Bulldogs Down Aggies, Win 11th SEC Tournament Championship

Sunday, April 20

Auburn, Ala.

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University of Georgia

Texas A&M

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Bulldogs Down Aggies, Win 11th SEC Tournament Championship

April 20, 2025 | Women's Tennis

AUBURN, Ala. — The No. 2 ranked and 2-seeded Georgia women's tennis team (23-3, 13-2 SEC) won its third-consecutive Southeastern Conference Tournament Championship after knocking off No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Texas A&M (25-3, 14-1 SEC), 4-2, at the Yarbrough Tennis Center on Sunday.

Fast Facts

The Bulldogs secured their 11th SEC Tournament title as well as their second conference tourney three-peat in program history, replicating the three-year title winning stretch from 2007-09. Georgia joins Florida as the only two programs in SEC history to accomplish this feat.
Georgia has now won four SEC Tournament titles in the last five seasons, facing Texas A&M in each final.
The Bulldogs are now 22-6 all-time against the Aggies while improving to a perfect 9-0 record on neutral courts this season, earning seven combined wins in tournament-style matches on route to winning the 2025 ITA National Team and SEC Tournament titles.
Georgia earned the doubles point to open the afternoon as the #74 tandem of Guillermina Grant and Anastasiia Lopata struck first with a 6-3 win over Mia Kupres and Daria Smetannikov on court two. With Texas A&M pulling for a court one win, the court three duo of Aysegul Mert and Hayden Mulberry pulled through to take down Nicole Khirin and Lexington Reed, 6-4, and secure the doubles point for the Bulldogs.
In singles, both sides split first sets at three apiece as Mell Reasco was sharp on court three, cruising past #72 Kupres, 6-3, 6-1, to double Georgia's lead at 2-0.
#54 Mert played a smart game through two sets, holding off several second set comeback bids to defeat #51 Perez, 6-3, 6-1, on court four to give the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead.
After back-to-back singles wins on court one and six for Texas A&M, #85 Grant battled through several match points to defeat #102 Smetannikov, 6-2, 7-5, on court five to secure the clinch and the title for Georgia.
Two Bulldogs in Grant and Mert were voted to the All-Tournament Team while Grant also took SEC Tournament MVP Honors with three doubles wins and three singles wins through three rounds of play.

Results
Doubles:
1. #2 Mell Reasco/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) vs. #35 Mary Stoiana/Lucciana Perez (TAMU), 4-5, unfinished
2. #74 Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) def. Mia Kupres/Daria Smetannikov (TAMU), 6-3
3. Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) def. Nicole Khirin/Lexington Reed (TAMU), 6-4

Singles:
1. #2 Mary Stoiana (TAMU) def. #1 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA), 6-4, 6-3
2. #22 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #17 Nicole Khirin (TAMU), 1-6, 6-0, 4-4, unfinished
3. Mell Reasco (UGA) def. #72 Mia Kupres (TAMU), 6-3, 6-1
4. #54 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. #51 Lucciana Perez (TAMU), 6-3, 6-1
5. #85 Guillermina Grant (UGA) vs. #102 Daria Smetannikov (TAMU), 6-2, 7-5
6. Lexington Reed (TAMU) def. Sofia Rojas (UGA), 6-3, 7-5

Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (3,4,1,6,5)

Up Next
Georgia will take a short rest in preparation for NCAA Regionals which will run from May 2-4. The NCAA Selection Show will air on April 28th with host sites and tournament brackets revealed for the upcoming 2025 NCAA Tournament.

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