A total of 10 home matches, the
ITA Southeast Regional Championships and the Bulldog Classic highlight the
women’s tennis action at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in 2017-18, head coach
Jeff Wallace announced Friday.
The fall tournament season gets underway Sept. 13-17 at the Puerto Rico Fall Classic. Georgia will send representatives to seven different events over a three-month span. The Dawgs will make stops at the Oracle ITA Masters (Malibu, Calif.), the TCU Fall Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas), the ITA All-American Championships (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) and the ITA National Fall Tournament (Indian Wells, Calif.). Georgia will play host to a pair of tournaments, the ITA Southeast Regional Championships from Oct. 19-23 and the Bulldog Classic from Nov. 10-12.
The fall tournament season gets underway Sept. 13-17 at the Puerto Rico Fall Classic. Georgia will send representatives to seven different events over a three-month span. The Dawgs will make stops at the Oracle ITA Masters (Malibu, Calif.), the TCU Fall Tournament (Fort Worth, Texas), the ITA All-American Championships (Pacific Palisades, Calif.) and the ITA National Fall Tournament (Indian Wells, Calif.). Georgia will play host to a pair of tournaments, the ITA Southeast Regional Championships from Oct. 19-23 and the Bulldog Classic from Nov. 10-12.
The team dual match season begins
Jan. 26 with the ITA Kick-Off Weekend. The Dawgs will face Michigan State
and then either Furman or Pennsylvania on Jan. 27. Georgia will welcome
non-conference foe Clemson on Feb. 3 while the ITA National Team Indoors will
be Feb. 9-12 in Madison, Wis. Then, there is a road date with Georgia Tech on
Feb. 24 before Southeastern Conference action opens. SEC play for Georgia
begins on the road against LSU and Texas A&M in early March. SEC home
matches will feature Tennessee (March 10), Florida (March 16), South Carolina
(March 18), Alabama (March 29), Auburn (March 31), Arkansas (April 12) and
Missouri (April 14).
The SEC Tournament will be contested
on the Volunteer campus in Knoxville, Tenn., from April 18-22. The NCAA Round
of 16-Finals site will be in Winston Salem, N.C., as Wake Forest gets a chance
to play host for the first time.
The Dawgs have made 31
consecutive appearances in the NCAA Championships in the Wallace era. Georgia’s No. 6 final ITA ranking in 2017 marked the 28th time the
Dawgs capped a year ranked in the top 10 under Wallace. Also, the 2017 squad
recently was honored for excellence in the classroom, earning ITA All-Academic
Team recognition for posting a 3.38 grade point average.
For more information on Georgia women’s tennis, follow the team on Twitter @UGAWomensTennis.
For more information on Georgia women’s tennis, follow the team on Twitter @UGAWomensTennis.
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