Georgia women’s tennis has successful trip to Puerto Rico
The Georgia women’s tennis team began its two-week road trip this weekend traveling to Palmas Del Mar, Puerto Rico.
The weekend featured a strong showing from doubles teams, winning five out of six matches and earning 10 singles victories.
Head coach Jeff Wallace has noted the importance of experimenting with doubles pairings and put that experiment on display this weekend, as a variety of players were tested, including Caroline Brinson, Mariana Gould, Laura Patterson and Kennedy Shaffer.
“Our doubles have been great this weekend,” associate head coach Drake Bernstein said.
Georgia’s duo of Brinson and Patterson was able to sweep Virginia’s No. 38-ranked Rosie Johnson and Meghan Kelley, 6-1.
Eleni Christofi, continuing on her hot start to the fall, was paired with Shaffer and the two defeated Cassie Mercer and Chloe Gullickson, also of Virginia, 6-4.
Gould and Marta Gonzalez finished up the doubles matchups for Georgia with a win over Camille Favero and Hunter Bleser, 7-5.
Singles matches for the Bulldogs started off slow, as they earned just five victories in 14 matches through Saturday.
Sunday proved to be different for Georgia, as the team earned five singles match victories highlighted by strong performances from both Shaffer and Brinson.
"We had a much better day today," Bernstein said. "The girls found their competitive gear and looked tough from start to finish. As a group it may have been our best day mentally this whole fall. As coaches, we are proud of the girls for bouncing back to play well after some difficult matches and hot conditions."
Brinson, the No. 21-ranked senior, was matched with Borislava Bothuarova of Old Dominion, defeating her in a match tiebreaker 6-0, 4-6, 10-5. While Shaffer, ranked No. 14, defeated Holly Hutchinson 6-3, 6-2.
Gould, Patterson and Gonzalez wrapped up the weekend for Georgia with wins, with Gould defeating Nataliya Vlasova of Old Dominion 6-2, 6-1, Patterson edging out Ingrid Vojcinakova 6-3, 3-6, 10-3, and Gonzalez outlasting Natlya Malenko, 6-2, 6-1.
The wins put Brinson at 10-4 on the year, Shaffer at 9-4 and Marta Gonzalez with an impressive 10-2 record so far this season.
The weekend featured a strong showing from doubles teams, winning five out of six matches and earning 10 singles victories.
Head coach Jeff Wallace has noted the importance of experimenting with doubles pairings and put that experiment on display this weekend, as a variety of players were tested, including Caroline Brinson, Mariana Gould, Laura Patterson and Kennedy Shaffer.
“Our doubles have been great this weekend,” associate head coach Drake Bernstein said.
Georgia’s duo of Brinson and Patterson was able to sweep Virginia’s No. 38-ranked Rosie Johnson and Meghan Kelley, 6-1.
Eleni Christofi, continuing on her hot start to the fall, was paired with Shaffer and the two defeated Cassie Mercer and Chloe Gullickson, also of Virginia, 6-4.
Gould and Marta Gonzalez finished up the doubles matchups for Georgia with a win over Camille Favero and Hunter Bleser, 7-5.
Singles matches for the Bulldogs started off slow, as they earned just five victories in 14 matches through Saturday.
Sunday proved to be different for Georgia, as the team earned five singles match victories highlighted by strong performances from both Shaffer and Brinson.
"We had a much better day today," Bernstein said. "The girls found their competitive gear and looked tough from start to finish. As a group it may have been our best day mentally this whole fall. As coaches, we are proud of the girls for bouncing back to play well after some difficult matches and hot conditions."
Brinson, the No. 21-ranked senior, was matched with Borislava Bothuarova of Old Dominion, defeating her in a match tiebreaker 6-0, 4-6, 10-5. While Shaffer, ranked No. 14, defeated Holly Hutchinson 6-3, 6-2.
Gould, Patterson and Gonzalez wrapped up the weekend for Georgia with wins, with Gould defeating Nataliya Vlasova of Old Dominion 6-2, 6-1, Patterson edging out Ingrid Vojcinakova 6-3, 3-6, 10-3, and Gonzalez outlasting Natlya Malenko, 6-2, 6-1.
The wins put Brinson at 10-4 on the year, Shaffer at 9-4 and Marta Gonzalez with an impressive 10-2 record so far this season.
- Michael Hebert
posted by Zo Heri at 7:21 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home