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Georgia Defeats Florida, 4-3 in Gainesville
March 08, 2024 | Women's Tennis
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Reaching the fourth contest of its five-match road trip, the No. 10 Georgia women's tennis team remains undefeated in Southeastern Conference action after knocking off No. 18 Florida, 4-3, at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex on Friday.
The victory extends the Bulldogs' (8-3, 3-0 SEC) winning streak to six matches, now going 2-0 against the Gators (5-7, 1-2 SEC) this season and winning the last eight meetings over Florida.
Georgia opened the scoring by earning the doubles point, marking its seventh consecutive match in which it has taken the doubles decision.
Fresh off of earning their first top 10 doubles ranking of the season, the No. 8 tandem of Aysegul Mert and Dasha Vidmanova made quick work of Qavia Lopez and Malwina Rowinska (Florida) en route to a 6-3 victory on court one.
Tight scores were held late on courts two and three, but the duo of Alexandra Vecic and Mell Reasco pulled through to defeat Carly Briggs and Rachel Gailis (Florida), 6-3, to secure the doubles point.
In singles, it was the back end of the lineup that led the way for the Bulldogs.
On court four, No. 98 Anastasiia Lopata was dominant from start to finish as she cruised past Alicia Dudeney (Florida), 6-1, 6-1.
Appearing in the lineup for a second-consecutive weekend on court five, Mert battled back from trailing in both sets to take a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 win over Lopez (Florida).
With matches on courts 1-3 and six leveled at one set apiece, Guillermina Grant pulled off the clinching moment as she came back from a set down to defeat Rowinska (Florida) 3-6, 7-6, 6-1 on court six.
Despite the 4-0 score line securing the Bulldogs the victory, both sides opted to play the matches out resulting in wins for the Gators on courts 1-3.
Georgia will now wrap up the last of its five-match road trip where it will face No. 22 South Carolina on Sunday, Mar. 10 at 1 p.m. ET in Columbia, S.C. Both programs will compete against each other for the second time this season, as the Bulldogs previously knocked off the Gamecocks 4-1 in the ITA Kickoff Championship match on Jan. 27 to punch their ticket to the ITA DI Women's National Team Indoor Championships.
No. 10 GEORGIA vs No. 22 SOUTH CAROLINA
Date: Sunday, Mar. 10
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Location: Columbia, S.C.
Venue: Carolina Tennis Center
Live Scoring: https://gado.gs/bhr
Live Video: https://gado.gs/bis
Singles Results
No. 45 Rachel Gailis (Florida) def. No. 29 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA), 7-6, 4-6, 6-0
No. 80 Sara Dahlstrom (Florida) def. No. 25 Alexandra Vecic (UGA), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 79 Carly Briggs (Florida) def. No. 68 Mell Reasco (UGA), 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
No. 98 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) def. Alicia Dudeney (Florida), 6-1, 6-1
Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Qavia Lopez (Florida), 6-4, 6-4
Guillermina Grant (UGA) def. Malwina Rowinska (Florida), 3-6, 7-6, 6-1
Doubles Results
No. 8 Aysegul Mert/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Qavia Lopez/Malwina Rowinska (UF), 6-2
No. 34 Guillermina Grant/Mai Nirundorn (UGA) vs Alicia Dudeney/Bente Spee (UF), 3-5 (unfinished)
Mell Reasco/Alexandra Vecic (UGA) def. Carly Briggs/Rachel Gailis (UF), 6-3
Match Notes:
No. 10 Georgia (8-3, 3-0 SEC)
No. 18 Florida (5-7, 1-2 SEC)
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (4,5,6,3,1,2)
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