‘94, Gullickson ‘10) Georgia Bulldogs 2019 2 Georgia Bulldogs Notes vs. Georgia Tech »Scouting Georgia Tech« »More on Rankings« • Series History: Georgia holds the all-time record at 24-6, however This past Wednesday saw new ITA rankings with Georgia at the top, the Yellow Jackets have won two straight. six Bulldogs in the singles rankings and one doubles pair. The Southeast- • Georgia Tech (3-3), ranked No. 31, is on a three-match win streak ern Conference has five teams in the top-25 with three in the top-10. after starting the season with three loses. The wins are over The Atlantic Coast Conference leads among conferences in ranked Winthrop, Georgia State and most recently, then-No. 11 Northwest- teams with seven. Georgia’s six ranked singles players is second-most ern. The losses came from Ohio State and Auburn in their own ITA behind Stanford who has eight. Kick-Off Event and then also lost to Texas Tech at home - two of which are ranked. »Indoor Season Recap« • Similar to Georgia, Tech sports a lineup with no seniors. GT has • The 2019 ITA National Team Indoor Champions join fellow Bulldog three juniors, one sophomore, and four freshmen. teams from 1994, ‘95, and ‘02 in winning the indoor title. The • In singles, GT junior Kenya Jones sports a No. 24 singles ranking championship marks the sixth overall in the Georgia women’s with a 16-7 overall record, 1-3 versus ranked foes. In dual season, program as the Bulldogs won NCAAs in 1994 and 2000. she is 3-2 on court one. • Four Bulldogs earned ITA All-Tournament Team including Katarina • In doubles, GT is 3-for-6 in taking the point and are 9-7 individu- Jokic garnering Most Outstanding Player. The only other Bulldog ally in dual doubles. The Yellow Jackets have one ranked doubles to receive the MOP was Chelsey Gullickson who received the squad, No. 33 Kenya Jones and Jeanette Lin. inaugural award in 2009.