Georgia Rolls Tennessee, 4-1

Sunday, March 24

Knoxville, TN

1 p.m.

University of Georgia

Tennessee

March 24, 2024 | Women's Tennis

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — After dropping the doubles point to start, the No. 8 Georgia women's tennis team swept singles action en route to a 4-1 victory over No. 22 Tennessee at Barksdale Stadium on Sunday.

The Bulldogs (12-3, 7-0 SEC) have now won 10-straight matches on the season and improved to 55-9 all-time against the Lady Volunteers (11-6, 3-4 SEC), winning each of the last 16 meetings between both programs.

"Today was a great team effort coming out taking six first sets after losing a tough doubles point," said head coach Drake Bernstein. "We really never looked back once singles got started."

Opening the afternoon with doubles, Georgia fell behind early as it dropped the doubles point.

After the Bulldogs fell 6-3 on court three, the No. 16 tandem of Aysegul Mert and Dasha Vidmanova leveled the courts with a 6-4 victory over No. 49 Esther Adeshina and Alana Wolfberg (Tennessee) on court two.

Despite a late push, Georgia fell on court one as Tennessee led 1-0 heading into singles.

The Bulldogs responded in dominant fashion early as they took first sets across all six courts.

No. 75 Mell Reasco struck first in singles for Georgia as she took a 6-2, 6-3 straight-set victory over Wolfberg (Tennessee) on court three to level the score at 1-1.

It was not long until the Bulldogs came back for more as No. 91 Mai Nirundorn capped off a dominant 6-2, 6-2 victory over Lauren Anzalotta (Tennessee) on court six to hand Georgia its first lead of the day at 2-1.

After trailing by several games in the second set, No. 30 Alexandra Vecic came back to force a tiebreaker and win 6-4, 7-6(3) against Elza Tomase (Tennessee).

With courts one and five each sitting one game away from victory, it was Guillermina Grant who came through in the end as she secured the clinch for the Bulldogs with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 win over Adeshina (Tennessee).

"We are building some momentum as a group and are looking forward to one more weekend on the road before finishing the season out in Athens," Bernstein said.

Georgia will head back to Athens and prepare for its last regular season road weekend where it will face No. 21 Alabama on Friday, March 29 at 6 p.m. ET in Tuscaloosa, Ala., followed by a date with No. 18 Auburn on Sunday, March 31 at 1 p.m. ET in Auburn, Ala.

No. 8 GEORGIA vs No. 21 ALABAMA
Date: Friday, March 29
Time: 6 p.m. ET
Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Venue: Roberta Anderson Baumgardner Tennis Facility
Live Video/Scoring links will be provided closer to match day.

No. 8 GEORGIA vs No. 18 AUBURN
Date: Sunday, March 31
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Location: Auburn, Ala.
Venue: Yarbrough Tennis Center
Live Video: https://gado.gs/bml
Live Scoring: https://gado.gs/bmm

Singles Results
No. 24 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) vs No. 17 Sofia Cabezas (TENN), 7-5, 6-5 (unfinished)
No. 30 Alexandra Vecic (UGA) def. Elza Tomase (TENN), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
No. 75 Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Alana Wolfberg (TENN), 6-2, 6-3
No. 80 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs Catherine Aulia (TENN), 6-3, 4-6, 3-3 (unfinished)
Guillermina Grant (UGA) def. Esther Adeshina (TENN), 7-5, 5-7, 6-1
No. 91 Mai Nirundorn (UGA) def. Lauren Anzalotta (TENN), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles Results
No. 21 Sofia Cabezas/Elza Tomase (TENN) def. No. 35 Guillermina Grant/Mai Nirundorn (UGA), 7-5
No. 16 Aysegul Mert/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. No. 49 Esther Adeshina/Alana Wolfberg (TENN), 6-4
Lauren Anzalotta/Catherine Aulia (TENN) def. Alexandra Vecic/Mell Reasco (UGA), 6-3

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