Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Freshman Guillickson Advances to Round of 16 in ITA Championships

By on October 3, 2008

Freshman Chelsey Gullickson continued her phenomenal rookie season with an upset the No. 8 player in the country, Baylor’s Lenka Broosova in straight sets, 6-1,6-4, to advance to the round of 16 at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships late last night.

Gullickson improved to 8-1 in her young career, with five of those victories coming against nationally ranked opponents. Later tonight, she will face the No. 14 Laura Vallverdu from Miami (Fla.)

“Chelsey got a great win against the number eight seed and she’s on a roll right now,” Georgia coach Jeff Wallace told georgiadogs.com.

Georgia’s other super-freshman, Nadja Gilchrist lost her opening round match to William & Mary’s Ragini Acharya in three sets, 6-2,3-6,6-4.

“Nadja was playing her seventh singles match in less than a week, and her opponent played outstanding, and Nadja still almost found a way to win,” Wallace said.

Gilchrist, now 10-3 in her career, will move to the singles consolation draw