Boonstra and Will ousted in doubles
May 31, 2010Sometimes the competition is too much.
Sometimes the competition is too much.
While Willy Wonka’s Golden Tickets may have been hard to come by, the Gators track and field teams collected their tickets to the NCAA Outdoor Championships as easy as stealing candy from a baby.
One day after benefitting from the best-of-three format in NCAA doubles championships, UF’s No. 5 team of Marrit Boonstra and Allie Will found itself on the losing end of a third set.
Between the Southeastern Conference Tournament in April, the NCAA Team Championships and now the doubles and singles championships, Allie Will is familiar with the courts of the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.
The fastest sprint group in America brought its jets Friday at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in Greensboro, N.C.
Florida track and field head coach Mike Holloway hoped his teams would get off to a good start Thursday at the 2010 NCAA Preliminary Regional in Greensboro, N.C.
Two Florida seniors’ collegiate careers came to a close Thursday with losses in the opening round of the doubles portion of the individual championships in Athens, Ga.
In the third set of the last singles match to decide the championship, Marrit Boonstra was one game away from an ideal ending to her college career.
While it was a great accomplishment, the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championship was just an appetizer for the outdoor season.
In the third set of the last singles match to decide the championship, Marrit Boonstra was one game away from putting the finishing touches on the ideal ending to her college career.
When the season began, UF women’s tennis coach Roland Thornqvist said he felt like it had been a long time since 2003, the year Florida won its last national title.
The Gators enjoyed the luck of the Irish in South Bend, Ind., at the Central Regional this past weekend, and finished high enough to earn a bid for the NCAA Championships.
If one were to look at who beat who, a tough match for the No. 3 Gators women’s tennis team might have been anticipated against No. 11 Miami (20-6), but Florida’s speed and athleticism led to a 4-0 victory over the Hurricanes.
The Florida men’s golf team finished the NCAA Central Regional in third place (279-280-279, 838, -2) on Saturday, and will advance to the NCAA Championships.
The Florida men’s golf team finished the NCAA Central Regional in third place (279-280-279, 838, -2) on Saturday, and will advance to the NCAA Championships.
Trying to defeat the championship host for the third time in one season proved too difficult a challenge for the No. 6 Gators men’s tennis team (21-5) as the season ended with a 4-2 loss to No. 12 Georgia (20-7) in the round of 16 in Athens, Ga.
The No. 3 Gators women’s tennis team (27-2) may have gotten a preview of how the rest of its NCAA Tournament matches will play out.
The Gators tennis teams schedule top-ranked non-conference opponents in the regular season to prepare for the NCAA Tournament. But in the round of 16 in Athens, Ga., both teams will face a Southeastern Conference opponent.
The Gators hope to repeat last season’s accomplishment when they travel to Indiana Thursday.
A traditional military fight song called “Oh, I Gotta Go” has become the Gators track and field teams’ unofficial anthem. This past weekend, the men’s team decided to write a new verse.