University of Georgia Athletics
Bulldogs Dominate Day Two Matches in Oxford
September 25, 2021 | Women's Tennis
OXFORD, MISS. — The Bulldogs dominated day two of the Ole Miss Fall Invite, sweeping the morning doubles and afternoon singles matches.
Graduate Morgan Coppoc, junior Lea Ma, and freshmen Guillermina Grant, Mai Nirundorn, and Mell Reasco all notched singles victories in straight sets. No. 66 Coppoc defeated Loudmilla Bencheikh of Alabama (6-2, 6-3). No. 19 Ma picked up her first singles win of the year, topping Alabama's Loudmilla Bencheikh (7-5, 6-2).
Freshman Mai Nirundorn recorded her first collegiate win this afternoon. Nirundorn defeated Sydeny Orefice of Alabama (6-1, 6-1), while Freshmen Grant and Reasco each notched their second collegiate singles wins. Grant beat Anne Marie Hiser of Alabama (6-1, 6-3), and Reasco defeated Alabama's Anna Parkhomenko in, (6-1,6-1).
Senior Alee Clayton won by retirement in the first set. She defeated Alabama's Ansley Cheshire (7-5).
In doubles, all four Georgia teams won. The fiftieth-ranked tandem of Grant and Hertel jumped on Kansas State's Karine-Marion Job and Maria Linares, 6-1, while the forty-second ranked duo of Coppoc and Reasco defeated Florentine Dekkers and Ioana Gheorghitaof of Kansas State, 6-4. Nirundorn and Meg Kowalski defeated Kansas State's Dinara Alloyarova and Manami Ukita, 6-2, while Clayton and Ma defeated Ole Miss' Lillian Gabrielsen and Rachel Krzyzak, 6-2.
"It was a great day for our team in Oxford," said Georgia head coach Jeff Wallace. "Any time you play at this level and go undefeated you have to be excited. Now it's time to finish the tournament tomorrow on a strong note."
The Bulldogs will be back in action tomorrow for the final day at the Ole Miss Fall Invite. Doubles is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. ET with singles play scheduled for the afternoon.
Singles Results
#19 Lea Ma (Georgia) def. Loudmilla Bencheikh (Alabama) 7-5, 6-2
#66 Morgan Coppoc (Georgia) def. Petra Sedlackova (Alabama) 6-2, 6-3
Mell Reasco (Georgia) def. Anna Parkhomenko (Alabama) 6-1, 6-1
Guillermina Grant (Georgia) def. Anne Marie Hiser (Alabama) 6-1, 6-3
Mai Nirundorn (Georgia) def. Sydeny Orefice (Alabama) 6-1, 6-1
Alee Clayton (Georgia) def. Ansley Cheshire (Alabama) 7-5, retired
Doubles Results
#50 Guillermina Grant/Ania Hertel (Georgia) def. Karine-Marion Job/Maria Linares (K-State) 6-1
#42 Morgan Coppoc/Mell Reasco (Georgia) def. Florentine Dekkers/Ioana Gheorghita (K-State) 6-4
Mai Nirundorn/Meg Kowalski (Georgia) def. Dinara Alloyarova/Manami Ukita (K-State) 6-2
Alee Clayton/Lea Ma (Georgia) def. Lillian Gabrielsen/Rachel Krzyzak (Ole Miss) 6-2
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