The Gators opened up play at the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla. on Saturday, finishing the day with two wins and two losses.
For the second consecutive weekend, the Gators will travel west as they head to Tulsa, Okla., to take part in the ITA All-American.
If senior Alexandre Lacroix continues to play the way he did this weekend, he will certainly shoot up the singles rankings come January.
While the Gators dominated the Gator Invitational last weekend, they face a difficult test this weekend as they travel to Meadowood, Calif., to take part in the Napa Valley Tennis Classic.
The Gators wrapped up the weekend by winning four singles matches and three doubles matches on the final day of the 2010 Gator Invitational on Sunday.
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While the football team deservedly receives national attention with its success under Urban Meyer, the men’s tennis team isn’t doing too bad itself as it looks to put together its ninth consecutive winning season under coach Andy Jackson.
With only nine players on the roster, none of whom are seniors, UF women's tennis coach Roland Thornqvist’s team is young. But it’s certainly not devoid of leadership.
Sophomores Caroline Hitimana and Brittany Borsanyi each won their singles draws titles Sunday, putting the final touches on the Gators' impressive performance at the Southeastern Conference Coaches Fall Classic.
After his team made it to the NCAA Finals in May, UF coach Roland Thornqvist is looking forward to the start of the fall season this weekend, as six players travel to Auburn to participate in the Southeastern Conference Coaches Classic.
Sometimes the competition is too much.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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