Marlee Zein entered College Station, Texas, excited to compete in her first SEC Tournament. The freshman out of Sugar Land, Texas, was coming off a two-win week, and won SEC Freshman of the Week for the second time this season.
The Florida men’s tennis team is SEC regular season champions and undefeated in conference play for the first time since 2003, a 14-match winning streak and their best regular season record since 1977.
Excitement filled the Gators’ locker room as coach Roland Thornqvist and the Florida women’s tennis team finished packing for their trip to College Station, Texas, for the SEC Tournament.
The Florida men’s tennis team knows it can’t pass up the opportunity to win the SEC Tournament as the host after earning the conference regular season championship.
The Florida women’s tennis team’s season hasn’t been stellar.
The celebration of Florida’s win over South Carolina was expected.
McCartney Kessler sat tied at 5-5 in the third set with the opportunity to take control of South Carolina’s Paige Cline. Ida Jarlskog led in a tiebreaker early over Ingrid Martins which could have altered the momentum of the match.
McCartney Kessler readied her stance and dribbled the tennis ball four times near her left foot. Her racket calmly spun in her right hand as she focused in on Michigan’s Giulia Pairone.
Florida’s and Michigan’s women’s tennis teams couldn’t be any more different.
The Gators men’s tennis team is tied for the highest-ranked team in their respective sport at UF.
The Florida women’s tennis team entered the Ring Tennis Complex on Sunday in a must-win situation.
The Gators men’s tennis team is ready to party like it’s 2005.
The Gators men’s tennis team’s match on Friday night against Alabama was supposed to be a challenge. Alabama is a top-30 team and Florida was coming off its biggest win of the season Sunday against then-No.7 Texas A&M, and it seemed like UF might lose.
McCartney Kessler prepared for Friday’s match against Alabama as she would any other.
Coach Roland Thornqvist and the Florida women’s tennis team were in a difficult position after dropping three of their last four matches, with two top 25 road matches on the horizon.
The No. 2 Gators men’s tennis team is going on the road again after a brief two game homestand.
The moment after Lukas Greif clinched the match in a third-set tiebreaker to give the Gators men’s tennis team sole possession of first place in the SEC, Oliver Crawford jumped on top of him, followed by the rest of his teammates.
Different players for Florida’s women’s tennis team have had their moments in the spotlight.
Freshman Marlee Zein had the victory in her sight.
The mood in the locker room after Florida’s match against LSU was mixed, feeling excited while also feeling relief.
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