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SEC Fall Tournament
Bulldogs Conclude Play At SEC Fall Coaches Classic
September 12, 2010 | Women's Tennis
Sept. 12, 2010
AUBURN, Ala.----- Georgia freshman Alex Anghelescu earned the big win of the day Sunday when she claimed the 2B flight at the SEC Fall Coaches Classic.
Georgia had three freshmen make the finals in their respective flights in the first fall tournament of the season held on the Auburn campus. Anghelescu was extended to three sets before finishing off Ole Miss senior Laura van de Stroet 7-5,3-6,6-1. She went 3-0 on the weekend.
In the 1B flight final, Georgia's Lilly Kimbell fell 7-6(5),6-2 to South Carolina junior Anya Morgina. In the 3A flight final, Florida sophomore Caroline Hitimana edged Georgia's Alina Jerjomina 6-1,7-6(4).
In other singles action involving the Bulldogs Sunday, junior Nadja Gilchrist lost a tough three-setter to Whitney Wolf (LSU) in the 1A flight, falling 3-6,7-5,7-5. In the 2A flight, freshman Maho Kowase dispatched junior Abby Guthrie (Ole Miss) 6-1,6-2.In the 3A flight, freshman Kate Fuller defeated junior Emily Carbone (Arkansas) 6-4,6-2. In the 3B flight, senior Cameron Ellis cruised past freshman Jacqueline Kasler (Auburn) 6-4,6-1. In the 5B flight, Vanderbilt junior Megan Gornet defeated Bulldog freshman Rachael Hart 6-2,6-4.
A day after going a combined 10-1 in singles and doubles action, Georgia went 4-4 in singles on Sunday at the Yarborough Tennis Center. Georgia used an array of combinations in doubles this past weekend. In flight one, Gilchrist /Fuller went 1-0 while Gilchrist/Kowase went 1-1. In flight two, Kimbell /Anghelescu went 2-0 while Kimbell/Fuller went 0-1. In flight three, Ellis/Kowase went 1-0 while Jerjomina/Anghelescu went 1-1.The Jerjomina/Hart duo went 2-0 in flight four.
Up next, Georgia will travel to Atlanta Friday for the Georgia Tech Invitational, a three-day singles and doubles event.
