Some athletes just love the game. And Javier Garrapiz is one of them. For one, he’s good at what he does: he reached as high as No. 13 in singles and No. 5 in doubles with Hernus Pieters — a pairing that earned the doubles title at last year’s Southern Intercollegiate Championship and Southeastern Conference [...]
Playing Florida International University did not exactly spark déjà vu for the Bulldogs. Although the No. 6 Bulldogs (6-0) won the match 7-0, much like the previous meeting last Saturday, the rosters had changed and some women had more difficulty than the previous meeting. No. 52 Lauren Herring had a long, drawn-out second singles match [...]
ATHENS, Ga. — The No. 4 Georgia men’s tennis team won its fourth straight match Saturday, downing East Tennessee State by a 6-1 score at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Courts. The Bulldogs move to 4-0 on the early season, while dropping the Bucs to 0-4. “We played a great match today,” said head coach Manuel Diaz. [...]
After a weekend which saw Georgia’s men’s tennis team face stout competition from Texas Christian University and Virginia Tech, Bulldogs head coach Manuel Diaz said his team had succeeded in their first truly competitive challenge. “It was a tremendous accomplishment to beat a good Virginia Tech team 7-0,” Diaz said following his team’s victory on [...]
Senior Ignacio Taboada had six opportunities to clinch the match point for the No. 3 Bulldogs (3-0), in a victory which would assure them a place in the ITA National Indoors Championships on Feb. 17. However, it wasn’t until he was given a seventh chance that Taboada finally made the match-clinching shot, to defeat Mauricio [...]
The men’s tennis team beat TCU 7 – 0 at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Tennis Courts on Sunday, January 29, 2012.
The Georgia men’s tennis team hosted the ITA kickoff event Sunday, which pits four teams together for the opportunity to play in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships Feb. 17-20 in Charlottesville, Va. The No. 4 Bulldogs (2-0) began the tournament with a victory over their first opponent of the two-day homestead, a 7-0 defeat of the No. [...]
Maho Kowase is back. Despite some struggles in the beginning of this season, she came to today’s match against Florida International University with the same level of play that earned her the No. 22 position in singles nationally. “Yesterday was my worst day,” she said. “I always cry when I lose, but [Jeff] said, ‘Don’t [...]
For Kate Fuller, tennis is more than just the execution of shots — it’s a mental warzone. “The matches, like this weekend [against Georgia Tech], sometimes don’t necessarily have anything to do with skills,” she said. “I think it can be really mental. I was prepared for it to come down to me. I think [...]
