Georgia Hosts Tennessee in Top-15 Matchup

Friday, March 24

Athens, Ga.

5 p.m.

University of Georgia

Tennessee

March 23, 2023 | Women's Tennis

#4 GEORGIA vs #12 TENNESSEE
Date: Friday, Mar. 24
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Athens, Georgia
Site: Dan Magill Tennis Complex

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QUICK HITS
805 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 800 wins in women's tennis history – trailing only Lin Loring, the all-time winningest coach with 846 (Indiana). Wallace is also, the nation's only women's tennis head coach to be named National Coach of the Year four times.

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

Built to Last
Under the direction of Coach Wallace, Georgia has finished first or second in the SEC 29 times.

Dawgs in the Polls
Fourth-ranked Georgia owns six rankings: A quartet of individuals, eighth-ranked Lea Ma, No. 10 Dasha Vidmanova, No. 57 Anastasiia Lopata and No. 60 Mell Reasco; two tandems in No. 31 Guillermina Grant and Mai Nirundorn and No. 44 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 Lady Vols
Tennessee is 13-2 overall and 6-0 in SEC play on the season. The Lady Vols own four rankings in No. 34 Rebeka Mertena, No. 39 Daria Kuczer and No. 49 Elza Tomase; No. 39 Ester Adeshina and Rebeka Mertena.

Up Next
The Bulldogs travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana to take on the LSU Tigers on Friday, March 31 at 6 p.m. before heading to Bryan-College Station, Texas for a top-5 matchup with the Texas A&M Aggies on Sunday, April 2 at 1 p.m.