Florida Gators
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No. 6 Women's Tennis Tops No. 5 North Carolina, 6-1
Sunday, February 17, 2008 | Women's Tennis
The sixth-ranked University of Florida women's tennis team rebounded from its first loss of the season with an impressive 6-1 victory over No. 5 North Carolina on Sunday afternoon at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
The Gators (4-1) began Sunday's competition sweeping all three doubles positions for the fifth time this season, earning the initial point of the dual match, while needing just 62 minutes to claim victory on the three courts. Clinching the doubles point was Florida's unranked pair of sophomore Megan Alexander and newcomer Marrit Boonstra, who upset UNC's eighth-ranked tandem of Sanaz Marand and Sophie Grabinski, 8-3. Julia Cohen and Anastasia Revzina provided the first win, downing Meg Fanjoy and Austin Smith, 8-3, on court No. 3.
"We played really well today," UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. "We played some of the best doubles than we have years. We looked like were we a lot more confident on the court today than we were Friday. Today's win added a lot of fuel to our fire for improvement. I'm proud of how we responded after the loss. We played a lot more like the Gator team we expect to be, but we know there is a lot of room for improvement and that is exciting."
Florida, which was coming off of Friday's 4-3 loss to Duke, jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead after senior Whitney Benik was leading her first set on court No. 3, 6-5, when Jelena Durisic retired with an injury. Boonstra then posted her fourth double-bagel in her five collegiate singles matches, blanking Meg Fanjoy, 6-0, 6-0.
Alexander then polished off Austin Smith, 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 3 position to provide Florida with its fourth team point and the dual match clincher.
Cohen improved to 5-0 with her straight set win over Katrina Tsang, 6-3, 6-3, at the No. 1 spot, before North Carolina (6-3) produced its lone win when 14th-ranked Sanaz Marand defeated 59th-ranked Csilla Borsanyi, 6-4, 6-3.
Revzina provided the final decision of the day, earning the 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6) super-tiebreaker victory over Laura Reichert.
The Gators return to action on Wednesday, when Florida plays host to instate rival Florida State beginning at 5 p.m. Admission to all regular-season home matches is free.
Women's College Tennis
No. 6 Florida at No. 5 North Carolina
Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center * Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Final Score: Florida 6, North Carolina 1
Doubles
1. Megan Alexander/ Marrit Boonstra, UF d. Sanaz Marand/Grarbinski (8), UNC 8-3*
2. Whitney Benik/Lolita Fragulyan, UF d. Katrina Tsang/Laura Reichert, UNC 8-5
3. Julia Cohen/Anastasia Revzina, UF d. Meg Fanjoy/Austin Smith, UNC 8-3
Singles
1. Julia Cohen, UF d. Katrina Tsang, UNC 6-3, 6-3
2. Sanaz Marand (14), UNC d. Csilla Borsanyi (59), UF 6-4, 6-3
3. Megan Alexander (37), UF d. Austin Smith (72), UNC 6-1, 6-3*
4. Whitney Benik, UF d. Jelena Durisic, UNC, 6-5 ret. (injury)
5. Anastasia Revzina (50), UF d. Laura Reichert, UNC 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6)
6. Marrit Boonstra, UF d. Meg Fanjoy, UNC, 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles-3, 1, 2 (1:02); Singles-4, 6, 3, 1, 2, 5
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