Men's tennis team knocks off No. 7 Baylor
By JOSEPH R. HOLZER | Jan. 25, 2009In its second match of the season, the UF men's tennis team knocked off a top-10 team.
In its second match of the season, the UF men's tennis team knocked off a top-10 team.
The UF men's tennis team opens its season today, on the heels of the Australian Open kicking off Down Under, when they host Furman at 3 p.m.
This weekend's preseason tournament provided experience for a young UF men's tennis team.
A pair of UF women's tennis players will visit Sin City today with an ace or two in mind.
Joanna Mather finished her first fall at UF with a win against Carolina Escamilla of Kentucky 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 in the finals of the SEC Fall Coaches Classic.
Marrit Boonstra is new to the ITA Grand Slam, but she's made herself right at home.
She was on a new campus, in a new country, surrounded by strangers and not allowed to play the sport she's been playing since her early teens.
Carlos Cueto won his first collegiate tournament Monday at the Seminole Invitational in Tallahassee, but it was eerily similar to a typical practice in Gainesville.
Carlos Cueto and Tyler Hochwalt are looking forward to matches against familiar faces today. Their opponents? Each other.
Roland Thornqvist will get to see the nation's elite vie for the ITA National Indoor Championship up close on Nov. 6-9.
Certain days are more important than others. For Marrit Boonstra and Megan Alexander, today could be huge.
When 128 people are gunning for the same prize, 127 people go home unsatisfied.
Just like that, Jeff Dadamo and Tyler Hochwalt are done for the week.
Freshmen Carlos Cueto and Joey Burkhardt almost played on the big stage with the nation's elite, but both young Gators fell short.
Freshmen Carlos Cueto and Joey Burkhardt continue to hold their own against veteran opponents, and are each one match away from reaching the main draw at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
Before noon Monday, the UF men's tennis team had already grinded through the most important part of its day. Three players' work earned them another day at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla.
Three UF tennis players advanced through the prequalifying rounds of the D'Novo Men's ITA All-American Championships over the weekend, pushing the number of Gators in the qualifying round to five.
UF's doubles team of Megan Alexander and Marrit Boonstra came up short against No. 3 Melissa Mang and Amanda Granson of Duke on Friday, ending their run at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships.
Marrit Boonstra and Megan Alexander looked for redemption Thursday.
Marrit Boonstra fell one win short of qualifying for the main draw at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships, losing to Laura Gioia of Furman 6-1, 6-1. There will be no Gators in the singles main draw of the tournament, which is the first event in the ITA Intercollegiate Grand Slam.