Tigers Face No. 2 Georgia in Athens Saturday

Match Information:

Who: No. 20 Clemson (1-0) at No. 2 Georgia (2-0)When: Saturday, Jan. 30 at 4 p.m.Where: Dan Magill Tennis Complex, Athens, Ga.Live Stats: GeorgiaDogs.com (http://www.georgiadogs.com/livestats/w-tennis/xlive.htm)Follow: @ClemsonWTennis on Twitter

Match Notes:

The Tigers opened the season on Thursday, Jan. 28 with a 4-3 victory on the road at Virginia Tech. Clemson won the doubles point, and then three freshmen, Ayan Broomfield, Ally Miller-Krasilnikov and Jenny Moinard won their singles matches to clinch the victory over the Hokies.
Joana Eidukonyte is the number-one ranked player in the nation in singles according to the ITA preseason poll released Jan. 5. The senior from Vilnius, Lithuania was 11-5 in fall tournament play, which included advancing to the finals of the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. in November.
Freshman Fernanda Navarro is ranked 59^th in singles, and is 11-1 in tournament play, most recently claiming the Flight 1 singles title at the Duckworth Winter Classic two weeks ago.
The Bulldogs are 2-0 on the season, with a pair of 4-0 wins over Wyoming and Old Dominion in the ITA Kickoff Weekend in Athens, Ga. on Jan. 22-24.
Clemson has a 22-27 record in the series against Georgia, and is 8-13 all-time in matches played in Athens.
The last time the two teams met, on Jan. 31, 2015, the Bulldogs narrowly defeated the Tigers, 4-3, at the Clemson Indoor Tennis Center. Eidukonyte and Tristen Dewar both won singles matches in that contest.

ITA Rankings:

TEAMGeorgia Tech – 2^ndClemson Team – 20^th

SINGLESJoana Eidukonyte (Clemson) – 1^stEllen Perez (Georgia) – 12^thCaroline Brinson (Georgia) – 22^ndFernanda Navarro (Clemson) – 59^thTheresa Piontek (Clemson) – 72^ndSilvia Garcia (Georgia) – 82^ndKennedy Shaffer (Georgia) – 109^th

DOUBLESMariana Gould & Ellen Perez (Georgia) – 14^thJoana Eidukonyte & Theresa Piontek (Clemson) – 20^thSilvia Garcia & Kennedy Shaffer (Georgia) – T-30^th