Georgia Advances to National Indoors with 4-1 Win Over Mississippi State

Saturday, January 29

Athens, Ga.

2:00 PM

University of Georgia

Mississippi State

Georgia Advances to National Indoors with 4-1 Win Over Mississippi State

January 29, 2022 | Women's Tennis

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ATHENS, Ga. – The third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs defeated Mississippi State 4-1 Saturday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex to punch their ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.

With the win, the Bulldogs (2-0) earned a spot in the 16-team field competing in Madison, Wisc., Feb. 11-14. Also, Georgia improved to 24-0 all-time when playing host to an ITA Kickoff event. MSU dropped to 4-1 on the year. On Friday, Georgia won its opening match, blanking North Florida 5-0.

MSU captured the doubles point for a 1-0 lead. In the No. 2 match, the 28^th-ranked duo of Magda Adaloglou and Chloe Cirotte defeated Morgan Coppoc and Mell Reasco 6-1. It was only the second loss of the year for the Bulldog tandem as they dropped to 6-2. Then in the No. 1 match, Emmanouela Antonaki and Tamara Racine clinched the point for MSU with a 6-2 win over Ania Hertel and Dasha Vidmanova. The No. 3 match featuring Georgia's Meg Kowalski and Guillermina Grant was suspended with the Bulldogs leading 5-1.

Georgia evened the match at 1-all when Vidmanova picked up a straight set win at No. 3, beating Racine 6-4,6-3. Seconds later, Georgia went on top 2-1 when junior Lea Ma, ranked No. 52, defeated No. 67 Adaloglou at No. 1 singles, 6-4,6-2. The Bulldogs surged ahead 3-2 in the match when the 11^th-ranked Reeasco outlasted No. 50 Antonaki at No. 2, winning 2-6,6-2,6-2. Reasco improved her team-best singles record to 14-3.

The match was clinched at No. 4 singles when Hertel, ranked No. 78 claimed a victory in three sets. She fell behind 4-2 and came back to win the first set 7-5 before Cirotte responded by taking the second set 6-3. Hertel answered with a 6-4 decision in the final to improve to 9-2 this season. With the team match clinched, Coppoc and Kowalski's singles matches at No. 5 and 6 were halted. Coppoc led 5-4 while Kowalski was up 6-2,0-3.

"I was super impressed with our crowd today," said Georgia head coach Jeff Wallace. "It was great to see that many people come out and support this team. It helped us a lot. any time you lose a doubles point, you feel like your back is up against a wall. We're not going to win every doubles point. we have a lot of you players and we have some veterans too. It's good for them all to learn that you can bounce back after the doubles.

"We're on to the Round of 16. It's a great opportunity for us to go up to Madison, Wisconsin, and see the 15 other best teams in the country at this point in time. We'll learn a lot. we'll grow a lot. I'm super excited with the play that we had this weekend."
The 2022 ITA event in Wisconsin will be the 35^th annual Division I National Team Indoor Championship. The Bulldogs have won the team title in 1994 and 1995 in Madison and most recently in 2019 when it was held in Seattle.

In a consolation match here Saturday, Iowa defeated North Florida 4-3. The Hawkeyes improved to 3-1 while the Ospreys dropped to 0-3.

Singles Results
1. #52 Lea Ma (UGA) def. #67 Magda Adaloglou (MSU) 6-4, 6-3
2. #11 Mell Reasco (UGA) def. #50 Emmanouela Antonaki (MSU) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
3. Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Tamara Racine (MSU) 6-4, 6-3
4. #78 Ania Hertel (UGA) def. Chloe Cirotte (MSU) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
5. #63 Morgan Coppoc (UGA) vs. Alexandra Mikhailuk (MSU) 5-4, unfinished
6. #33 Meg Kowalski (UGA) vs. Alessia Tagliente (MSU) 6-2, 0-3, unfinished

Doubles Results
1. Emmanouela Antonaki/Tamara Racine (MSU) def. Ania Hertel/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) 6-2
2. #28 Magda Adaloglou/Chloe Cirotte (MSU) def. Mell Reasco/Morgan Coppoc (UGA) 6-1
3. Meg Kowalski/Guillermina Grant (UGA) vs. Alessia Tagliente/Alexandra Mikhailuk (MSU) 5-1, unfinished