CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Georgia Tech women’s tennis held an early lead but fell to No. 34 Charlotte Friday afternoon, 4-3.
The Yellow Jackets (7-8, 3-3 ACC) collected the doubles point and the first two singles decisions before the 49ers (12-3, 3-0 American) added to their unbeaten home record this spring and rallied back for the win.
Taly Licht and Sabritt Dozier picked up their third-straight duos win on court two for the first result of the day. After Charlotte evened the doubles score at 1-1, Given Roach and Eleni Karantali earned their fifth-consecutive doubles victory to earn the point for the Yellow Jackets. Roach and Karantali’s victory also improved their doubles record to 10-5 this spring.
Seri Nayuki earned a 6-3, 6-1 win on court four for Tech’s first singles win of the day. She was followed by a court one win from No. 66 Alejandra Cruz, 6-3, 6-3. Charlotte managed to take the remaining four singles matches to win the match, 4-3.
Doubles
- No. 21 Sara Suchankova/Ni Xi (CLT) def. No. 77 Alejandra Cruz/Seri Nayuki (GT) 6-4
- Taly Licht/Sabritt Dozier (GT) def. Andrea Chacon/Shona Nakano (CLT) 6-4
- Given Roach/Eleni Karantali (GT) def. Prisca Abbas/Lucia Aranda (CLT) 7-5
Order of finish: 2,1,3
Singles
- No. 66 Alejandra Cruz (GT) def. Ni Xi (CLT) 6-3, 6-3
- Shona Nakano (CLT) def. Taly Licht (GT) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Sara Suchankova (CLT) def. Given Roach (GT) 6-4, 6-3
- Seri Nayuki (GT) def. Lucia Aranda (CLT) 6-3, 6-1
- Prisca Abbas (CLT) def. Sabritt Dozier (GT) 6-2, 2-6, 6-1
- Yelyzave Chainykova (CLT) def. Eleni Karantali (GT) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Order of finish: 4,1,3,5,6,2
The Yellow Jackets are back on home court Sunday, March 22 for a 12 p.m. first serve against Penn State. Admission is free for all spring 2026 Georgia Tech women’s tennis home matches.
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