April 18, 2003

Knoxville, Tenn. – Second-seeded Georgia defeated seventh-seeded South Carolina 4-0 in the second round of the SEC Women’s Tennis Championships in Knoxville. USC falls to 13-10 on the season and is eliminated from the tournament.

Georgia won the doubles point and went on to the consecutive singles victories, capped by Alexandra Smith’s clinching win at No. 5 over USC’s Catherine Brown.

Carolina’s Danielle Wiggins was leading her No. 3 singles match over 60th-ranked Tina Hojnik, 6-2, 2-0 when play was suspended.

USC will return to action during the weekend of May 9-11 with an NCAA Regional match. Site and opponent are to be determined.

Georgia 4, South Carolina 0

Doubles
No. 1: #2 Cloroch/Grey (UGA) def. #47 Boyanovich/Kenoyer (USC), 8-1
No. 2: Hojnik/Nguyen (UGA) vs. Wiggins/Wojdylo (USC), 3-3
No. 3: Smith/Wink (UGA) def. Brown/A. George (USC), 8-1

Singles
No. 1: #Agata Cloroch (UGA) vs. #118 Kathy Boyanovich (USC), 6-2, 2-2
No. 2: #57 Anne Nguyen (UGA) vs. Jodi Kenoyer (USC), 6-2, 2-1
No. 3: Danielle Wiggins (USC) vs. #60 Tina Hojnik (UGA), 6-2, 2-0
No. 4: Lori Grey (UGA) def. Magda Wojdylo (USC), 6-1, 6-0
No. 5: Alexandra Smith (UGA) def. Catherine Brown (USC), 6-1, 6-0
No. 6: Douglas Wink (UGA) def. Justine Walsh (USC), 6-1, 6-1

Order of Finish
Doubles: 3, 1*
Singles 4, 6, 5*
*clinching point