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The Bulldogs will begin their season in the Puerto Rico College Challenge in Palmas del Mar from Sept. 14-18. When the calendar flips to October, Georgia will send a contingent to Los Angeles for the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 3-12) and later that month a group will head to Atlanta for a tournament at Windward Academy in Alpharetta (Oct. 16-18). Georgia plays host to the USTA/ITA Southeast Regionals (Oct. 22-26). The fall season concludes in November with tournaments in Orlando and New York.
[su_spacer size=”40″] The dual match season for the Bulldogs begins January 22 against Wyoming as part of an ITA Kick-Off Weekend at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. Old Dominion and Tulane round out the four-team field headed here, and one of the squads will advance to the ITA National Team Indoors (Feb. 5-8) in Madison, Wis. The Bulldogs will play Clemson (Jan. 30) and Georgia Tech (Feb. 20) before Southeastern Conference action gets underway in March.
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Bulldogs will face Mississippi, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, LSU and Texas A&M on the road while they will welcome Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida and South Carolina to Athens. Georgia will take a break from SEC play on March 17 when Virginia visits.
[su_spacer size=”40″] LSU will serve as the host of the 2016 SEC Tournament from April 20-24 while the NCAA Championships will be decided in Tulsa (May 19-30).
[su_spacer size=”40″] The Bulldogs went 24-7 last year and finished with a No. 5 final national ranking. Georgia advanced to the 2015 NCAA Final Four, the ITA National Team Indoor finals and the SEC Tournament Championship final.
[su_spacer size=”40″] Georgia returns seven letterwinners including sophomore All-American Ellen Perez, a pair of All-SEC standouts in senior Silvia Garcia and sophomore Kennedy Shaffer and Academic All-SEC junior Caroline Brinson.
[su_spacer size=”40″] For official news regarding the Georgia women’s tennis program, check out Georgiadogs.com/sports/w-tennis; follow @UGAWomensTennis on Twitter and like the Bulldogs at Facebook.com/GeorgiaWomen’sTennis.