No. 7 Georgia Sweeps No. 6 Pepperdine, Advances to NCAA Tournament National Championship

Saturday, May 18

Stillwater, Okla.

4:00 p.m. CT

University of Georgia

Pepperdine

No. 7 Georgia Sweeps No. 6 Pepperdine, Advances to NCAA Tournament National Championship

May 19, 2024 | Women's Tennis

STILLWATER, Okla. — The No. 7 Georgia women's tennis team advanced to the NCAA Tournament National Championship match after a dominant 4-0 sweep over No. 6 Pepperdine at the Greenwood Tennis Center on Saturday.

Fast Facts
• Drake Bernstein becomes the first head coach in program history to lead the team to an NCAA National Championship appearance in their first season at the helm.
• Georgia will appear in its sixth NCAA National Championship match in program history and it's first since 2019.
• The Bulldogs will face a Southeastern Conference opponent in the NCAA National Championship match for the first time in program history.
• All four juniors on the team contributed to a team point against Pepperdine (Mai Nirundorn/Guillermina Grant - 6-4 win on court two doubles, Dasha Vidmanova 6-2, 7-5 win on court one singles, Mell Reasco 7-6(3), 6-3 win on court three singles, Grant 7-5, 6-3 win on court five singles and match clincher).
• Georgia owns a 5-0 combined record this season against both potential national championship opponents (3-0 vs Texas A&M, 2-0 vs Tennessee)

Singles Results
#16 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. #39 Janice Tjen (PEP), 6-2, 7-5
#15 Lisa Zaar (PEP) vs. #41 Alexandra Vecic (UGA), 6-2, 5-6 (unfinished)
#65 Mell Reasco (UGA) def. #12 Savannah Broadus (PEP), 7-6(3), 6-3
#80 Nikki Redelijk (PEP) vs. #70 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA), 7-5, 1-3 (unfinished)
Guillermina Grant (UGA) def. #86 Anna Campana (PEP), 7-5, 6-3
Vivian Yang (PEP) vs. #87 Mai Nirundorn (UGA), 5-7, 6-2 (unfinished)

Doubles Results
#2 Savannah Broadus/Janice Tjen (PEP) vs. #14 Aysegul Mert/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA), 5-6 (unfinished)
#55 Guillermina Grant/Mai Nirundorn (UGA) def. Nikki Redelijk/Vivian Yang (PEP), 6-4
Anastasiia Lopata/Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Anna Campana/Lisa Zaar (PEP), 6-2

Match Notes
Order of finish:
Singles -- (1,3,5) ; Doubles -- (3,2)

Key Quote
Head Coach Drake Bernstein: "Just really proud of this team, really proud of the ground that we've covered in the last really heavy three months. This team's got a lot of character, a lot of heart, a lot of fight. They're playing for a lot of people back home, whether that's back home where they're from and families, or the UGA family that's just the best support in college tennis. I think that that's the kind of the effort that you get when you've got that kind of support, and it's awesome to see them take advantage of that and let themselves shine on this kind of stage."

Up Next
Georgia will now compete in the 2024 NCAA Tournament National Championship match on Sunday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. CT at the Greenwood Tennis Center. The Bulldogs will face off against the winner of the second semifinal between No. 13 Texas A&M and No. 16 Tennessee. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.