Georgia Tech hosted the first round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Atlanta on January 24. The #18 Yellow Jackets were matched up against the #38 Columbia Lions of the Ivy League. In the second match of the day, Big 12 members Oklahoma State and Texas Tech faced off. It was a beautiful day outside in Atlanta, but the matches were played indoors at the Ken Byers Tennis Complex.
After the Jackets won the doubles point and went up 1-0, Johnnise Renaud of GT defeated Tina Jiang, 6-2, 6-2 on court one.
On court four, Natasha Prokhnevska of Georgia Tech struggled the entire match and lost to Alexandra Solovyev 2-6, 3-6. At that point GT led the match 2-1.
Rasheeda McAdoo of Tech defeated Crystal Leung 7-5, 6-3 on court three to close out the win for the Jackets.
In the second match of the day, 19th ranked Oklahoma State defeated #29 Texas Tech 4-2. The doubles match was decided on court two, where Katarina Adamovic and Vladica Babic of Oklahoma State defeated Sabrina Frederici and Lynn Kiro of Texas Tech 7-6. Here, Frederici hits the overhead.
In singles play on court three, Sarah Dvorak from Texas Tech won in straight sets over Katarina Adamovic, 6-1, 6-4. Adamovic reaches for the forehand return here. Oklahoma State led 2-1 at this point.
On court four, Vladica Babic of Oklahoma State was leading Gabnela Talaba 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 in the third set when the Cowgirls won the match. Babic also used a solid one-handed backhand.
Lynn Kiro of Texas Tech, preparing for a backhand here, struggled throughout her match against Kelsey Laurente and lost in straight sets 3-6, 2-6. This win at court two gave Ok. State a 3-2 lead in the match. The match was decided on court one when Viktoritya Lushkova of Ok. State defeated Kenna Kilgo 6-4, 6-3.
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