The Georgia Gwinnett College women's tennis team affirmed its NAIA No. 1 ranking with a commanding 7-0 victory against No. 3 Xavier University (Louisiana) Sunday morning at the GGC Tennis Facility.
GGC (8-0) has now won 27 straight dual matches and came out on top of all four matches in this weekend's Grizzly Invitational by 7-0 scores -- three triumphs against nationally ranked opponents.
In Sunday's early-morning action, the Grizzlies grabbed the doubles point by winning on all three courts. The No. 1 doubles team of sophomore
Tereza Koplova and freshman
Selina Pichler earned an impressive 6-3 win against Xavier's 2020 NAIA doubles national championship tandem.
Senior
Emerald Able and freshman
Ale Ferrer registered a 6-4 triumph for GGC's first victory in doubles action. Then, junior
Maria Genovese and freshman
Eva Siska won all six games on the No. 2 court to clinch GGC's doubles point.
Pichler gave the Grizzlies a 2-0 lead in the match with a 6-4, 6-0 win on the No. 3 singles court. Koplova clinched the victory with the team's fourth point following a three-set victory at No. 2 singles. She forced the deciding third set after posting a 6-4 score in the second set. Then, Koplova won the tiebreaker 10-5 over the NAIA's No. 2-ranked singles player.
Genovese recorded a 6-2, 6-0 triumph at No. 1 singles, while freshman
Iryna Lysykh won by identical 6-1 set scores on the No. 5 court. Ferrer picked up a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles and freshman
Marta Maestro rounded out the winners with a three-set victory at No. 6 singles. Maestro won the third-set tiebreaker 10-6.
"What a day for Tereza. She started the day with a huge win with Selina in beating the No. 1-ranked doubles team and then came back to beat the No. 2-ranked singles player. I am super proud of the women's performance overall and am looking forward to the reminder of the season," said Head Coach
Chase Hodges.
Georgia Gwinnett College is scheduled to host NCAA Division II University of Montevallo (Alabama) on March 5 at the GGC Tennis Facility.
