Georgia Adds Two Wins Against Arkansas, NC A&T

Sunday, March 15

Athens, Ga.

12:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Arkansas

March 15, 2026 | Men's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. --- The University of Georgia men's tennis team notched two wins on Sunday, with the first coming against Arkansas, 4-0, and then North Carolina A&T, 4-0.

FAST FACTS:
vs. Arkansas

The Bulldogs clinched the doubles point by taking courts one and three. Arda Azkara and Santiago Giamichelle earned a 6-4 win over Eric Padgham and Ben Weintraub on court one, while Derrick Chen and Noah Johnston took a 6-4 win over Brendan Boland and Dmitry Kopilevich.
Georgia saw two tiebreakers during set one, on courts one and five. Both Derrick Chen, 7-6 (7-3), and Arda Azkara, 7-6 (7-1), used it to take the set point.
Will Jansen was the first to clinch his court in singles, defeating Lukas Palovic 6-1, 6-4.
Derrick Chen then put Georgia up 3-0 with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win over Dmitry Kopilevich on court five.
And on court four, Noah Johnston sealed the win with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Gabriel Elicha Navas.

Vs. NC A&T

Georgia and NC A&T did not play doubles and went straight to singles matches.
All six Bulldogs won their first sets.
Freshman Salvador Price put the Bulldogs on the board with a 6-1, 6-2 win on court five.
Derrick Chen added a point for UGA on court four before Santiago Giamichelle made the score 3-0 with a win on court four.

Freshman Noah Johnston clinched the match on court three: 6-1, 6-3.

RESULTS:
Georgia 4, Arkansas 0

Doubles

#43 Arda Azkara/Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) def. Eric Padgham/Ben Weintraub (ARK) 6-4
#28 Connor Smillie/Jakub Vrba (ARK) def. Will Jansen/ Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) 6-4

Derrick Chen/Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Brendan Boland/Dmitry Kopilevich (ARK) 6-4

Singles

#32 Arda Azkara (UGA) vs. #21 Jakub Vrba (ARK) 7-6 (1), 3-5 unfinished
#34 Will Jansen (UGA) def. Lukas Palovic (ARK) 6-1, 6-4
#81 Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) vs. Ben Weintraub (ARK) 6-2, 6-6 (0-1) unfinished
#120 Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Gabriel Elicha Navas (ARK) 6-4, 6-4
Derrick Chen (UGA) def. Dmitry Kopilevich (ARK) 7-6 (3), 6-3

Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) vs. Brendan Boland (ARK) 6-1, 6-6 (3-3) unfinished

Georgia 4, NC A&T 0

Singles

#34 Will Jansen (UGA) vs. Kaua Santos (NC A&T) 6-1, 4-1 unfinished
#81 Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) def. Jindrich Brill (NC A&T) 6-4, 6-1
#120 Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Niklas Laux (NC A&T) 6-1, 6-3
Derrick Chen (UGA) def. Illia Olefir (NC A&T) 6-0, 6-2
Salvador Price (UGA) def. Gabriel Linovic (NC A&T) 6-1, 6-2

Cooper Johnson (UGA) vs. Mathieu Dassaubat (NC A&T) 7-5, 4-0 unfinished

QUOTES
Head Coach Jamie Hunt
"A good win to start the day off with Arkansas. They are a really good team coming off of a really good win at Tennessee. Every match in the SEC is difficult, so I am proud of the way we responded after a tough match on Friday with TCU. It started with our mindset, putting that behind us, having a good practice yesterday and then coming out with great energy today. I thought that we played well, but it started with our energy. In singles, we carried that over and played really well. Derrick Chen, I thought was phenomenal all weekend long, going 4-0 and we had a number of other bright spots. Good day for us but we have to keep getting better and working hard."

Derrick Chen
On today's doubleheader…
"Yeah, it was a great day. Jamie emphasized bringing really good energy today from the start and I think both matches went pretty well. That created a good level and good result in the end."