After fighting her way into the finals of the Riveria/ITA All-American Championship in Pacific Palisades, Calif. Sunday, Chelsey Gullickson of the Georgia women’s tennis team fell to Georgia Tech’s eighth-ranked Irina Falconi in the finals 6-2, 6-1.

Before competing against Falconi in the finals, Gullickson won in three sets in her match Thursday and won in straight sets Friday after persevering through two tiebreakers in both of those sets. The sophomore then faced California’s Jana Juricova in semi-final play and downed the fourth-ranked player in two sets.

It was the second time Gullickson and Falconi met in a collegiate match, and the first time either player advanced to a grand slam singles final.

Vitulli, Oliver lead tennis team

In the final day of the Bulldog Scramble Sunday, two members of the Georgia men’s tennis team came out on top.

Senior Christian Vitulli took out Clemson’s Wesley Moran 6-1, 6-3 as freshman Will Oliver came away with his first collegiate win after defeating Clemson’s Moritz Dettinger 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

Drake Bernstein struggled against Georgia Tech’s Kevin Smith as the junior dropped a three-set match 4-6, 6-3, 4-6 to the Yellow Jackets. Alex Hill and Will Reynolds also lost their matches, each going down after two sets.

Georgia will take the court in Athens Oct. 22-25 for the ITA Regionals.

Henley leads men’s golf at Brickyard Collegiate’s

The Georgia men’s golf team finished Sunday competition with the lowest round at the Brickyard Collegiate Championship.

Led by Russell Henley, the Bulldogs finished the day at 9-under par moving to three over 579 overall. Rocketing up 10 spots in the team standings, they sit 16 strokes behind Augusta State, and only three strokes back from second place.

Henley matched the third-lowest round of play in school history with a career-best 7-under 65 after sinking five birdies and an eagle, and has a 10-under 134 heading into the final round of play.

Redshirt freshman T.J. Mitchell shot a 3-under 69, while teammates Harris English and Rob Bennett shot a 2-under 70 and 3-over 75, respectively.