March 29, 2013

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland women's tennis team continues its three-match road trip with two matches this weekend. On Saturday, the Terps will take on No. 15 Clemson, with play slated to begin from the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center at 11 a.m. The following day, the Terrapins will travel to No. 33 Georgia Tech to face the Yellow Jackets at Ken Byers Tennis Complex at 11 a.m.

The Terrapins (5-8, 0-3 ACC) enter this weekend's matches off of a tough contest at Brown last Thursday. After taking the doubles point, the Terps struggled in singles, losing all but one match en route to a 5-2 defeat. Freshman Gabriela Srodowski accounted for the visitors' only match victory, a 6-4, 6-7 (6), (11-9) victory over Nikita Uberoi.

Senior Vroni Van Berlo has lead a young Terps squad this season, accumulating an 8-5 singles record at the No. 1 singles position while also playing at No. 1 doubles.

Maryland is 0-5 away from College Park this season and has not won a road match since a 5-2 victory over Columbia last season. With the Brown loss, the Terrapins finished their non-conference slate with a 5-5 record.

Scouting the Tigers

Clemson enters Saturday's contest on a three-match winning streak, including victories over then No. 29 Baylor and then No. 46 Georgia State. The Tigers boast three ranked singles players, all of whom are 8-3 this season. 16th-ranked Yana Koroleva leads the lineup, with 42nd-ranked Liz Jeukeng and 49th-ranked Beatrice Gumulya slotting in behind her. Similar to Maryland, Clemson trots out a very young team, filled with four freshmen and three sophomores.

The Terps are 2-14 against the Tigers since 1998. Clemson defeated Maryland, 5-2, last season

Scouting the Yellow Jackets 

Georgia Tech has alternated wins and losses since a 4-0 victory against Miami (OH) in early March. Elizabeth Kilborn is ranked 89th nationally in singles and is 5-7 from the No. 1 position this season. Megan Kurey and Kendal Woodard have tallied 11 wins playing at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles and are ranked 67th in the latest ITA Rankings. The Yellow Jackets most notable win of the season came against No. 26 Florida State. Tech upset the Seminoles, 4-3, to notch their only ACC win of the spring.

Georgia Tech is 15-2 against Maryland since 1998. The Yellow Jackets knocked the Terps out of the ACC tournament last season.

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Live updates for Saturday's match against Clemson can be found here

For Sunday's match against Georgia Tech, live scoring can be found here