NCAA Women’s Tennis: Four Bulldogs Garner All-SEC Honors
By Danny Bishop
Four members of the Georgia women’s tennis team were named to the All-Southeastern Conference team, the league office announced today.
Lauren Herring and Kate Fuller, photo courtesy of University of Georgia
Wednesday.
Sophomore Lauren Herring and junior Maho Kowase were named to the All-SEC First Team, and junior Kate Fuller and freshman Silvia Garcia were named to the All-SEC Second Team. Garcia was also named to the conference’s All-Freshman Team.
Herring, who is ranked sixth in the country, is 35-5 this season and has seven wins versus Top-30 opponents. This is her second consecutive season being named to the All-SEC First Team. Kowase, the 13th ranked singles player in the nation, is 35-8 on the year. She went an SEC best 12-0 during the SEC regular season. Kowase also clinched eight matches for the Bulldogs. She has now been named to the All-SEC First Team three times.
Fuller is sporting a 28-7 record and is tied for the most SEC regular season wins at the No. 4 position. With Garcia, she’s gone 20-2 to become the country’s top-ranked doubles tandem. Fuller has now garnered All-SEC honors for three consecutive years. Garcia is 22-3 since enrolling in January and has the most singles wins this year among SEC freshman. The Madrid, Spain, native was also named to the All-Freshman team.
The Bulldogs won their ninth regular season championship this season and finished runner-up at last weekend’s SEC Tournament.
Georgia awaits its seeding for the 2013 NCAA Tournament. The selection show will be held on April 30 at 5:30 p.m. on NCAA.com. Georgia will likely host the first and second rounds which will take place May 10-12, but campus sites have not yet been announced.