No. 3 Bulldogs Advance to Round of 32

Friday, May 7

Athens, Ga.

1:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Austin Peay State

May 07, 2021 | Women's Tennis

Results

Athens, Ga. -- The No. 3 Georgia women's tennis team advanced to the round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament after defeating Austin Peay, 4-0 Friday afternoon at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Georgia will face off against Wake Forest, Saturday, May 8 with first serve slated for 4 p.m. The Demon Deacons defeated Furman 4-2 in the first match of the day. Georgia leads the all-time series against the Demon Deacons 8-3 with the two squads last facing off in 2019 with a 4-0 Bulldog win.

In doubles, the duo of Elena Christofi and Morgan Coppoc blanked Jana Leder and Aleks Topalovic, 6-0 on court two. Ania Hertel and Alee Clayton, playing together for the first time this season in dual match play, took down Honoka Nakanishi and Ana Albertson on court three, 6-2 clinching the doubles point for the Bulldogs. The No. 6 duo of Katarina Jokic and Ariana Arseneault went unfinished on court one.

The Bulldogs continued the momentum from doubles, dominating singles play taking the first set on every single court. No. 68 Coppoc continued her hot streak, sweeping Topalovic 6-0, 6-0 on court four. No. 4 Jokic stayed perfected in dual match play at 16-0 after beating Febienne Schmidt 6-0, 6-2 on court one. The match was clinched by Elena Christofi 6-0, 6-2 over Honoka Nakanishi.

Results:
Tennis Match Results
Austin Peay vs Georgia
May 07, 2021 at Athens, Ga. (Dan Magill Tennis Complex)
#3 Georgia 4, Austin Peay 0

Doubles:
1. #6 Katarina Jokic/Ariana Arseneault (UGA) vs. SCHMIDT, Fabienne/MORRIS, Danielle (APSU) 4-3, unfinished
2. Morgan Coppoc/Elena Christofi (UGA) def. LEDER, Jana/TOPALOVIC, Aleks (APSU) 6-0
3. Alee Clayton/Ania Hertel (UGA) def. NAKANISHI, Honoka/ALBERTSON, Ana (APSU) 6-2

Singles:
1. #4 Katarina Jokic (UGA) def. SCHMIDT, Fabienne (APSU) 6-0, 6-2
2. #55 Lea Ma (UGA) vs. MORRIS, Danielle (APSU) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
3. #20 Meg Kowalski (UGA) vs. LEDER, Jana (APSU) 6-2, 3-2, unfinished
4. #68 Morgan Coppoc (UGA) def. TOPALOVIC, Aleks (APSU) 6-0, 6-0
5. #52 Marta Gonzalez (UGA) vs. PALADINI-JENNINGS, M (APSU) 6-1, 5-0, unfinished
6. Elena Christofi (UGA) def. NAKANISHI, Honoka (APSU) 6-0, 6-2