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Wednesday, February 28, 3007 I The Red * Black 8 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 Preleasimr lor the lull - Rail's as low as $4lO f) Amenities that Enhance Your Lifestyle W hen uni i la 11 isc University Apartments on Riverbend as vmir new address, you’ll receive complimentary access to impresMve amenities. 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"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 ATHfkrS Georgia Square M 7065417492 196 Alps Id 706149 7705 BUFOBD Man of Georgia N 6 79 4824570© the No. 16 Lady Bulldogs (0- 0) will have to play smart today as they get ready to take on No. 3 Georgia Tech (8-2). The Yellow Jackets are led by lOth-ranked Kristi Miller. Miller and her sup porting cast of seven other 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. 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Talk 7708662818 Feachstate Wireless Warehouse 7708680215 I In si LINOY DUGGER I Tl Kn * Huu 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.