Sept. 20, 2012
THE FLATS – The Georgia Tech women’s tennis team will officially open the 2012-13 season, the first under head coach Rodney Harmon, this weekend at the Georgia State Invitational at Piedmont Park in Atlanta.
NC State and USF will also play in the individual, flighted tournament along with Georgia State and Georgia Tech. Doubles play begins at 9 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday followed by singles play (the full schedule of play is below).
Senior Elizabeth Kilborn begins the season as the lone Yellow Jacket ranked in singles play. The Marietta, Ga., native is No. 94 in the fall ITA/Campbell’s College Tennis Rankings.
Along with Kilborn, Harmon and assistant coach Alison Silverio bring back juniors Alex Anghelescu and Muriel Wacker and sophomore Jasmine Minor from last year’s team which reached the NCAA Round of 16 for the seventh time in school history.
A trio of freshmen will be taking the courts in the Gold and White for the first time this weekend. Megan Kurey from Alpharetta, Ga., Natasha Prokhnevska from Wilmington, Del., and Kendal Woodard from Stockbridge, Ga., joined the Yellow Jackets this year.
Fans are encouraged to follow Georgia Tech women’s tennis on Twitter, @GT_WTEN, and like the Yellow Jackets on Facebook, GTWomensTennis, for an inside look at the program.
Friday, September 21 (9 a.m.)
Doubles:
Georgia State vs. USF
Georgia Tech vs. NC State
Singles:
Georgia State vs. NC State
Georgia Tech vs. USF
Saturday, September 22 (9 a.m.)
Doubles:
Georgia State vs. Georgia Tech
USF vs. NC State
Singles:
Georgia State vs. USF
Georgia Tech vs. NC State
Sunday, September 23 (9 a.m.)
Doubles:
Georgia State vs. NC State
USF vs. Georgia Tech
Singles:
Georgia State vs. Georgia Tech
USF vs. NC State
–RamblinWreck.com–
