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UGA to host Mercer in first round of NCAA women’s tournament

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By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 13, 2018

Georgia will host its first NCAA tournament game since 2003 Saturday when it faces Mercer at Stegeman Coliseum.

UGA earned the No. 4 seed in the Albany Regional and will face No. 13 seed Mercer in a 1:30 p.m. contest televised on ESPN2. A victory would push UGA into a second-round matchup against the winner of the Duke-Belmont game Monday in Athens.

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