THE FLATS – Georgia Tech women’s tennis seeks a berth into ITA National Team Indoor Championships this weekend, competing in the ITA Kickoff Weekend, hosted by Pepperdine. Due to inclement weather, Florida State was forced to withdraw from the tournament, leaving Arizona and No. 16 Pepperdine as competing teams.
GEORGIA TECH (3-1) vs. ARIZONA (4-0)
Friday, Jan. 24, 2025 | 4 p.m. EST | Malibu, Calif. | Ralph-Straus Tennis Center
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Georgia Tech women’s tennis heads out west to compete in the annual ITA Kickoff Weekend. The Yellow Jackets split a pair of matches last weekend, falling in their first road match of the season at No. 1 Georgia before rebounding with a win at home against Memphis. Alejandra Cruz and freshman Taly Licht will look to extend their winning streaks, carrying 3-0 dual singles marks into the weekend. Meanwhile, Tech has a pair of doubles teams boasting 3-1 marks after the first four matches – Scarlett Nicholson and Kate Sharabura and Cruz and Given Roach.
Arizona has gone 4-0 to open the spring slate, collecting home wins over LMU, UC San Diego, Cal Poly and Northern Arizona. The Wildcats capped last season with 1 7-13 overall record and 4-6 in Pac-12 competition. Friday will mark the first meeting in program history between the squads.
The winner of Friday’s match will advance to the championship match on Saturday and face host Pepperdine. The Waves have opened the spring with a challenging schedule, facing a pair of top-15 ACC programs in No. 11 Duke and No. 14 NC State. Pepperdine dropped both matches on the road. Tech and Pepperdine have met six times in program history with the series tied at 3-3. The programs last met in 2021 with Tech dropping a 4-2 match in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
ITA RANKINGS
SINGLES
No. 13 Savannah Broadus – Pepperdine
No. 50 Josie Usereau – Arizona
No. 61 Vivian Yang – Pepperdine
No. 74 Midori Castillo – Arizona
No. 90 Liam Oved – Pepperdine
No. 91 Duru Soke – Pepperdine
No. 112 Alexia Harmon – Pepperdine
DOUBLES
No. 14 Savannah Broadus/Vivian Yang – Pepperdine
No. 52 Midori Castillo/Martyna Ostrzygalo – Arizona
No. 54 Alejandra Cruz/Given Roach – Georgia Tech
No. 101 Liam Oved/Alexia Harmon – Pepperdine
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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