Freshman Bob Van Overbeek and senior Antoine Benneteau took the pressure off each other in a tight match against Georgia on Sunday to give their coach Andy Jackson his 100th win at home during his UF tenure.
The Florida tennis teams split their matches against Tennessee on Friday.
The Southeastern Conference East standings in both men’s and women’s tennis will be shaped by this weekend’s matches.
The Gators men’s tennis team has grown and proven it can win under the most difficult of circumstances.
Two wins against Vanderbilt on Friday kept all winning streaks intact heading into Sunday.
The No. 3 Florida women’s tennis team (16-2, 6-0 Southeastern Conference) has depended on a mix of high-level freshman talent and steady senior leadership to knock off ranked opponents like FSU, Duke, North Carolina and every SEC West school this spring.
The Florida tennis teams finished sweeps of the Southeastern Conference West with wins against Mississippi on Sunday.
The No. 4 Florida women’s tennis team (15-2, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) showed no signs of rust from a 12-day layoff in defeating No. 57 Mississippi State (9-6, 1-4 SEC) 7-0 on Friday.
When the No. 6 Gators men’s tennis team (12-2, 4-0 SEC) faces No. 14 Mississippi (13-2, 4-1 SEC) at 2 p.m. on Sunday, three losses to the Rebels last spring, one at home and two at neutral sites, should serve as plenty of motivation for revenge.
Coach Andy Jackson’s 100th home win at Florida could come against his former team.
It’s not the way UF coach Andy Jackson wanted it to play out, but today is a big match for the men’s tennis team.
Sekou Bangoura Jr. is usually one of the first Gators to finish his singles set and help set up a win.
Both Gators tennis teams remained undefeated in Southeastern Conference play with wins over Auburn on Friday.
Post-season play in May might seem a long way off for the Gators women’s tennis team, but when the time comes, the team’s out-of-conference resume will look impressive.
UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist was less than impressed with Florida’s play against Arkansas on Friday, but his 200th victory at UF was won with focused, consistent play Sunday against LSU.
UF men’s and women’s tennis opened Southeastern Conference play with two sweeps of Arkansas on Friday.
The Florida men’s and women’s tennis teams begin Southeastern Conference play against Arkansas today.
Both Gators tennis teams will enter Southeastern Conference play with perfect home records, top-10 rankings and impressive non-conference victories.
Before the Florida tennis teams start Southeastern Conference play in March, they’ll have to get through two top-15 teams at home on Sunday.
The No. 9 UF women’s tennis team defeated No. 15 FSU on Tuesday, improving its record to 8-2 and furthering two impressive streaks.
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