Falconi wins again, will play Georgia’s Gullickson

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Irina Falconi, the No. 1 ranked college tennis player, defeated Washington’s Venise Chan 6-1, 6-4 on Friday in the third round of the NCAA Championship in Athens.

Guillermo Gomez was beaten by Stanford’s Bradley Klahn 6-4, 6-4.

Falconi will play Georgia’s Chelsey Gullickson at noon on Saturday in the fourth round. She defeated Gullickson twice this season: 6-2, 6-1 in October and 7-5, 6-0 in March.

Falconi, a sophomore, hasn’t lost since Feb. 13. She is 40-2 in singles this year. She is the third player in school history to reach 40 wins. Kristi Miller and 2008 NCAA singles champion Amanda McDowell are the others.

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Here are a few blogs from earlier today:

Thomas’ tweets confuse some: http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2010/05/28/bay-bays-tweets/?cxntfid=blogs_georgia_tech_sports 

Rough night for Tech baseball: http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2010/05/28/rough-night-for-tech-baseball/?cxntfid=blogs_georgia_tech_sports

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Some of you may have read that Georgia’s athletics assocation finished the year with a profit. Tech’s year-ending financial statement won’t be available until August.

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