[su_spacer size=”20″] Georgia junior Austin Smith won his opening round match at the NCAA Championships as the individual portion of the tournament began Wednesday at Baylor’s Hurd Tennis Center.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Smith (30) advanced to the second round with a 6-2, 7-6(1) win over South Florida’s Roberto Cid (21). He will take on Louisville’s fifth-seeded Sebastian Stiefelmeyer on Thursday. The junior from Cumming, Ga., will also play in the doubles bracket as the No. 1 seed with Ben Wagland.
[su_spacer size=”40″] “Winning in two sets was nice,” Smith said. “I started running out of gas there a little in the second set. I’ll rest up and get ready for a real big day tomorrow with singles and doubles.”
[su_spacer size=”40″] Nathan Pasha (31) and Wayne Montgomery (24) were eliminated in the first round as Pasha fell to Georgia Tech’s Christopher Eubanks (53) 7-5, 6-3, and TCU’s Guillermo Nunez (59) rallied to beat Montgomery, 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-2.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Pasha concludes his illustrious Georgia career with 223 combined singles and doubles wins.
[su_spacer size=”40″] In the women’s bracket, Georgia senior Lauren Herring – seeded fifth – dropped her first round match to Miami’s Sinead Lohan (37), 6-1, 6-4. Herring finishes her career with 120 singles wins. She has 237 career combined singles/doubles victories, ranking second in the UGA record books. Herring will open play in the doubles championship with Ellen Perez on Thursday.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Times for all Thursday matches will be announced later on Wednesday. Complete results and updated brackets can be found at BaylorBears.com.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Wednesday’s Georgia Results
[su_spacer size=”10″] Men’s Singles Round of 64
[su_spacer size=”20″] #30 Austin Smith (GEORGIA) def. #21 Roberto Cid (SOUTH FLORIDA), 6-2, 7-6 (1)
#53 Christopher Eubanks (GEORGIA TECH) def. #31 Nathan Pasha (GEORGIA), 7-5, 6-3
#59 Guillermo Nunez (TCU) def. #24 Wayne Montgomery (GEORGIA), 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-2

Women’s Singles Round of 64
#37 Sinead Lohan (MIAMI) def. #5 [5] Lauren Herring (GEORGIA), 6-1, 6-4

Georgia’s Thursday Schedule
Men’s Singles Round of 32
#30 Austin Smith (GEORGIA) vs. #5 [5] Sebastian Stiefelmeyer (LOUISVILLE)

Men’s Doubles Round of 32
#1 [1] Austin Smith/Ben Wagland (GEORGIA) vs. Michael Feucht/Nikita Lis (LAMAR)

Women’s Doubles Round of 32
Lauren Herring/Ellen Perez (GEORGIA) vs. Lina Lileikite/Stephanie Wagner (Miami)