The UF women's tennis doubles teams had a whole lot of love for Stetson.
All three Gators' (2-0) duos posted an 8-0 score on its Hatters opponent in a 6-1 dual match win on Tuesday.
The freshman pair of Jo Mather and Barbara Pinterova beat Shannon Gunning and Katherine St. Clair.
"The young team is coming around a lot," UF coach Roland Thornqvist said. "The other two, I think, have played probably above expectations so far."
The No. 18 pairing of juniors Marrit Boonstra and Megan Alexander defeated Breanna Atkinson and Katherine Nowicki on court 1, while Jessica Alexander and Anastasia Revzina dominated Valentina Galbarini and Natalie Gorham.
"Doubles is good. That's traditionally been one of our stronger points," Thornqvist said of the No. 7-ranked Gators.
Jessica Alexander is enjoying her time in the doubles court.
"I really like playing with Nastia," Jessica said of her partner. "She has a lot of power, so I just have to smother the net and make sure to clean up everything else."
Revzina shares the sentiment.
"We get along so good, and our chemistry is good," the junior said.
After posting a 3-0 lead in her first singles set, Jessica retired from the match due to a wrist injury. The forfeit was precautionary.
"(Her wrist) was not a problem," Thornqvist said. "It was just my call. I told her she would play doubles and three (singles) games, sort of keeping her at a pitch count and not try to overdo it."
"It's feeling pretty good," the freshman said of her serving wrist. "I could've gone longer."
Thornqvist might have pushed the point.
"I told her, 'If you go down three, I'm gonna make you play three more,'" he said.
Jessica is enjoying recovery time before Saturday's Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Team Indoor Championship opener against Oklahoma State.
"Originally, (on Saturday), I didn't plan on playing the full match, but it felt really good and I did," she said. "Yesterday it was pretty sore, so today Roland and (associate head coach Dave Balogh) wanted to make sure I wasn't going to be so sore for the weekend."
Revzina followed up a hard-fought singles win on Saturday with a 6-1, 6-1 rout of Atkinson.
"She played today like she did in the (10-1) tiebreaker on Saturday," Thornqvist said. "We've spent some time just talking about focus and the mental side of her play more so than the physical side, and I thought she did a great job today."
Revzina agreed and was pleased by her own performance.
"I really like that (Saturday's) match was that way," the No. 99-ranked singles player said. "It's a good opportunity to learn, and now I know what I have to work on."
The difference was patience and confidence.
"She played very disciplined tennis," Thornqvist said. "She was hitting the ball but hitting it with the right shots, which is key to her game."
Pinterova captured the crowd's attention in the day's longest match (1:44). She defeated Gorham 6-4, 6-3.
"It was good for her match to be the last one to get all the focus on her," Thornqvist said. "It's always nice to have a first-year player in that spotlight and handle it well."
