No. 1 Bulldogs Defeat No. 9 LSU, 4-0

Saturday, February 28

Athens, Ga.

2:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

LSU

February 28, 2026 | Women's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. — The No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs (8-1, 3-0 SEC) capped a perfect home-opening weekend with a 4-0 sweep of No. 9 LSU Tigers (8-3, 1-2 SEC) on Saturday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex, marking their fourth top-10 win of the season and the second 4-0 sweep of LSU this year.

Fast Facts

No. 40 Kayla Cross and Ella McDonald of LSU struck first with a 6-2 win over No. 8 Deniz Dilek and Aysegul Mert on court one.
No. 77 Anastasiia Lopata and Patricija Paukstyte answered with a 7-5 victory against Cadence Brace and Carolina Kuhl to even the doubles competition.
Emma Dong and Anastasiia Gureva clinched the doubles point for Georgia with a 6-3 win over Addison Lanton and Florentine Dekkers on court three.
Dong put the Bulldogs on the board in singles with a 7-5, 6-1 straight-set win against Alexia Marginean on court six.
No. 52 Sofia Rojas followed with a 7-6(3), 6-4 victory over No. 115 Lanton on court five.
No. 30 Gureva secured the match with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win against No. 114 Kuhl on court four.

Results
Doubles:
1. #40 Kayla Cross/Ella McDonald (LSU) def. #8 Deniz Dilek/Aysegul Mert (UGA): 6-2
2. #77 Anastasiia Lopata/Patricija Paukstyte (UGA) def. Cadence Brace/Carolina Kuhl (LSU): 7-5
3. Emma Dong/Anastasiia Gureva (UGA) def. Addison Lanton/Florentine Dekkers (LSU): 6-3

Singles:

#7 Aysegul Mert (UGA) vs. #75 Cadence Brace (LSU): 2-6, 6-3, 4-2, unfinished
#48 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #51 Kayla Cross (LSU): 7-6(5), 4-6, 1-1, unfinished
#41 Deniz Dilek (UGA) vs. Ella McDonald (LSU): 4-6, 7-6(2), 5-4, unfinished
#30 Anastasiia Gureva (UGA) def. #114 Carolina Kuhl (LSU): 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
#52 Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. #115 Addison Lanton (LSU): 7-6(3), 6-4
Emma Dong (UGA) def. Alexia Marginean (LSU): 7-5, 6-1

Order of finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2); Singles (6, 5, 4)

Key Quotes:
Head Coach Drake Bernstein
On the turnout at today's match…
"A Saturday like this in Athens, it's just the greatest place to play college tennis and there's nothing like it out there. Not just in the college tennis world, but there's no tennis experience like this anywhere. I was really happy when we get out here, and you've got all these other sports going on today, and we come out, and we got a packed house for the doubles. Just happy that the girls get to experience that stage."

Up Next:
The No. 1 Bulldogs continue SEC play on the road, opening a four-match stretch away from Athens against the Vanderbilt Commodores on Friday, March 6 at 5 p.m. ET at the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center.

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