No. 13 Georgia Sweeps No. 19 Auburn, 4-0, on Senior Day

Sunday, April 12

Athens, Ga.

1:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Auburn

No. 13 Georgia Sweeps No. 19 Auburn, 4-0, on Senior Day

April 12, 2026 | Men's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. — The No. 13 Georgia men's tennis team defeated No. 19 Auburn, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex for Senior Day. The Bulldogs honored four student athletes in the senior class, Arda Azkara, Santiago Giamichelle, Derrick Chen and Will Jansen.

FAST FACTS:

Georgia took the doubles point for an early lead. Chen and Noah Johnston claimed court three, 6-3, followed by No. 17 Azkara and Giamichelle on court one with the clinch. The pair secured their highest ranked win, defeating No. 12 Billy Blaydes and Freddy Blaydes 6-4.
Sophomore Gabriele Vulpitta scored the Bulldogs' first singles point on court six, 6-1, 6-0.
Putting Georgia up 3-0, Chen won court four, 6-4, 6-1.
Jansen clinched the Dawgs' victory with a tiebreak on court two, 6-1, 7-6(3)

With the win, Georgia moves to 17-7 on the season.

RESULTS:
Georgia 4, Auburn 0

Doubles

#17 Arda Azkara/Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) def. No. 12 Billy Blaydes/Freddy Blaydes (AU) 6-4
Will Jansen/Gabriele Vulpitta (UGA) vs. Nicholas Heng/Alan Bojarski (AU) 5-5, unfinished

Derrick Chen/Noah Johnston (UGA) def. Thomas Kennedy/Hamza Nasridinov (AU) 6-3

Singles

#40 Arda Azkara (UGA) vs. #23 Hamza Nasridinov (AU) 7-5, 6-5, unfinished
#47 Will Jansen (UGA) vs. #66 Billy Blaydes (AU) 6-1, 7-6(3)
#108 Santiago Giamichelle (UGA) vs. Nicholas Heng (AU) 6(3)-7, 5-1, unfinished
Derrick Chen (UGA) def. Alan Bojarski (AU) 6-4, 6-1
Noah Johnston (UGA) vs. Freddy Blaydes (AU) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished

Gabrielle Vulpitta (UGA) def. Manel Lazaro (AU) 6-1, 6-0

QUOTES

Head Coach Jamie Hunt
On today's match. . .
"Today was all about the seniors. I am so proud of them and what they've given to the program this year, the investment they've made into being a Bulldog while adding to our program. Each and every one of them has added something to this team. It's been an absolute honor to coach them. I've loved every single minute of it, and we're not done yet. This team is continuing to get better and continuing to grow. I honestly feel like we haven't even scratched the surface of how good we can be. It was a great weekend and today was awesome. It was a strong finish to doubles. We woke up and got ourselves going to finish great and carry that momentum into singles. Gabri [Vulpitta] is phenomenal, getting our second point. Derrick [Chen] followed up, and Will [Jansen] finished it. Everyone was competing really well. I'm proud of our seniors to get it done today, and excited for the SEC tournament now. It's post-season time!"

Senior Will Jansen
On performance today...
"It was obviously a good team effort. Santiago [Giamichelle] and Arda and Derrick and Noah came in clutch in the doubles. It always helps getting a team off the court in doubles fairly quickly, which puts less pressure on the rest of us. In singles, we carried on. Gabri did a great job winning 6-1 6-0 very quickly. Derrick followed that on senior day, so I'm really happy for him."