URBANA, Ill. – Illinois women's tennis fell to Georgia Tech, 6-1, on Friday from the Atkins Tennis Center. The Yellow Jackets were ranked 25th a week prior to the meeting and are still receiving votes in the poll at the time of the match.
Illinois owns a 2-2 record following Friday's result while Georgia Tech improved to 3-1.
Doubles play finished in sequential order with Georgia Tech earning the point after Kate Duong and Megan Heuser were the first off the courts earning a 6-1 win. GT took No. 2 doubles 6-4 and No. 3 by a 7-6 (7) decision.
Duong and Heuser are now 3-1 in dual doubles action.
Georgia Tech won all six first sets in singles play, however, the Illini fired back and won five of six second sets as all but No. 3 would go to a third set.
The Yellow Jackets would go up 2-0 in the match with a straight-set victory on court 3.
Illini freshman Violeta Martinez would be the next to finish as she earned her first career victory. Martinez took the No. 6 singles decision 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 to pull Illinois within 2-1 in the match.
No. 2 singles wrapped next in the lone battle of ranked individuals in the match. GT's No. 111 Kylie Bilchev defeated No. 70 Ashley Yeah of the Illini.
Play at No. 5 singles would secure the match for Georgia Tech. Kasia Treiber split a pair of 7-5 sets before falling 6-3 in the third frame.
All matches would finish as No. 4 singles would be next off before the top court soon followed. Heuser battled No. 104 Alejandra Cruz, dropping a 7-3 tiebreaker in set one before winning set two 6-3 to even it up. Cruz would earn the decision with a 6-2 third-set margin.
At No. 1, unranked Kate Duong went head-to-head with No. 10 Carol Lee. The counterparts split 7-5 wins in sets one and two before Lee got the final say with a 6-4 third-set win.
Illinois will conclude its home-opening weekend on Sunday when Notre Dame comes to town. Doubles action will open at 11 a.m. CT against the ACC foe.
FULL RESULTS
DOUBLES
No. 1 – No. 19 Kate Duong/Megan Heuser def. No. 53 Lee/Sharabura (GT) – 6-1
No. 2 – Bilchev/Cruz (GT) def. Emily Casati/Josie Frazier – 6-4
No. 3 – Jain/Garcia Gross (GT)f def. Ashley Yeah/Violeta Martinez – 7-6 (7)
SINGLES
No. 1 – No. 10 Carol Lee (GT) def. Kate Duong – 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
No. 2 – No. 111 Kylie Bilchev (GT) def. No. 70 Ashley Yeah – 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
No. 3 – No. 109 Mahak Jain (GT) def. Josie Frazier – 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 – No. 104 Alejandra Cruz def. Megan Heuser – 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2
No. 5 – Rosie Garcia Gross (GT) def. Kasia Treiber – 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
No. 6 – Violeta Martinez def. Kate Sharabura (GT) – 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
ORDER OF FINISH:
Doubles – 1, 2, 3
Singles – 3, 6, 2, 5, 4, 1
