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Bulldogs Blank Huskies at ITA Indoors
February 11, 2022 | Women's Tennis
MADISON, Wis. – Third-ranked Georgia blanked No. 16 Washington 4-0 Friday afternoon, in the opening round of the 2022 ITA Women's Indoor National Championship.
Georgia (3-0) captured the doubles point and swept three singles matches in straight sets against Washington (6-1). In doubles, the freshmen duo of Mell Reasco and Dasha Vidmanova rolled the competition on court two, defeating Washington's Sarah-Maude Fortin and Nike Zupancic 6-2. After falling behind early on court three, the tandem of Guillermina Grant and Meg Kowalski overcame a 3-1 deficit to top Washington's Kelly Leung and Zoey Weil 6-3.
In singles, the Bulldogs got wins from Graduate Morgan Coppoc plus freshmen Reasco and Dasha Vidmanova. Coppoc paced the Bulldogs defeating Washington's Astrid Olsen 6-0, 6-3 at the No. 5 spot. She was followed by No. 10 Reasco who continued her dominant play, topping Sarah-Maude Fortin 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2, while Vidmanova cliched the match and picked up her first ranked win of the year, beating No. 98 Nika Zupancic 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 3 match.
"We came out and I thought we played some really solid doubles," said Georgia head coach Jeff Wallace. "We've been working a lot on our doubles since losing our last doubles match to Mississippi State. We really committed to our doubles play and I think it showed today… Two freshmen came through big and of course, Morgan (Coppoc), a fifth-year senior, got it done. Everybody was competing. Just a great match, as they all should be in this building this weekend."
With the win, Georgia advances to the elite eight to take on the winner of No. 14 Auburn vs. No. 6 NC State on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 1:00 p.m. ET.
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Singles Results
1. #39 Lea Ma (UGA) vs. Vanessa Wong (WAS) 5-7, 3-4, unfinished
2. #10 Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Sarah-Maude Fortin (WASH) 6-2, 6-2
3. Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. #98 Nika Zupancic (WASH) 6-3, 6-4
4. #95 Ania Hertel (UGA) vs. Hikaru Sato (WASH) 5-7, 3-1, unfinished
5. Morgan Coppoc (UGA) def. Astrid Olsen (WASH) 6-0, 6-3
6. #46 Meg Kowalski (UGA) vs. Kelly Leung (WASH) 6-0, 3-6, 3-2, unfinished
Doubles Results
1. Morgan Coppoc/Ania Hertel (UGA) vs. Vanessa Wong/Hikaru Sato (WASH) 3-4, unfinished
2. Mell Reasco/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Sarah-Maude Fortin/Nika Zupancic (WASH) 6-2
3. Guillermina Grant/Meg Kowalski (UGA) def. Kelly Leung/Zoey Weil (WASH) 6-3
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