Bulldogs Blank Huskies at ITA Indoors

MADISON, Wis. – Third-ranked Georgia blanked No. 16 Washington 4-0 Friday afternoon, in the opening round of the 2022 ITA Women’s Indoor National Championship.

Georgia (3-0) captured the doubles point and swept three singles matches in straight sets against Washington (6-1). In doubles, the freshmen duo of Mell Reasco and Dasha Vidmanova rolled the competition on court two, defeating Washington’s Sarah-Maude Fortin and Nike Zupancic 6-2. After falling behind early on court three, the tandem of Guillermina Grant and Meg Kowalski overcame a 3-1 deficit to top Washington’s Kelly Leung and Zoey Weil 6-3.

In singles, the Bulldogs got wins from the Graduate Morgan Coppoc plus freshmen Reasco and Dasha Vidmanova. Coppoc paced the Bulldogs defeating Washington’s Astrid Olsen 6-0, 6-3 at the No. 5 spots. She was followed by No. 10 Reasco who continued her dominant play, topping Sarah-Maude Fortin 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2, while Vidmanova cliched the match and picked up her first ranked win of the year, beating No. 2. 98 Nika Zupancic 6-3, 6-4 in the No. 3 matches.

“We came out and I thought we played some really solid doubles,” said the Georgia Head Coach Jeff Wallace. “We’ve been working a lot on our doubles since losing our last doubles match to Mississippi State. We really committed to our doubles play and I think it showed today… Two freshmen came through the big and of course, Morgan (Coppoc), a fifth-year senior, got it done. Everybody was competing. Just a great match, as they all should be in this building this weekend. “

With the win, Georgia Advances to the elite eight to take on the Winner of No. 14 Auburn vs. No. 6 NC State on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 1:00 pm ET.

Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Bulldogs by following UGA Women’s Tennis on Twitter @UGAWomensTennis, on Instagram @UGAWomensTennis, and on Facebook @GeorgiaWomensTennis or check out information online at georgiadogs.com.

Singles Results

1. # 39 Lea Ma (UGA) vs. Vanessa Wong (WAS) 5-7, 3-4, Unfinished

2. # 10 Mell Reasco (UGA) def. Sarah-Maude Fortin (WASH) 6-2, 6-2

3. Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. # 98 Nika Zupancic (WASH) 6-3, 6-4

4. # 95 Ania Hertel (UGA) vs. Hikaru Sato (WASH) 5-7, 3-1, Unfinished

5. Morgan Coppoc (UGA) def. Astrid Olsen (WASH) 6-0, 6-3

6. # 46 Meg Kowalski (UGA) vs. Kelly Leung (WASH) 6-0, 3-6, 3-2, Unfinished

Doubles Results

1. Morgan Coppoc/Ania Hertel (UGA) vs. Vanessa Wong / Hikaru Sato (WASH) 3-4, Unfinished

2. Mell Reasco/Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) def. Sarah-Maude Fortin / Nika Zupancic (WASH) 6-2

3. Guillermina Grant/Meg Kowalski (UGA) def. Kelly Leung / Zoey Weil (WASH) 6-3