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Match 8/9 Preview

Bulldogs Set for First Road Trip of the Season

March 10, 2022 | Women's Tennis

#10 GEORGIA vs #15 FLORIDA
Date: March 11, 2022
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Gainesville, Florida 
Site: Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
 
#10 GEORGIA vs #59 SOUTH CAROLINA
Date: March 13, 2022
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Site: Carolina Tennis Center
 
MEDIA INFORMATION
Media Guide: https://gado.gs/8b6
Season Stats: https://gado.gs/7mv
Florida Live Stats: https://gado.gs/1ww
South Carolina Live Stats: https://gado.gs/8ri
 
Social Media
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QUICK HITS
778 Wins, 19 SEC Titles, 6 National Championships
Georgia head coach Jeff Wallace is now in his 37th year at the helm of the Bulldogs' tennis program. As the nation's winningest active women's tennis coach, Wallace is one of only two coaches to record 750 wins in women's tennis history. Wallace entered the 2022 dual season with 773 career victories.
 
Dawgs Love League Play
The 10th-ranked Bulldogs are riding a 22-match win streak against SEC opponents, dating back to the 2019 SEC Tournament.
 
Bernstein's Beliefs
"We're excited about our first road tests in the SEC, against two tough teams," said Georgia associate head coach Drake Bernstein. "Our team has been putting in a lot of work on the practice courts and we feel like it showed with our strong performances last weekend at home."
 
"We will be looking for our team to continue leaning on each other in two tough environments this weekend," Bernstein said.
 
Dawgs in the Rankings
No. 10 Georgia boasts seven rankings: A quintet of individuals, No. 25 Reasco, No. 49 Ma, No. 71 Kowalski, No. 113 Vidmanova, and No. 122 Hertel; a pair of doubles teams in No. 62 Coppoc and Hertel and No. 64 Grant and Kowalksi
 
In the fall, the ITA also ranks the Top-10 Freshman/Newcomer, Reasco came in at No. 4.
 
Scouting the Gators
No. 15 Florida is coming off of a 5-2 loss to Texas A&M. The Gators are 8-3, 1-1 SEC on the season. Florida owns a quartet of rankings: Two individuals in No. 32 McCartney Kessler and No. 55 Marlee Zein; A pair of doubles teams in No. 6 Carly Briggs and Marlee Zein and No. 18 Alicia Dudeney & Bente Spee.
 
Scouting the Gamecocks
No. 59 South Carolina (8-3, 0-0 SEC) will play host to the Bulldogs after kicking hosting Tennessee on Friday. The Gamecocks hold five rankings: A trio of individuals in No. 2 Sarah Hamner, No. 66 Ayana Akli and No. 85 Elise Mills; A pair of doubles teams in No. 22 Sarah Hamner and Misa Malkin and No. 60 Ayana Akli and Misa Malkin.
 
Home Sweet Home
The Bulldogs will return to Athens for a midweek match on Wednesday, March 16 against the fourth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes at 1 p.m. 
 
 
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