Georgia Tops Mississippi State 6-1

Sunday, March 6

Athens, Ga.

1:00 PM

University of Georgia

Mississippi State

March 06, 2022 | Women's Tennis

Box Score

ATHENS, Ga. – The eighth-ranked University of Georgia women's tennis team the 56th-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs ?-? Sunday afternoon, in Southeastern Conference play.

"It's always fun to play here at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex," said Georgia head coach Jeff Wallace. "Two wins… We're off to a good start win SEC play. We played Mississippi State in the ITA Kick-off Weekend – lost the doubles point, but got them in singles play. Today I thought we played maybe the best doubles point we've played all year. It was exciting to see that, with all the focus and work we've been putting into doubles."

In doubles, Georgia (4-2, 1-0 SEC) swept Mississippi State (8-3, 0-1 SEC).
The experienced duo of graduate Morgan Coppoc and junior Ania Hertel cruised to a 6-1 win over Emmanouela Antonaki and Tamara Racine, while the freshmen tandem of Mell Reasco and Dasha Vidmanova defeated Marta Falcetto and Chloe Cirotte 6-3 to clinch the doubles point. On court three, graduate Meg Kowalski and freshman Guillermina Grant were up 5-1 before going unfinished.

In singles play, UGA picked up wins from No. 42 Lea Ma, No. 58 Kowalski, No. 99 Vidmanova, No. 101 Hertel and Coppoc. Hertel picked up the first win of the day for the Bulldogs, besting Mississippi State's Marta Falceto 6-1, 6-2. She was quickly followed by Vidmanova who overcame an early deficit in set one to win 6-3, 6-3 over Chloe Cirotte. Coppoc clinched the match for UGA, picking up a 6-4, 6-3 straight-set victory over Alexandra Mikhailuk.

While playing the match out, Kowalski defeated Alessia Tagliente 7-5, 6-2 after trailing 1-4 in the first set, while Ma picked up her sixth-ranked win of the year, topping No. 69 Emmanouela Antonaki (MSU) 7-6(5), 7-6(1). Reasco fell to Tamara Racine in a super tiebreaker 5-7, 6-4 1-0(7).

Next up, the Bulldogs will travel to Gainesville, Florida to take on the Gators Friday, March 11 at 5 p.m.

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Singles Results

1. #42 Lea Ma (UGA) def. #69 Emmanouela Antonaki (MSU) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-1)
2. Tamara Racine (MSU) def. #22 Mell Reasco (UGA) 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
3. #99 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Chloe Cirotte (MSU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Morgan Coppoc (UGA) def. Alexandra Mikhailuk (MSU) 6-4, 6-3
5. #58 Meg Kowalski (UGA) def. Alessia Tagliente (MSU) 7-5, 6-2
6. #101 Ania Hertel (UGA) def. Marta Falceto (MSU) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles Results

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