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Lady Dogs surprised by eighth-seed position

May 2, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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Wednesday evening’s announcement of the NCAA women’s tournament field of 64 had what was considered a given happen, Georgia made it in. Then, what was another widely felt certainty, that the eighth-seeded (of just 16 seeded teams) Lady Dogs, would be hosting matches in the first two rounds of play, did not happen. “I am [...]

Seniors bring success

April 24, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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With little more than a month left in their college careers, current Lady Bulldog tennis seniors Lori Grey, Tina Hojnik, and Anne Nguyen are will depart as members of one of the more decorated and accomplished senior classes during head coach Jeff Wallace’s successful 18-year tenure. “We obviously would have liked to have won the [...]

Women’s tennis falls to Florida, loses automatic NCAA bid

April 21, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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Wouldn’t it be nice if Gators really did as the T-shirts say and ate boogers instead of their usual feast of Bulldog? The seventh-ranked Lady Dogs tennis team (16-4) had a great weekend until they ran into No. 2 Florida (25-2) in Sunday’s SEC Tournament finals, losing 4-0. Thursday, the doubles duos of Lori Grey [...]

Women’s tennis takes on Lady Vols

April 17, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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The Georgia women’s tennis team returns to Knoxville, Tenn., for this weekend’s SEC Tournament looking to bounce back from Saturday’s 7-0 defeat at the hands of the Lady Vols. The No. 6 Lady Dogs (14-3, 9-2 SEC) remained the No. 2 seed in the tournament, thanks to having a higher national ranking} than both ninth-ranked [...]

Tennis teams take on Tennessee

April 11, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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It’s clutch time for the nation’s No. 6 Georgia women’s tennis team, closing out the season at ninth-ranked Tennessee Saturday at noon, along with the SEC Tournament next weekend and the NCAA Tournament in May. The defending SEC champion Lady Bulldogs (14-2, 9-1 SEC) can garner at least a share of this season’s SEC crown, [...]

Hollis hopes to return in fall

April 9, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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Every player that was forced to sit out Saturday’s G-Day game due to injury is expected to be on the field come fall. Now that may not be too big an accomplishment for some, but for Albert Hollis II, it is almost miraculous. “That’s a great victory (for him to come back and take the [...]

Lady Dogs beat Gamecocks, fall to Gators

April 7, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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As the old saying goes, one good turn deserves another. Georgia’s sixth-ranked women’s tennis team (14-2, 9-1 SEC) got revenge for its only in-conference loss last season, dominating South Carolina 7-0 on Friday. Then on Sunday, No. 5 Florida (21-2, 9-1 SEC) came to town with its highly-rated lineup and got their redemption from the [...]

Women’s tennis takes two

March 3, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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This is how Georgia women’s tennis is supposed to look. In two tough SEC home matches over the weekend, the fifth-ranked Lady Bulldogs 20 foes, No. 9 Vanderbilt in a 4-3 thriller Friday and No. 18 Kentucky 6-1 on Sunday, thanks to some strong team play and senior leadership. “We had two very good matches,” [...]

Women serve up wins

February 28, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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Let’s try this one more time again. Georgia women’s tennis team (5-1) is hoping to finally have their home debut this weekend when it faces ninth-ranked Vanderbilt (9-1) Friday at 1 p.m., and then No. 18 Kentucky (10-4) at 1 p.m. on Sunday. Both matches will be on the McWhorter Courts. “We’ve got two great [...]

Lady Dogs bring home victory

February 25, 2003 by BENJAMIN EGGER  
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Women’s tennis coach Jeff Wallace and his women will have to wait just a little longer before making their home debut this season. Saturday’s matchup with No. 26 Georgia Tech was rescheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. due to a torrential downpour on Friday night. Sunday saw brighter skies and brighter times for sixth-ranked Georgia [...]

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