April 4, 2002
ATLANTA – The 17th-ranked Georgia Tech women’s tennis team was unable to rally late in the match and dropped a pair of three-set matches and the overall dual match with Clemson by a 4-3 score on Thursday afternoon at the Bill Moore Tennis Center.
The Yellow Jackets (13-7, 3-4 ACC) fell behind early in the day by dropping a pair of doubles matches to the Tigers (12-7, 4-1 ACC). Tech’s tandem of Mason Miller and Jaime Wong were the Jackets’ lone doubles winners of the day, defeating Anna Savitskaya and Anna Dolinska by an 8-3 score at No. 2. The Jackets’ team of Laura Ozolins and Catherine Gunn fell to Richele LeSaldo and Milena Stanoycheva at No. 3 by an 8-5 count, while Tech’s Mysti Morris and Sekita Grant were defeated by Clemson’s 26th-ranked duo of Laurence Jayet and Alix Lacelarie by an 8-6 score at No. 1.
In singles play, the match tightened up as the Jackets captured three matches to knot things at 3-3. Mason Miller got Tech going at No. 5 singles as she downed Ioana Paun in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Catherine Gunn continued an outstanding rookie season with a win at No. 3, as she defeated Ana Stiglic in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. The victory was Gunn’s 24th of the year, which ties her for eighth on the all-time single-season win list with Amy Alsobrook.
Jaime Wong was the Jackets’ final singles winner of the day, as she defeated Anna Savitskaya in a three-set match, by scores of 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. The match was decided at No. 4 singles, as Tech’s Laura Ozolins and Laurance Jayet split sets with Ozolins winning the first 7-5 and Jayet the second, 6-4. Jayet then took control in the third, winning by a 6-1 score.
Georgia Tech will close out its regular season on Saturday when it travels to Florida State for a match that will begin at noon at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
#44 CLEMSON 4, #17 GEORGIA TECH 3DOUBLES1. Jayet/Lacelarie (C) d. Morris/Grant (GT), 8-62. Miller/Wong (GT) d. Savitskaya/Dolinska (C), 8-33. LeSaldo/Stanoycheva (C) d. Ozolins/Gunn (GT), 8-5
SINGLES 1. Alix Lacelarie (C) d. Mysti Morris (GT), 6-0, 6-2 2. Jaime Wong (GT) d. Anna Savitskaya (C), 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 3 Catherine Gunn (GT) d. Ana Stiglic (C), 6-3, 6-2 4. Laurence Jayet (C) d. Laura Ozolins (GT), 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 5. Mason Miller (GT) d. Ioana Paun (C), 6-4, 6-3 6. Milena Stanoycheva (C) d. Fallon Koon (GT), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
