University of Georgia Athletics
1994 National Champions
March 21, 2007 | Women's Tennis
| Road to the National Championship Athens, Georgia 1st Round: Georgia def. Southern Cal, 5-2 Quarterfinals: Georgia def. Duke, 5-0 Semifinals: Georgia def. Cal-Berkeley, 5-3 Finals: Georgia def. Stanford, 5-4 NCAA Champions Final National Ranking: No. 1 |
| Team Members Michelle Anderson, Anne Chauzu, Brooke Galardi, Marianna Land, Angela Lettiere, Lisa Salvatierra, Tina Samara, Stacy Sheppard; Head Coach Jeff Wallace, Asst. Coach Mark Guilbeau, Trainer Jennifer Smith, Student Asst. Sally Curtis |
The 1994 team will always be remembered for winning the national championship at home, but that was merely a culmination of the achievements that year. Georgia posted a 27-2 record including a perfect 14-0 in the SEC.
Georgia claimed its first-ever team title in early March, winning the USTA/ITA National Indoors. In fact, Georgia won 21 of the 24 matches it played and never had to play doubles, which was a first for the indoor team champion.
Senior Angela Lettiere and freshman Michelle Anderson became the first Bulldog duo in history to capture a “Grand Slam” doubles title, winning the Indoors while Lettiere was also a singles finalist. Lettiere later would win the NCAA singles title.
With the Indoor team title, Georgia assumed the No. 1 ranking, marking another first for the program. At that time, the Bulldogs had every player in their lineup ranked among the top 100 in singles along with two of the nation’s top three ranked doubles teams.
The NCAA finals saw Georgia go up against its long-time nemesis, Stanford, a team that had eliminated them in six previous NCAAs and one they had never beaten.
At times, it looked like Stanford would take a 4-2 lead into doubles, but Stacy Sheppard won her singles match to tie it at 3-3. Then, Georgia’s outstanding doubles duos took over to win 5-4 as Sheppard and Tina Samara clinched the title much to the delight of the 3,117 sun-drenched fans at Henry Feild Stadium.
The Bulldogs had won it all.
| Titles and Honors | |
| Team Titles NCAA Champions USTA/ITA National Indoor Champions Southeastern Conference Champions NCAA Singles Champion Angela Lettiere USTA/ITA National Indoor Doubles Champions Angela Lettiere and Michelle Anderson | All-Americans Angela Lettiere (S&D), Michelle Anderson (D), Tina Samara (D), Stacy Sheppard (D) Final ITA Rankings Team: No. 1 Singles: Angela Lettiere (3), Michelle Anderson (33), Stacy Sheppard (39), Tina Samara (55) Doubles: Lettiere/Anderson (1), Sheppard/Samara (8) |
