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Georgia Opens Spring Season Ranked Seventh
January 04, 2023 | Men's Tennis
ATHENS, Ga. – The University of Georgia men's tennis team will begin its 2023 spring season ranked as the No. 7 team in the country, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Wednesday morning. This marks the highest preseason ranking the program has received since the 2018 spring season, when the Bulldogs were No. 4.
Georgia is one of four teams in the Southeastern Conference ranked in the top-10, joining No. 4 Kentucky, No. 6 Tennessee and No. 10 South Carolina. The SEC had the most schools ranked of any conference, with seven (No. 12 Florida, No. 23 Auburn and No. 24 Texas A&M).
Georgia will return to action this Friday in the Miami Spring Invite, beginning with singles, where the Bulldogs will play members from the Miami Hurricanes team at 9 a.m. ET and against tandems from the South Carolina Gamecocks in doubles to close the opening day at 1 p.m.
The Bulldogs will begin their dual match season on the road Sunday, Jan. 15 against the No. T-16 Florida State Seminoles at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.
Defending National Champion Virginia sits atop the rankings will all 12 first-place votes. The Cavaliers are followed by Ohio State (No. 2) and TCU (No. 3).
Georgia was well represented in the final fall rankings as well, which were released on Nov 16, 2022. Redshirt freshman Ethan Quinn earned the top spot in the singles poll after a strong start to his collegiate career, going 9-0 and winning the ITA All-American Championships. Quinn was joined by No. 10 Philip Henning in the top-10, making Georgia just one of two schools to have multiple players represented in the top 10.
The Bulldogs put five players in the singles rankings in total, rounded out by No. 21 Blake Croyder, No. 70 Teodor Giusca and No. 106 Trent Bryde. The Red and Black had a pair of tandems in the doubles rankings as well, led by 19th-ranked Bryde and Quinn and followed by No. 55 Croyder and Britton Johnston.
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Bulldogs by following UGA Men's Tennis on social media on Twitter and Instagram @UGATennis, on Facebook @UGAMensTennis, and on the web at GeorgiaDogs.com.
Georgia is one of four teams in the Southeastern Conference ranked in the top-10, joining No. 4 Kentucky, No. 6 Tennessee and No. 10 South Carolina. The SEC had the most schools ranked of any conference, with seven (No. 12 Florida, No. 23 Auburn and No. 24 Texas A&M).
Georgia will return to action this Friday in the Miami Spring Invite, beginning with singles, where the Bulldogs will play members from the Miami Hurricanes team at 9 a.m. ET and against tandems from the South Carolina Gamecocks in doubles to close the opening day at 1 p.m.
The Bulldogs will begin their dual match season on the road Sunday, Jan. 15 against the No. T-16 Florida State Seminoles at the Scott Speicher Memorial Tennis Center.
Defending National Champion Virginia sits atop the rankings will all 12 first-place votes. The Cavaliers are followed by Ohio State (No. 2) and TCU (No. 3).
Georgia was well represented in the final fall rankings as well, which were released on Nov 16, 2022. Redshirt freshman Ethan Quinn earned the top spot in the singles poll after a strong start to his collegiate career, going 9-0 and winning the ITA All-American Championships. Quinn was joined by No. 10 Philip Henning in the top-10, making Georgia just one of two schools to have multiple players represented in the top 10.
The Bulldogs put five players in the singles rankings in total, rounded out by No. 21 Blake Croyder, No. 70 Teodor Giusca and No. 106 Trent Bryde. The Red and Black had a pair of tandems in the doubles rankings as well, led by 19th-ranked Bryde and Quinn and followed by No. 55 Croyder and Britton Johnston.
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Bulldogs by following UGA Men's Tennis on social media on Twitter and Instagram @UGATennis, on Facebook @UGAMensTennis, and on the web at GeorgiaDogs.com.
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