April 4, 1999

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - For the second time in two days, the doubles team of junior Stacy Walkowitz (Coral Springs, Fla./Coral Springs) and sophomore Chrissie Terrill (Plano, Tex./The Hockaday School) took the Maryland women's tennis on their backs and carried them to a critical ACC win; this time over No. 28 Georgia Tech, 5-4.

After moving to the campus' Tennis Bubble due to a torrential downpour with two matches to go, the No. 41 Terps were forced into a tie, leaving the No. 2 team of Walkowitz and Terrill to decide the match. Yesterday, the duo held of a Clemson pair to gain a 5-4 win for Maryland and this afternoon, they won a tie-breaker in four points to get the victory.

In singles, only the top three positions were winners for the Terrapins. Senior Meg Griffin (Topeka, Kan./Topeka West) and junior Lorraine Bittles (Nashville, Tenn./Brentwood Academy) both won in straight sets while Walkowitz took three for her win.

Senior Adrienne Pavelko (Vienna, Va./Bishop O'Connell) and freshman Courtney Perkins (Seattle, Wash./Mt. Ranier) were the other doubles winner on the afternoon.

Maryland improves to 10-4, 2-1 in the ACC and extends its perfect home-win record to five matches. Georgia Tech falls to 11-6, 2-3 in the ACC.

Maryland hits the road this week, traveling to Virginia on April 7, North Carolina on the 10th and Duke on the 11th.

Singles:
1. Meg Griffin (M) def. Sabrina Pardo (GT); 6-2, 6-4
2. Lorraine Bittles (M) def.. Bobbi Guthrie (GT); 6-1, 6-2
3. Stacy Walkowitz (M) def. Mason Miller (GT); 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
4. Xenia Uy (GT) def. Chrissie Terrill (M); 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
5. Tamarra Jenkin (GT) def. Adrienne Pavelko (M); 6-1, 6-2
6. Autumn Richards (GT) def. Courtney Perkins (M); 6-2, 6-2

Doubles:
1. Pardo/Miller (GT) def. Griffin/Bittles (M); 8-3
2. Walkowitz/Terrill (M) def. Jenkin/Guthrie (M); 9-8 (4)
3. Pavelko/Perkins (M) def. Richards/Sybi Parker (GT); 8-6