Women fall to Georgia in SEC Tourney finals
Apr. 20, 2008It was like deja vu for the UF women's tennis team on Sunday.
It was like deja vu for the UF women's tennis team on Sunday.
The Gators men's tennis team couldn't quite pull off the improbable on Sunday.
It's the moment both teams have been waiting for all season - tournament time.
Before she even set foot in this world, Julia Cohen didn't have much of a choice.
Looks can be deceiving in the Southeastern Conference.
Saturday's regular-season finale against South Carolina could not be more meaningful for the UF men's tennis team's present and future.
The UF women's tennis team finished its non-conference season Wednesday against the same team that kicked off its schedule, and it did so in similar fashion.
After waiting out weather delays on Sunday, the UF men's tennis team fell behind to Alabama early in Monday's match and was unable to recover from the deficit.
Rain kept the UF men's tennis team off the courts on Sunday, but it didn't slow them down in Friday's washout of Auburn.
Winning isn't everything, at least not in regular-season men's tennis matches.
Whitney Benik and Lolita Frangulyan couldn't stop smiling before, during or after the UF women's tennis team's win against LSU on Sunday.
The UF women's tennis team will close out its regular-season homestand and two seniors' home careers with two matches this weekend.
Winning on the road in a hostile environment is hard enough.
The UF women's tennis team could not have asked for a better start to its Southeastern Conference season.
Nestor Briceno flung his racket into the air, threw his hat as high as he could and screamed at the top of his lungs.
It's a six-letter word. It starts with an 'E.' And it's what UF coach Andy Jackson said has been a constant on a team that plays five freshmen.
No road to a conference championship is ever easy, especially when playing five freshmen.
It might be one of the greatest home-court advantages of all time in any sport.
This one couldn't have been much closer, and unfortunately for the UF men's tennis team it was on the wrong end of the outcome.
The UF men's tennis team that showed up to play Sunday looked like it was the one that had played in the national championship match a year ago rather than its opponent.