University of Georgia Athletics
Qualifying Brackets Set at All-Americans
October 05, 2015 | Women's Tennis
Los Angeles — The first matchups for all of the Bulldogs in the singles bracket at the ITA All-American Championships in California are set.
With the prequalifying round of the singles tournament finished, all five Bulldogs know their first opponent on Tuesday. Each Georgia tennis player will face a ranked opponent.
Sophomores Ellen Perez, ranked No. 29, drew the highest seed of any Bulldog in the tournament and will face the 68th-ranked player, Krista Hardebeck of Stanford. Kennedy Shaffer, ranked 37th, will go up against 89th-ranked Kelli Hine of Missouri. Mariana Gould, ranked No. 88, rounds out the sophomore portion for Georgia against Mississippi's Arianne Hartono, ranked No. 57.
Junior Caroline Brinson, who holds the No. 72 ranking, will face USC's Madison Westby, ranked 36th. Senior Silvia Garcia will go up against Rianna Valdes of USC, ranked the No. 2 newcomer in the country.
The entire bracket for the ITA All-American Championships can be found here.
Hannah King was slated to compete in the qualifying round but withdrew, also eliminating the King-Brinson pairing that was originally scheduled to compete in doubles qualifying.
The Bulldogs still have the Perez-Gould pair as well as the Garcia-Schaffer duo in the main draw of the doubles portion.
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