THE FLATS – No. 20 Georgia Tech women’s tennis heads to the 2023 ACC Tennis Championship this week, opening play in the second round against 10th-seeded Syracuse on Thursday. First serve is slated for 12:30 p.m. at the Cary Tennis Park. The winner will advance to the quarterfinals and face No. 2-seeded Duke on Friday.
No. 20 GEORGIA TECH (13-8, 7-6 ACC) vs. No. 39 SYRACUSE (11-9, 4-9 ACC)
Thursday, April 20 | 12:30 p.m. EST |Cary, N.C. | Cary Tennis Park
LIVE STREAM: Click Here
LIVE STATS: Click Here
BRACKET: Click Here
CHAMPIONSHIP CENTRAL: Click Here
THE SCENE: Georgia Tech seeks its fifth ACC Championship this week in Cary, owning four tournament titles in program history. The Jackets bring a 13-8 overall record into the tournament and closed out regular season action 7-6 in league play. Last season, Tech earned the No. 6 seed in the ACC Tournament and went 1-1, defeating Boston College before falling to Miami.
SCOUTING TECH – The sixth-seeded Yellow Jackets stayed steady at No. 20 in the ITA rankings released on Tuesday after closing out the regular season with a 1-1 weekend. Tech dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to Florida State last Friday before stunning No. 13 Miami, 4-3, on Sunday. Battling back from a set down and facing match point, senior Rosie Garcia Gross clinched the victory at 4-2 for the Yellow Jackets.
SCOUTING SYRACUSE –Syracuse comes into the ACC Championship on an eight-match skid, most recently falling to Louisville, 4-3. The Orange picked up conference wins against Boston College, Florida State, Miami and Virginia Tech this season. In regular season action, the Orange captured the doubles point against the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, but Tech swept singles play to claim a 6-1 victory.
ITA RANKINGS
Singles
No. 13 – Carol Lee
No. 28 – Kylie Bilchev
No. 87 Mahak Jain
No. 102 Zeynep Erman – Syracuse
No. 110 Alejandra Cruz
Doubles
No. 85 Kylie Bilchev/Alejandra Cruz
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 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…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Women’s Tennis – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets…