Georgia Defeats The Citadel in Doubleheader, 7-0, 4-0

Sunday, February 15

Athens, Ga.

10 a.m.

University of Georgia

The Citadel

Georgia tennis player Noah Johnston during Georgia’s match against Eastern Kentucky at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

Photo by: Tony Walsh/UGAAA

Georgia Defeats The Citadel in Doubleheader, 7-0, 4-0

February 15, 2026 | Men's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia men's tennis team defeated The Citadel in both matches of the doubleheader, 7-0, 4-0, on Sunday at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Facility.

FAST FACTS:
MATCH 1

The Bulldogs grabbed the doubles point early, defeating The Citadel 6-2 on both courts three and one.
Georgia shutout The Citadel on the singles courts, adding six points. Arda Azkara won his match first, 6-1, 6-2 before Noah Johnston defeated his opponent on court three. Gabriele Vulpitta clinched the win, beating his opponent 6-1, 6-0 on court four.
This marked the first match this season that the Bulldogs played out all singles matches.

MATCH 2

Georgia won the doubles point in a tiebreaker on court three after splitting courts one and two with The Citadel. Will Jansen and Cooper Johnson won their match, 6-2 before Derrick Chen and Noah Johnston were defeated 6-2 on court two. Gabriele Vulpitta and Salvador Price won 7-6 (3) to secure the doubles point for the Bulldogs.
Vulpitta was the first off the court in singles, adding a point for the Bulldogs on court three after defeating his opponent 6-0, 6-0.
Noah Johnston won his point on court four, 6-2, 6-0
Cooper Johnson had the first clinch of his career on court five, 6-1, 6-2.

The Bulldogs recorded their seventh shutout win of the spring.

QUOTES:
Head Coach Jamie Hunt
On his thoughts on the win...
"I was proud of our guys for coming out and taking care of business. We were focused. We were locked in. That's what I wanted to see from this weekend. I was just pleased with that."

On preparation for next week's SEC home opener...
"We have to get back outside. The SEC season is played primarily outside, unless we have bad weather. Certainly, we're looking forward to playing outside at the best stadium in the country, so we have to get back outside and get back to work. We're excited for the challenges ahead."

Redshirt-freshman Cooper Johnson
On his overall thoughts of the match…
"Yeah, it was great. It was nice to play with Will (Jansen), and we're such a close-knit group, so kind of feeding off the energy from court to court. It's cool to get the first couple of wins."

On what he's looking forward to once SEC play starts…
"Playing in front of a crowd is always great, you know, we love to have people show up and be loud, and I think we feed off that energy and we're able to play better because of it. So, definitely looking forward to that as we move outdoors and into the SEC play."

RESULTS:
MATCH 1
Georgia 7, The Citadel 0

Doubles

Will Jansen/Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) def. Ted Bagwell/Brady Gober (CIT), 6-2
Derrick Chen/Noah Johnston (UGA) vs. Noah Van Dyke/Nick Stroumpis (CIT) 4-3 unfinished
Cooper Johnson/Salvador Price (UGA) def. Anthony Osipov/Reece Beckendorf (CIT) 6-2

Singles

No. 39 Arda Azkara (UGA) def. Noah Van Dyke (CIT), 6-1, 6-2
No. 28 Will Jansen (UGA) def. Brady Gober (CIT) 6-3, 6-3
No. 83 Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Nick Stroumpis (CIT) 6-1, 6-1
No. 109 Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) def. Ted Bagwell (CIT) 6-1, 6-0
Salvador Price (UGA) def. Reece Beckendorf (CIT) 6-3, 6-3

Cooper Johnson (UGA) def. Anthony Osipov (CIT) 6-2, 6-1

MATCH 2
Georgia 4, The Citadel 0

Doubles

Will Jansen/ Cooper Johnson (UGA) def. Noah Van Dyke/Tucker Hendrix (CIT) 6-2
Brady Gober/ Ted Bagwell (CIT) def. Derrick Chen/Noah Johnston (UGA) 6-2
Gabriele Vulpitta/Salvador Price (UGA) def. Anthony Osipov/Reece Beckendorf (CIT) 7-6 (3)