The 2009 Gator Invitational, held this past weekend at the Ring Tennis Complex, gave the UF men's tennis team an opportunity to experiment with a variety of lineups and gave the women's team an opportunity to showcase their excellence.
The UF men's tennis team will open its fall season this weekend with the Gator Invitational at Linder Stadium in Gainesville.
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Things appear to be looking up for the Florida women's tennis team. After reaching the Round of 16 in the NCAA Championships and finishing 14th in the ITA rankings last year, the team has reason to believe it can produce even better results this season.
No. 8 Marrit Boonstra made it all the way to the quarterfinals of the NCAA singles bracket and recorded her 50th career win before finally coming up short.
Hump day was not a good one for most of the Gators tennis players.
The No. 15 UF women's tennis team's season ended with a 4-2 loss to No. 2 Georgia in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tennis Championships on Friday.
It's almost poetic how the No. 15 women's tennis team will be facing a bitter rival in No. 2 Georgia in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tennis Championships on Friday. In a rubber match, no less.
A double fault.
Jo Mather had only enough time to give a fist pump before being swarmed by the rest of the No. 15 UF women's tennis team after a 4-2 win against Florida State.
Friday's dual match proved to be a warm-up for the No. 10 UF men's tennis team as it topped Marist and set up a rematch against heated in-state rival Miami.
The South Carolina women's tennis team has not defeated UF since before Cal Ripken Jr. began his record streak of 2,632 consecutive games. That was in 1982, the same year Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was released and the computer was named Time Magazine's "Man of the Year."
The No. 16 UF women's tennis team closes a turbulent regular season against No. 20 South Carolina at 10 a.m. On Saturday.
How fitting for Sunday's dual match to have been decided in a third set on Court 1 between two of the best players in the nation.
Alabama knows how difficult it is to defeat the No. 21 UF women's tennis team. After all, the No. 26 Red Tide has lost all 34 meetings between the two, including Friday's 4-1 victory in favor of the Gators.
With everything it has endured this spring, there is one constant: The No. 21 UF women's tennis team wins at home. Every time.
In its final home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team put on a clinic in its 7-0 sweep of Arkansas on Sunday.
In its second-to-last home match of the regular season, the No. 10 UF men's tennis team defeated LSU 5-2.
This weekend the No. 10 UF men's tennis team is hosting its last two home matches of the season beginning at 3 p.m. today against LSU.
The No. 14 Gators women's tennis team could open a kennel the way it's been taming Bulldogs in Southeastern Conference play.
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