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Women's tennis tames Tigers 5-2
Issue date: 4/3/09 Section: Sports
The second-ranked Georgia women's tennis team picked up a 5-2 road victory over 29th-ranked Auburn here Friday.
Junior Naoko Ueshima won her 18th straight match to clinch the victory for the Bulldogs who improved to 16-2 overall and 6-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Ueshima has clinched a team-best six matches this season. The Tigers fell to 11-7 overall, 3-3 in the SEC.
Georgia grabbed a 1-0 lead by winning the doubles point. The No. 2 team of Yvette Hyndman and Monika Dancevic were first off the court with an 8-4 win over Auburn's Myrthe Molenveld and Daniela Vukadinovic. Then, the Tigers top duo of Alex Haney and Whitney Chappell edged Bulldog freshmen Chelsey Gullickson and Nadja Gilchrist 9-7. The point came down to the No. 3 match where Ueshima and Cameron Ellis posted an 8-5 win over Fani Chifchieva and Jil Hastenrath.
Auburn evened the contest when sixth-ranked Chifchieva defeated ninth-ranked Gullickson 6-3,6-1 in the No. 1 match. Dancevic gave the Bulldogs back the lead with a 6-1,6-0 rout of Molenveld at No. 4. Georgia took a 3-1 advantage courtesy of Gilchrist's 6-4,6-2 win over Chappell. However, the Tigers closed the gap to 3-2 when 39th-ranked Haney beat 34th-ranked Hyndman 6-3,6-3 at No. 2.
Ueshima assured the Bulldogs of another victory when she took care of Vukadinovic 6-4,6-3 in the No. 5 contest. She is 24-5 overall and 15-0 in dual matches. Ellis rallied back to register a three-set win over Jill Hasternath for the final. Ellis improved to 25-3 on the year including 13-1 in dual matches. Also, the Bulldogs are 13-0 after winning the doubles point.
"We played well in winning the doubles point, and we knew they were strong at the top of the lineup," said Georgia coach Jeff Wallace. "Monika and Nadja got us going in singles and then Naoko and Cameron came through again just like they did in doubles."
Georgia will remain here in the state and face 25th-ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. The Crimson Tide (13-4, 3-4 SEC) fell 5-2 to 13th-ranked Tennessee on Friday.
- Georgia Sports Communications
Junior Naoko Ueshima won her 18th straight match to clinch the victory for the Bulldogs who improved to 16-2 overall and 6-1 in the Southeastern Conference. Ueshima has clinched a team-best six matches this season. The Tigers fell to 11-7 overall, 3-3 in the SEC.
Georgia grabbed a 1-0 lead by winning the doubles point. The No. 2 team of Yvette Hyndman and Monika Dancevic were first off the court with an 8-4 win over Auburn's Myrthe Molenveld and Daniela Vukadinovic. Then, the Tigers top duo of Alex Haney and Whitney Chappell edged Bulldog freshmen Chelsey Gullickson and Nadja Gilchrist 9-7. The point came down to the No. 3 match where Ueshima and Cameron Ellis posted an 8-5 win over Fani Chifchieva and Jil Hastenrath.
Auburn evened the contest when sixth-ranked Chifchieva defeated ninth-ranked Gullickson 6-3,6-1 in the No. 1 match. Dancevic gave the Bulldogs back the lead with a 6-1,6-0 rout of Molenveld at No. 4. Georgia took a 3-1 advantage courtesy of Gilchrist's 6-4,6-2 win over Chappell. However, the Tigers closed the gap to 3-2 when 39th-ranked Haney beat 34th-ranked Hyndman 6-3,6-3 at No. 2.
Ueshima assured the Bulldogs of another victory when she took care of Vukadinovic 6-4,6-3 in the No. 5 contest. She is 24-5 overall and 15-0 in dual matches. Ellis rallied back to register a three-set win over Jill Hasternath for the final. Ellis improved to 25-3 on the year including 13-1 in dual matches. Also, the Bulldogs are 13-0 after winning the doubles point.
"We played well in winning the doubles point, and we knew they were strong at the top of the lineup," said Georgia coach Jeff Wallace. "Monika and Nadja got us going in singles and then Naoko and Cameron came through again just like they did in doubles."
Georgia will remain here in the state and face 25th-ranked Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. The Crimson Tide (13-4, 3-4 SEC) fell 5-2 to 13th-ranked Tennessee on Friday.
- Georgia Sports Communications
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