No. 1 Bulldogs Sweep No. 29 Georgia Tech, Advance to NCAA Super Regionals

Saturday, May 3

Athens, Ga.

1 PM

University of Georgia

Georgia Tech

No. 1 Bulldogs Sweep No. 29 Georgia Tech, Advance to NCAA Super Regionals

May 03, 2025 | Women's Tennis

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ATHENS, Ga. — The No. 1 Georgia women's tennis team (25-3, 13-2 SEC) punched their ticket to the NCAA Super Regionals after knocking off No. 29 Georgia Tech (14-12, 6-6 ACC), 4-0, in the NCAA Regional second round at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Saturday.

Fast Facts

The Bulldogs secured their 100th NCAA Tournament win all-time.
Georgia now leads the all-time series 32-6, having won each of its last eight meetings while taking 14 of the last 16 matches.
The Bulldogs have now won 16 of their 32 all-time victories over the Yellow Jackets via sweep.
The Bulldogs remain an undefeated 9-0 in tournament style competition this season.
Georgia earned the doubles point to open the afternoon as the #68 tandem of Guillermina Grant and Anastasiia Lopata struck first with a 6-4 win over Kate Sharabura and Alejandra Cruz on court two. On court three, Aysegul Mert and Hayden Mulberry came out on top after defeating Taly Licht and Given Roach, 6-4, to earn doubles point for the Bulldogs.
#74 Grant was the first to finish in singles, defeating Licht, 6-3, 6-3, on court five to double Georgia's lead to 2-0.
#42 Mert was next to cross the finish line, earning a 6-2, 6-3 win over Roach on court four to put the Bulldogs one point away from victory.
Sofia Rojas closed out the afternoon with a 6-4, 7-5 win over Olivia Carneiro on court six for the clinch to send the Bulldogs to the Super Regionals.

Key Quotes:
Head Coach Drake Bernstein:
On today's regional win:
"Great crowd here. Rowdy from the start. I think that we matched the crowd's energy with our doubles. We were focused. We were poised throughout. Really happy with how we served it out on two courts there in doubles and then came out pretty quick getting five first sets in singles. I think that's a big deal when we get that point in our pocket. It's a testament to how far our doubles have come and the work that we've done there and Jarryd [Chaplin]'s coaching there. Fun day in Athens."

On the team playing in Athens one more time this season:
"It's fun when you know that it's your last one. Today you don't want it to be your last one. Being able to plan on it being the last one, we know want to send these seniors out with an exclamation point. We're excited for one more week of training and a big Friday night match here."

Sophomore Aysegul Mert
On today's regional win:
"I think we started with a lot of energy in doubles across all three courts and it helped us get off to a great start. It was very clean from start to finish. We knew we were playing a great, competitive team, so I felt like we were at our best in doubles and that helped us get off to a quick start in singles as well. Especially on my own court, she was serving pretty well so we both had serves up until the middle of the first set, but I tried to just stick to my game. I had a clear game plan before the match, so I'm glad I could stick to it. The second set was a little bit more competitive than the first set, but I think overall as a team we did a great job of supporting each other, playing together and using the crowd, so I think that was a pretty good performance."

Results
Doubles:
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (UGA) def. #55 Kylie Bilchev/Scarlett Nicholson (GT), 3-5 unfinished
2. #68 Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. Kate Sharabura/Alejandra Cruz (GT), 6-4
3. Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) def. Taly Licht/Given Roach (GT), 6-4

Singles:
1. #2 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) vs. #28 Scarlett Nicholson (GT), 6-1, 2-6, 5-0 unfinished
2. #17 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #90 Alejandra Cruz (GT), 6-4, 5-5 unfinished
3. Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. Kate Sharabura (GT), 5-7, 6-2, 3-2 unfinished
4. #42 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Given Roach (GT), 6-2, 6-3
5. #74 Guillermina Grant (UGA) def. Taly Licht (GT), 6-3, 6-3
6. Sofia Rojas (UGA) vs. Olivia Carneiro (GT), 6-4, 7-5

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

Up Next
Georgia will prepare to host the NCAA Super Regionals where it will face the winner between 16-seed Washington and California on May 9-10 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

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