Jordan Belga stood on the baseline awaiting his opponent’s serve during the first round of the ITA National Team Indoor Championship.
Florida faced three ranked opponents over the weekend in the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
As Belinda Woolcock stared down her opponent, she slowly raised her arm to serve. With the deciding point against No. 5 Stanford on the line, a packed crowd at the Ring Tennis Complex held its breath.
For the Gators women’s tennis team, this is rivalry week. On Sunday, Florida will play one of its biggest challengers of the season.
The Florida men’s tennis team is back in Virginia today to participate in the ITA Team Indoor Championships.
As the ball floated high in the air, Ingrid Neel’s eyes focused in.
The UF men’s tennis team travelled to Virginia looking for its third straight win over a top-10 opponent and first victory over Virginia under coach Bryan Shelton.
After only 10 minutes had passed in the match, Florida fans at the Cullman-Heyman Tennis Center became silent.
The No. 6 UF men’s tennis team will take to the skies this weekend, flying to Charlottesville, Virginia, to take on the No. 1-ranked Virginia Cavaliers.
After earning the No. 1 seed in the tournament, the Gators women’s tennis team will travel to Connecticut to compete in the National Indoor Championships Friday through Monday. Florida will open its weekend today at 3:30 p.m., facing unseeded Michigan, the No. 13 team in the nation. Michigan also houses the No. 4 doubles team in the country.
Calm, composed and poised: This is how coach Roland Thornqvist described his team Monday after its trying victory over No. 3 Pepperdine on Saturday.
Alfredo Perez stood on the baseline and watched as the ball sailed just wide. His teammates dogpiled him.
In what coach Roland Thornqvist described as “high-level tennis throughout,” the Gators women’s tennis team defeated No. 3 Pepperdine 5-2 Saturday to earn its first road victory of the season and earn Thornqvist his 450th all-time win.
The UF men’s tennis team will get no love this month.
After a 6-1 victory over DePaul Saturday and 4-0 rout of FIU, the Gators women’s tennis team is looking to add to its body count this weekend.
As FIU’s Andrea Lazaro let out another chilling shriek, all eyes turned to center court.
The Ring Tennis Complex is becoming a stronghold for the Florida men’s team, as it registered victories over two schools in the ITA Kick-Off Tournament this weekend.
Entering the season, expectations were high for the Florida women’s tennis team. It held the No. 1 ranking, it was the SEC coaches’ pick to win the conference and its head coach boasted that this was his most talented team in 16 years. But despite the pressure, the Gators are living up to the hype.
For the second weekend in a row, the UF men’s tennis team will play two matches.
Solutions by The State News
