THE FLATS – The 14th-ranked Georgia Tech women’s tennis team earned the No. 6 seed in the 2021 ACC Championship in Rome, Ga., and will open play on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The Yellow Jackets will face the winner of Clemson/Virginia Tech.
Tech (15-9, 8-5 ACC) is 28-27 when competing in the ACC Championship dating back to 1986. The Jackets have won four ACC tournament titles in program history – 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010. In the last ACC Tournament in 2019, Tech fell in second round action to Syracuse, 4-3. Tech last advanced to the title match in 2017.
The 2021 ACC Tennis Championship will run April 21-25 at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College. Quarterfinal action will take place on Friday with semifinals on Saturday. The championship match on Sunday at 10 a.m. will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra with Sam Gore handling play-by-play and Jill Craybas serving as analyst.
The Jackets capped regular season action on Sunday, sweeping Boston College, 7-0. In regular season play, Tech defeated both Clemson and Virginia Tech.
Alexander-Tharpe Fund
The Alexander-Tharpe Fund is the fundraising arm of Georgia Tech athletics, providing scholarship, operations and facilities support for Georgia Tech’s 400-plus student-athletes. Be a part of developing Georgia Tech’s Everyday Champions and helping the Yellow Jackets compete for championships at the highest levels of college athletics by supporting the Support The Swarm Fund, which helps Georgia Tech athletics offset the significant financial challenges associated with Covid-19, and the Annual Athletic Scholarship Fund, which directly provides scholarships for Georgia Tech student-athletes. To learn more about supporting the Yellow Jackets, visit atfund.org.
For the latest information on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, follow us on Twitter (@GT_WTEN), Instagram (GT_WTEN), Facebook (Georgia Tech Women’s Tennis) or visit us at www.ramblinwreck.com
