Match Preview: Women's Tennis at Georgia
2/9/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Feb. 9, 2001
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#18 Baylor (4-0, 1-0) vs. #2 Georgia (1-0)
Saturday, Feb. 10, 2001 * Athens, Ga. * 11 a.m. CT
The Baylor women's tennis team will play perhaps their toughest match of the season Saturday, traveling to Athens, Ga. to play the No. 2 Georgia Lady Bulldogs. The teams will square off at noon ET (11 a.m. CT) at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Center on the UGA campus.
Baylor and Georgia have met only once before. In 1986, the Lady Bulldogs swept the Bears 7-0.
Like Baylor, Georgia boasts three ranked players (as of Feb. 6): No. 5 Aarthi Venkatesan, No. 26 Anne Nguyen and No. 55 Tina Hojnik. The Lady Bulldogs enter the weekend with a record of 1-0, having beaten Middle Tennessee State in their only dual match of the spring to date.
Team notes:
The team's current No. 18 ranking ties the team's highest ever, the team has been at No. 18 since Dec. 2000, and also ranked No. 18 during three different weeks in March and April of 2000.
The Bears were selected to participate in the National Team Indoors, an elite tournament featuring 16 of the top teams in the country.
Baylor has won five straight season openers, dating back to 1996.
Individual notes:
Head Coach Dave Luedtke: 177-121 in his 14th season, all at Baylor... Earned his 175th career win vs. Missouri (2/3).
Karin Andersson: Is tied with Sophie Goldschmidt for fourth in school history in career singles wins (79)... Ranks fifth in program history in career doubles wins (60), one behind fourth-place Melissa Castro.
Frida Borjesson: Won a season-high four straight singles matches (10/28-11/4).
Katja Kovac: Won a career-high 11 straight matches (10/28-2/1) before losing to No. 1 Laura Granville of Stanford in the second round of the Rolex Indoors. The 11-match streak tied for sixth-best in school history... Is tied with Melissa Castro for second in school history in career singles wins (83), nine wins behind all-time leader Rachel Forney... Came in No. 35 in the December ITA singles rankings.
Vida Mulec: Entered the ITA singles rankings in December at a career-high No. 41... Had an excellent fall and will play No. 3 singles in the spring... Will team with Katja Kovac at No. 1 doubles.
Jahnavi Parekh: Began the spring ranked No. 18 in the nation in singles... Will look to duplicate her 2000 all-America status while playing No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles... Holds seventh place in school history for career wins (74), one win behind sixth-place Hortensia Hernandez... Was selected to play in the Rolex National Indoors in February.
Paola Stephen: Will play No. 5 or 6 singles to start the season.
