ATLANTA (Mar. 21) — Third-ranked Georgia defeated the 28th-ranked Georgia Tech women’s tennis team, 9-0, Tuesday at the Bill Moore Tennis Center. Georgia, which is now 11-0 against Tech, improved its record to 12-1, while the Yellow Jackets fell to 9-3 overall.
Georgia’s eighth ranked Aarthis Venkatesan beat Tech’s Sabrina Pardo in the No. 1 singles spot 6-3, 6-2 to clinch the win for the Bulldogs.
A bright spot for the Jackets was the play of Bobbi Guthrie in the No. 2 singles spot who battled seventh-ranked Esther Knox before falling 7-5, 6-4.
In doubles, Sabrina Pardo and Bobbi Guthrie fell to Georgia’s ninth ranked pair of Marissa Catlin and Lori Grey, 8-4, in the No. 2 match.
The Jackets host Western Michigan on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Bill Moore Tennis Center.
No. 28 Georgia Tech 0, No. 3 Georgia 9
Tuesday March 21, 2000
Singles
1. No. 8 Aarthi Venkatesan (UGA) d. Sabrina Pardo (GT) 6-3, 6-2
2. No. 7 Esther Knox (UGA) d. Bobbi Guthrie (GT) 7-5, 6-4
3. Marissa Catlin (UGA) d. Mysti Morris (GT) 6-3, 6-1
4. No. 11 Lori Grey (UGA) d. Jaime Wong (GT) 6-0, 6-3
5. No. 65 Kelly Baskin (UGA) d. Charlotte Pernet (GT) 6-1, 6-2
6. Anne Nguyen (UGA) d. Laura Ozolins (GT) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
1. No. 9 Catlin/L. Grey (UGA) d. Pardo/Guthrie (GT) 8-4
2. No. 5 Venkatesan/ Knox (UGA) d. Morris/Wong (GT) 8-3
3. Baskin/Mellis (UGA) d. Ozolins/Pernet (GT) 8-2
