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Georgia Set to Open SEC Play Against Arkansas and Mizzou
March 02, 2023 | Women's Tennis
#6 GEORGIA vs. #49 ARKANSAS
Date: Friday, Mar. 3
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Athens, Ga.
Site: Dan Magill Tennis Complex
#6 GEORGIA vs. MISSOURI
Date: Sunday, Mar. 5
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: Athens, Ga.
Site: Dan Magill Tennis Complex
MEDIA INFORMATION
Live Stats/Video: https://gado.gs/9y9
UGA Season Stats: https://gado.gs/9yj
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Despite rain in the forecast on Friday, March 3, the Bulldogs are scheduled to play Arkansas at 5 p.m. If the match is unable to start by 7 p.m. on Friday, it will be postponed to Saturday, March 4 at 10 a.m.
Social Media
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QUICK HITS
798 Wins, 19 SEC Titles, Six National Championships
Georgia head coach Jeff Wallace is now in his 38th 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 and is two wins away from becoming the second coach to eclipse the 800 mark in collegiate women's tennis history.
1. Lin Loring (Stanford)..........................................................................................................................846-336
2. Jeff Wallace (Georgia)* .....................................................................................................................798-197
3. Brian Kalbas (North Carolina)* ..........................................................................................................727-186
4. Jay Louderback (Notre Dame)...........................................................................................................703-402
5. Geoff MacDonald (Vanderbilt)............................................................................................................631-225
* Denotes active coach
2023 ITA National Team Indoors Runner-Up
After defeating sixth-ranked Stanford, 15th-ranked Oklahoma and 14th-ranked Iowa State, the Bulldogs made the program's ninth ITA Indoors finals appearance – a rematch with No. 2 North Carolina. Despite a spectacular run, Georgia fell to the Tar Heels 4-0.
Under the direction Coach Wallace the University of Georgia women's tennis team has played for or won a National Championship in five different decades:
1987...........................................................................................................................NCAA Finals
1994...........................................................................................................................Indoor Champions
1994...........................................................................................................................NCAA Champions
1995...........................................................................................................................Indoor Champions
1999...........................................................................................................................NCAA Finals
2000...........................................................................................................................NCAA Champions
2001...........................................................................................................................Indoor Finals
2002...........................................................................................................................Indoor Champions
2004...........................................................................................................................Indoor Finals
2009...........................................................................................................................Indoor Finals
2015...........................................................................................................................Indoor Finals
2019...........................................................................................................................Indoor Champions
2019...........................................................................................................................NCAA Finals
2023...........................................................................................................................Indoor Finals
Dawgs in the Polls
Sixth-ranked Georgia owns seven rankings: A quintet of individuals, sixth-ranked Lea Ma, No. 18 Dasha Vidmanova, No. 76 Mell Reasco, No. 78 Anastasiia Lopata and No. 112 Meg Kowalski; two tandems in No. 28 Guillermina Grant and Mai Nirundorn and No. 30 Meg Kowalski and Mell Reasco.
In the fall, the ITA also ranks the Top-10 Freshman/Newcomer, Lopata came in at No. 10.
Scouting the Razorbacks
Arkansas is 6-3 on the season. The Razorbacks own a pair of rankings in No. 74 Carolina Gomez Alonso and No. 46 Morgan Cross and Indianna Spink.
Scouting the Tigers
Missouri is 9-3 on the season and will take on Tennessee in Knoxville, Friday, March 3 before heading to Athens. The Tigers own one ranking No. 117 Laura Masic.
Up Next
The Bulldogs travel to Lexington, Kentucky to take on the Wildcats on March 10 and Nashville, Tennessee to face the Commodores on March 12.
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