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Georgia Set for Pair of SEC Road Contests

March 09, 2023 | Women's Tennis

#3 GEORGIA vs #53 KENTUCKY
Date: Friday, Mar. 10
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Site: Hillary J. Boone Varsity Tennis Center
 
#3 GEORGIA vs #17 VANDERBILT
Date: Sunday, Mar. 12
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Site: Lummis Family Tennis Center
 
MEDIA INFORMATION
UK Live Stats: https://gado.gs/9pj
UK Live Video: https://gado.gs/a8p
VU Live Stats: https://gado.gs/a8m
VU Live Video: https://gado.gs/a8n 
UGA Season Stats: https://gado.gs/9yj
 
Social Media
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Bulldogs by following UGA Women's Tennis on Twitter @UGAWomensTennis, on Instagram @UGAWomensTennis, and on Facebook @GeorgiaWomensTennis or check out information online at georgiadogs.com.
 
QUICK HITS
800 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).
 
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
Third-ranked Georgia boasts seven rankings: A quintet of individuals, 10th-ranked Lea Ma, No. 12 Dasha Vidmanova, No. 52 Mell Reasco, No. 64 Anastasiia Lopata and No. 122 Meg Kowalski; two tandems in No. 26 Guillermina Grant and Mai Nirundorn and No. 39 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 Wildcats
Kentucky is 6-4, 1-1 SEC on the season. The Wildcats own one rankings in No. 74 Florencia Urrutia.
 
Scouting the Commodores
Vanderbilt is 8-3, 2-0 SEC on the season and will host Tennessee on March 10 before playing the Bulldogs. The Commodores own six rankings in No. 48 Celia-Belle Mohr, No. 60 Bridget Stammel, No. 80 Anna Ross, No. 111 Holly Staff, No. 113 Anessa Lee; one tandem in No. 68 Anessa Lee and Celia-Belle Mohr.
 
Up Next
The Bulldogs return to Athens to host Mercer on Tuesday, March 14 at 3 p.m. before playing Alabama on Friday, March 17 at 5 p.m. and Auburn on Sunday, March 19 at 1 p.m.
 
 
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