(Photo by John Kelley)
[su_spacer size=”40″] Six Bulldogs will participate in the tournament held at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
[su_spacer size=”40″] “It’s a great regional tournament,” said Head Coach Jeff Wallace. “It would be nice for us to have a huge showing here at home. We’ve been playing great tennis through this fall, and I’m just looking for us to continue to grow as players.”
[su_spacer size=”40″] The regional tournament will run from Thursday to Monday. The qualifying rounds will start on Thursday at 9 a.m., and the main draw will begin on Friday at 9 a.m. The singles final, consolation final, and doubles final will be held Monday starting at 10 a.m.
[su_spacer size=”40″] “It would be nice to have some people come out here,” added Wallace. “I don’t think there’s too much going on in Athens, the weather’s supposed to be great, so hopefully we’ll get some fans out to watch some really good tennis.”
[su_spacer size=”40″] The qualifying draw will be announced on Wednesday, and the main draw will announced upon completion of the qualifying rounds.
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Field
[su_spacer size=”40″] The field will feature a large pool of talent, with 20 players and seven doubles pairs in ITA rankings. The Bulldogs have already faced players from Miami, as the two teams both made the trip to Palmas del Mar, Puerto Rico for the fall’s opening tournament. It was Perez who scored the big win for the Bulldogs on that day, taking down No. 6 Stephanie Wagner. Sinead Lohan, ranked 13th nationally, defeated No. 58 Silvia Garcia in Puerto Rico and No. 29 Perez in the ITA All-American Championships singles semifinal.
[su_spacer size=”40″] The tournament will also be Georgia’s first look at conference foe Florida, which has five singles players in the ITA top 125 to go with three doubles pairs in the rankings.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Top ACC talent will also be present in Athens this weekend as players and doubles pairs from Georgia Tech and Florida State will compete. The Yellow Jackets boast the No. 7 doubles pair in Kendal Woodard and Paige Hourigan. The Seminoles have three players in the ITA rankings, with Daneika Borthwick coming in at No. 66 to top the team. They also have a ranked doubles pair.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Ranked competition
Ranked singles players
No. 2 Brooke Austin, Florida
No. 5 Josie Kuhlman, Florida
No. 6 Stephanie Wagner, Miami
No. 13 Sinead Lohan, Miami
No. 24 Brianna Morgan, Florida
No. 32 Belinda Woolcock, Florida
No. 35 Paige Hourigan, Georgia Tech
No. 37 Kennedy Shaffer, Georgia
No. 38 Kourtney Keegan, Florida
No. 55 Hannah King, Georgia
No. 58 Silvia Garcia, Georgia
No. 63 Clementina Riobueno, Miami
No. 66 Daneika Borthwick, Florida State
No. 72 Caroline Brinson, Georgia
No. 73 Wendy Zhang, Miami
No. 74 Johhnise Prokhnevska, Georgia Tech
No. 81 Gabriella Castaneda, Florida State
No. 88 Mariana Gould, Georgia
No. 94 Yolimar Ogando, Miami
No. 111 Yukako Noi, Florida State
Ranked doubles pairs
No. 1 Brooke Austin/Kourtney Keegan, Florida
No. 7 Kendal Woodard/Paige Hourigan, Georgia Tech
No. 22 Gabriella Castaneda/Emily Fanning, Florida State
No. 50 Clementina Riobueno/Wendy Zhang, Miami
No. 51 Caroline Brinson/Hannah King, Georgia
No. 54 Josie Kuhlman/Belinda Woolcock, Florida
No. 55 Peggy Porter/Spencer Liang, Florida
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Schedule
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Thursday, Oct. 22 (9 a.m. start)
Singles Qualifying First and Second Rounds
Doubles Qualifying First and Second Rounds
Friday, Oct. 23 (9 a.m. start)
Doubles Main Draw, Round of 32
Singles Main Draw, Round of 64
Singles Main Draw, Round of 32
Saturday, Oct. 24 (9 a.m. start)
Doubles Round of 16
Doubles Quarterfinals
Singles Consolation Round of 32
Singles Round of 16
Singles Consolation Round of 16
Sunday, Oct. 25 (10 a.m. start)
Singles Consolation Quarterfinals
Singles Quarterfinals
Singles Consolation Semifinals
Singles Semifinals
Doubles Semifinals
Monday, Oct. 26 (10 a.m. start)
Singles Final
Doubles Final
Singles Consolation Final
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