No. 1 Bulldogs Sweep Georgia Tech in Season Opener

Friday, January 17

Athens, Ga.

5:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Georgia Tech

Photo by: Sofia Yaker/UGAAA

January 17, 2025 | Women's Tennis

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ATHENS, Ga. — The Georgia women's tennis team opened its 2025 spring season with a bang, sweeping in-state rival Georgia Tech 4-0 in front of 850 spectators at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility on Friday.

Fast Facts

Georgia now leads the all-time series 31-6, having won each of its last seven meetings while taking 13 of the last 15 matches.
The Bulldogs have now won 15 of their 31 all-time victories over the Yellow Jackets via sweep.
Georgia opened the evening in dominant fashion in doubles as the newly formed pair of senior Guillermina Grant and junior Sofia Rojas secured a bagel over #54 Alejandra Cruz and Given Roach, 6-0, on court two. Within a minute, the duo of senior Dasha Vidmanova and sophomore Aysegul Mert sealed the deal with a 6-1 win over Scarlett Nicholson and Kate Sharabura, 6-1, to secure the doubles point.
No. 1 Vidmanova picked up right where she left off in fall play, cruising past Nicholson, 6-1, 6-1, to secure the first singles point of the day for the Bulldogs.
Mert played her first singles match in the court three slot and did not disappoint, battling her way through a tough first set before breaking through in the second to defeat Sharabura, 6-4, 6-3, and give Georgia a 3-0 lead.
In her dual match debut for the Bulldogs, Rojas secured the match-clinching victory in a 6-4, 6-2 win over Olivia Carneiro on court six.
With today's results, Vidmanova earned her 60th-career doubles victory while Mert recorded her 20th-career singles win in the Red and Black.

Results (Winners in Bold)
Doubles:
Dasha Vidmanova/Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Scarlett Nicholson/Kate Sharabura (GT), 6-1
Guillermina Grant/Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. #54 Alejandra Cruz/Given Roach (GT), 6-0
Anastasiia Lopata/Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. Kylie Bilchev/Taly Licht (GT), 4-1 (unfinished)

Singles:
#1 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Scarlett Nicholson (GT), 6-1, 6-1
#29 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. Alejandra Cruz (GT), 6-0, 1-6, 1-0, (unfinished)
Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Kate Sharabura (GT), 6-4, 6-3
#60 Guillermina Grant (UGA) vs. Given Roach (GT), 6-4, 4-3, (unfinished)
Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. Taly Licht (GT), 2-6, 6-4, 2-0, (unfinished)
Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. Olivia Carneiro (GT), 6-4, 6-2

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (1,3,6)

Up Next
The No. 1 Bulldogs will remain at home and play host at the ITA Kickoff Weekend where they will face Charlotte in the first round on Saturday, Jan. 25 with first serve set at 3 p.m. ET at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility.

Match 2 - No. 1 Georgia vs Charlotte (ITA Kickoff Weekend Round 1)
Date: Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025
Time: 3 p.m. ET
Location: Athens, Ga.
Site: Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Facility
Live indoor scoring/video: https://gado.gs/indoorlive

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