Bulldogs Defeat No. 18 UCLA, 4-1, Punch Ticket to NCAA Championships

Friday, May 8

Athens, Ga.

4:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

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Bulldogs Defeat No. 18 UCLA, 4-1, Punch Ticket to NCAA Championships

May 08, 2026 | Women's Tennis

ATHENS, Ga. — The top-seeded Georgia women's tennis team (21-5) punched its ticket to the NCAA Championships after defeating No. 18 UCLA (18-8), 4-1, in the NCAA Super Regional at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Friday.

Fast Facts

The Bulldogs have now advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championships for a fourth-consecutive season.
The Bulldogs secured their 107th NCAA Tournament win all-time.
Georgia extends its home winning streak to 21 matches.
Georgia now leads the all-time series against UCLA Bruins women's tennis, 9-5.
Georgia secured the doubles point with wins on courts one and three. Georgia's No. 19 pair Anastasiia Lopata and Patricija Paukstyte defeated UCLA's No. 24 duo 6-3 on court one.
Emma Dong and Anastasiia Gureva clinched the doubles point with a 6-2 victory on court three, marking Georgia's third straight match winning the doubles point.
No. 81 Sofia Rojas gave the Bulldogs their second point of the afternoon, cruising past UCLA's Ahmani Guichard 6-0, 7-5 on court six.
No. 64 Deniz Dilek extended Georgia's lead to 3-0 with a straight-set 6-4, 6-3 win over Kate Fakih on court three.
UCLA got on the board after Bianca Fernandez defeated No. 61 Gureva 7-5, 6-4 on court four.
No. 93 Dong clinched the match for Georgia with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Olivia Center on court five, sending the Bulldogs to the NCAA Championships.

Results
Doubles:
1. #19 Anastasiia Lopata/Patricija Paukstyte (UGA) def. #24 Olivia Center/Kate Fakih (UCLA): 6-3
2. #4 Deniz Dilek/Aysegul Mert (UGA) vs. #64 Mayu Crossley/Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (UCLA): 5-3, unfinished
3. Emma Dong/Anastasiia Gureva (UGA) vs. Kayla Chung/Ahmani Guichard (UCLA): 6-2

Singles:
1. #19 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #15 Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (UCLA): 6-3, 6-6(5-1), unfinished
2. #7 Aysegul Mert (UGA) vs. #34 Mayu Crossley (UCLA): 4-6, 4-5, unfinished
3. #64 Deniz Dilek (UGA) def. Kate Fakih (UCLA): 6-4, 6-3
4. Bianca Fernandez (UCLA) def. #61 Anastasiia Gureva (UGA): 7-5, 6-4
5. #93 Emma Dong (UGA) def. Olivia Center (UCLA): 7-5, 6-2
6. #81 Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. Ahmani Guichard (UCLA): 6-0, 7-5

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

Key Quotes:
Head Coach Drake Bernstein
On going up early in doubles…
"Court three actually went down 2-0, and they built some momentum for themselves, and I think that's one of those things you look for in the postseason, how are you responding? On courts one and two, we had a lot of deuce points and just great composure throughout, so definitely proud of those doubles and the details there."

Up Next
Georgia will welcome the winners of the super regionals — the remaining eight men's and women's teams — as host of the final rounds of the NCAA Championships from May 14-17 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. The Bulldogs will face the winner of No. 8 seed NC State Wolfpack women's tennis and No. 9 seed Texas Longhorns women's tennis, with the match date and time to be announced.

Ticket Information
Tickets for the NCAA Championship matches are on sale online at Georgia Bulldogs | Online Ticket Office | Event Groups (evenue.net). Fans can also purchase tickets at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex beginning one hour prior to the start of the first match each day (based on availability).

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