Monday, March 6
College Station, TX
11 a.m. ET
Florida Gators
4
at
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Texas A&M
Spencer Liang paired with Anna Danilina at No. 2 doubles and got the first win of the dual match.
Florida Tops Texas A&M in Rescheduled Match
Monday, March 6, 2017 | Women's Tennis
The match was originally scheduled for Sunday but rain forced a delay.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – More than 24 hours after Florida and Texas A&M has been scheduled to begin play in a challenging Southeastern Conference match-up, the Gators finally posted a 4-0 victory on Monday at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
In what was set to be an exciting Sunday afternoon between top-ranked Florida and No. 20 Texas A&M, turned into a weather watch, as Mother Nature won the day and forced the match's postponement until late this morning, when the match even endured two short weather delays.
In the end, the Gators jumped out to win the doubles point by earning victories on courts one and two, before Anna Danilina, Josie Kuhlman and Brooke Austin polished off straight-set singles wins to post the team shutout.
Postmatch with UF Head Coach Roland Thornqvist
"We were able to get the match in and we were able to get the win. There were 20-mile-per-hour swirling winds today so it was not pretty.
"As a coach, I feel really good in that I have complete trust in this squad. Even warming up yesterday and having to abort the match and coming back later and not knowing if we were going to play... Today, we had two rain stops and with the wind… I trust these guys. They compete. They prepare. The never panic and no matter what happens, they find a way to be all-business.
"No one played great tennis today. I was just about running and getting balls in play and making good decisions in this swirling wind and for the most part, I thought we did that on every court.
"This Texas A&M team is really talented and I was just happy to win another good one on the road."
Individual Numbers of Note
Gators vs. Aggies: The Updated Series
Florida and the SEC
SEC Teams in the Oracle/ITA Division I Collegiate Rankings
Tennis Match Results
Florida at Texas A&M
George P Mitchell Tennis Center * College Station, TX
Monday, March 06, 2017
Final: #1 Florida def. #20 Texas A&M, 4-0
Doubles
1. #13 Brooke Austin/Kourtney Keegan (UF) def. #14 Rachel Pierson/Rutuja Bhosale (A&M) 6-2*
2. #54 Anna Danilina/Spencer Liang (UF) def. Domenica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M) 6-2
3. Macarena Olivares/Stefania Hristov (A&M) vs. #20 Josie Kuhlman/Belinda Woolcock (UF) 3-5, unfinished
Singles
1. #45 Rachel Pierson (A&M) vs. #18 Belinda Woolcock (UF) 5-7, 3-3, unfinished
2. #75 Rutuja Bhosale (A&M) vs. #11 Ingrid Neel (UF) 7-6 (7-5), 2-1, unfinished
3. #24 Anna Danilina (UF) def. Macarena Olivares (A&M) 6-1, 6-4
4. #10 Josie Kuhlman (UF) def. Saska Gavrilovska (A&M) 6-1, 6-0
5. #91 Brooke Austin (UF) def. Tina Bokhua (A&M) 6-2, 7-5*
6. Domenica Gonzalez (A&M) vs. #28 Kourtney Keegan (UF) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
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In what was set to be an exciting Sunday afternoon between top-ranked Florida and No. 20 Texas A&M, turned into a weather watch, as Mother Nature won the day and forced the match's postponement until late this morning, when the match even endured two short weather delays.
In the end, the Gators jumped out to win the doubles point by earning victories on courts one and two, before Anna Danilina, Josie Kuhlman and Brooke Austin polished off straight-set singles wins to post the team shutout.
Postmatch with UF Head Coach Roland Thornqvist
"We were able to get the match in and we were able to get the win. There were 20-mile-per-hour swirling winds today so it was not pretty.
"As a coach, I feel really good in that I have complete trust in this squad. Even warming up yesterday and having to abort the match and coming back later and not knowing if we were going to play... Today, we had two rain stops and with the wind… I trust these guys. They compete. They prepare. The never panic and no matter what happens, they find a way to be all-business.
"No one played great tennis today. I was just about running and getting balls in play and making good decisions in this swirling wind and for the most part, I thought we did that on every court.
"This Texas A&M team is really talented and I was just happy to win another good one on the road."
Individual Numbers of Note
- Anna Danilina won her 49th career singles match
Gators vs. Aggies: The Updated Series
- The Gators improve to 5-2 all-time against the Aggies.
- The series began in 2013, when Texas A&M joined the SEC.
- UF's last loss in the series was a 4-3 setback in the 2014 SEC Tournament. Since that loss, Florida has won the last three meetings.
Florida and the SEC
- Florida has won 17 consecutive regular-season SEC matches
- The Gators are the two-time defending SEC regular-season champions.
- UF has won 29 of the 37 SEC titles contested.
- The 29 SEC regular-season titles are the most by any SEC women's program in any sport.
- 11 of those titles have come under the direction of Head Coach Roland Thornqvist, who is in his 15th year with the Gators
SEC Teams in the Oracle/ITA Division I Collegiate Rankings
- Florida – No. 1
- Auburn – No. 6
- Tennessee – No. 12
- Vanderbilt – No. 14
- Arkansas – No. 17
- Georgia – No. 18
- South Carolina – No. 19
- Texas A&M – No. 20
- Ole Miss – No. 24
- Also ranked: No. 30 Kentucky, No. 33 Mississippi State, No. 34 Alabama, No. 37 LSU, No. 41 Missouri
Tennis Match Results
Florida at Texas A&M
George P Mitchell Tennis Center * College Station, TX
Monday, March 06, 2017
Final: #1 Florida def. #20 Texas A&M, 4-0
Doubles
1. #13 Brooke Austin/Kourtney Keegan (UF) def. #14 Rachel Pierson/Rutuja Bhosale (A&M) 6-2*
2. #54 Anna Danilina/Spencer Liang (UF) def. Domenica Gonzalez/Eva Paalma (A&M) 6-2
3. Macarena Olivares/Stefania Hristov (A&M) vs. #20 Josie Kuhlman/Belinda Woolcock (UF) 3-5, unfinished
Singles
1. #45 Rachel Pierson (A&M) vs. #18 Belinda Woolcock (UF) 5-7, 3-3, unfinished
2. #75 Rutuja Bhosale (A&M) vs. #11 Ingrid Neel (UF) 7-6 (7-5), 2-1, unfinished
3. #24 Anna Danilina (UF) def. Macarena Olivares (A&M) 6-1, 6-4
4. #10 Josie Kuhlman (UF) def. Saska Gavrilovska (A&M) 6-1, 6-0
5. #91 Brooke Austin (UF) def. Tina Bokhua (A&M) 6-2, 7-5*
6. Domenica Gonzalez (A&M) vs. #28 Kourtney Keegan (UF) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
Match Notes:
- Florida: 11-0, 2-0 SEC; National ranking #1
- Texas A&M: 8-5, 0-2; National ranking #20
- Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,4,5)
- Time-2:07
What's Next for the Gators:
- Who: No. 1 Florida hosts No. 19 South Carolina (9-3, 1-1 SEC)
- When: Sat., March 11 * 1 p.m.
- Where: Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex * Gainesville, Fla.
- Live Scoring: http://sidearmstats.com/florida/wten/
- Live Video: link to come
Gator Pronunciations for this Release:
- Anna Danilina: ON-nah don-uh-LEE-nah
- Josie Kuhlman: COOL-mun
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