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Women’s tennis to avoid sting
By JASON BUTT
jbutt@Yandb.com
A 5-foot-2 inch freshman
from Nishinomiya, Japan,
with a competitive swagger
is just what the doctor
ordered for the Georgia
women’s tennis team.
Naoko Ueshima has pro
vided an immediate impact
for the Lady Bulldogs, start
ing the season with five
straight wins in singles.
Ueshima’s game relies on
her patience and consisten
cy, traits that coach Jeff
Wallace loves.
“Naoko plays smart and
you know what you're going
to get and that’s a great
competitor." Wallace said.
Ranked as high as No. 4 in
the juniors in Japan,
Ueshima moved to the
United States for the second
time when she was 17 this
time to attend Heritage
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Academy High School and
train at the Van Der Meer
Tennis Academy in Hilton
Head, S.C.
According to Ueshima, it
was at this point when her
game elevated to a higher
level.
“I wasn’t a good player
until I was 17," Ueshima
said. "After 17, I started to
find some good results.”
On the court. Ueshima
models her game after pro
fessional tennis player
Martina Hingis. Ueshima.
like Hingis, has to rely on her
endurance and quick think
ing to fight through matches
in order to make up for her
small stature.
"Martina Hingis is not
that tall and she’s not that
strong, but she plays really
smart tennis and that’s how
I want to play,” Ueshima
said.
Ueshima and the rest of
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today as they get ready to
take on No. 3 Georgia Tech
(8-2).
The Yellow Jackets are
led by lOth-ranked Kristi
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Top-100 players look to give
the Lady Bulldogs their first
blemish of the season.
The Yellow Jackets boast
wins over No. 1 Stanford and
No. 2 Notre Dame while nav
igating through one of the
toughest schedules in the
country.
Georgia will try to beat
the Yellow Jackets for the
first time in three years
while Ueshima’s teammate,
No. 11 Natalie Frazier, vies
for her 100th career victory
as a Bulldog.
Ueshima is looking
forward to the match
because much is at stake.
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WOMEN’S TENNIS
No. 16 Georgia (6-0) hosts No. 3
Georgia Tech (8-2)
When: 2:30 p.m. today
Where: Dan Magill Tennis
Complex
Admission: Free
“I’m totally pumped
about this and so are all
of my teammates,”
Ueshima said.
“I think we are in really
good shape to beat Tech.
We’re mentally and
physically ready.”
Ueshima and the
women’s tennis team will
have their shot at taking
the sting out of the Yellow
Jackets today at 2:30 p.m.
at the Dan Magill Tennis
Complex.
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A Men's basketball coach Dennis Felton believes his
team’s 2-5 in the SEC road games is on par with the rest
of the league.
Ftelton still confident
in Dogs’ road record
By PHILLIP KISUBIKA
pkisubikafsPrandb.com
When is a 2-5 road record
not so bad?
According to Georgia
men’s basketball coach
Dennis Felton, a record like
that is not that bad when
compared to other teams in
the SEC.
After the Bulldogs (17-10.
8-6 SEC) defeated Mississippi
State on Saturday. Felton dis
agreed with the notion that
his team's record away from
home was not something to
take pride in.
"We have two road wins in
this league, and that puts us
up there pretty high in this
league with Florida and a
couple other teams," Felton
said.
Florida, with a 5-2 record
away from home, was the
only team to have a road
record over .500.
Only the Gators and the
Kentucky Wildcats, with their
three road wins, have more
road wins in conference play
than Georgia.
“We've been better than
most on the road and we have
one more opportunity to win
one on the road,’’ Felton said
That last opportunity will
come tonight when the
Bulldogs face off with
Kentucky (19-9, 8-6) in
Lexington. Ky
In the last meeting.
Georgia defeated the
Wildcats in an 78-69 overt ime
thriller in Athens on Jan. 24.
Teams in any sport tend to
win more at home, and that
has definitely been the case in
the SEC this season.
Home teams have a record
of 59-21 in SEC games this
season, a winning percentage
of almost 74 percent.
“I think we’ve been as
Puerto Rico Classic
success for men’s golf
By KEVIN COPP
kcopp@randb.com
The No. 5 ranked Georgia
men's golf team took home
the championship in the
three-day Puerto Rico
Classic.
The Bulldogs braved tem
peratures in the high 80s. but
even hotter were the
Clemson Tigers, who made
up 10 strokes in Tuesday's
final round, falling one short
of the Bulldogs’ three-day
team score of 14-
under-par.
Representing
Georgia in compe
tition were seniors
Chris Kirk and
Brendon Todd,
sophomores Brian
Harman and
Adam Mitchell,
and freshman
Hudson Swafford.
Todd opened
the tournament
with matching
scores of 68 on Sunday and
Monday, and had the lead as
he played the 16th hole on
Tuesday but faltered down
the stretch, double-bogeylng
holes 17 and 18. He finished
5-under-par to fall into a
three-way tie for sth place.
Swafford also found him
self In the group at five
under. The freshman was one
of only two of the 90 golfers
In the tournament to finish
under par In all three rounds
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Georgia (17-10, 8-6 SEC) at
Kentucky (19-9, 8-6)
When: 8 tonight
Where: Rupp Arena,
Lexington, Ky
TV/Radio: Lincoln Financial
Sports; 750 AM or 103 7 FM
competitive as anybody in
the league all year long,
including on the road,” Felton
said.
"The Ole Miss loss was the
first time this season we got
beat bad (on the road).”
In looking at Georgia’s
road results this season,
excluding the team ? 18-point
loss to the Rebels last
Wednesday and its 16-point
loss at Florida Jan. 6, the
Bulldogs have only lost by an
average of six points in SEC
road games.
Even in that early loss to
the Gators. Georgia led at
halftime and played Florida
close until late in the second
half.
In the end. most teams will
face adversity on the road,
and Georgia is no stranger to
that difficulty.
“There's always a differ
ence going into anew envi
ronment," Georgia senior
guard Levi Stukes said. "You
don't practice on that court
day in and day out.”
The Bulldogs have two
games remaining before the
SEC tournament, but Stukes
claims that the team is only
thinking about tonight’s
matchup.
"We're going against a
Kentucky team that’s pretty
much in the NCAA tourna
ment." Stukes said.
"We should take it one day
at a time and hope that at the
end of the day. Georgia is
on top."
Swafford and Todd ended
up two strokes behind co
champions Robert Castro
(Georgia Tech) and Joseph
Bramlett (Stanford).
After the first day of com
petition on Sunday, the
men s team shot nine under
par but trailed East
Tennessee State by five
strokes. The Bulldogs made
up that deficit and more,
shooting 11-under-par on
day two to lead by four
strokes over Stanford.
The scoring in
Tuesday's final
round was Inflat
ed across the
board, with the
par-72 River
Course at the Rio
Mar Golf &
Country Club
playing an
average of 75.01
strokes per round.
The Bulldogs
were not Immune,
as four of the five
TODD
golfers shot over par.
The Puerto Rico Classic
boasted a field of 12 Division
I teams, including three from
the SEC: Alabama, Florida,
and Georgia. Alabama
finished fourth at
9-under-par, and Florida
finished eighth at even par.
Georgia will return to
action on March 9
at the Southern Highlands
Collegiate Championship In
Las Vegas.