Florida Gators
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No. 7 Women's Tennis Picks Up Second SEC Win Over Kentucky, 6-1
Sunday, March 2, 2008 | Women's Tennis
The seventh ranked University of Florida women's tennis team used a solid team effort to defeat No. 22 Kentucky, 6-1, this afternoon at Scott Linder Stadium at the Ring Tennis Complex.
“We came out and played better today than we did on Friday,” said head coach Roland Thornqvist. “It gives us a lot of confidence heading into our next few matches in the SEC. We have our hands full next week, but we played really well this weekend and it feels really good to have two wins.”
Florida won all but one match, including all three doubles matches to remain undefeated in dual match doubles this season, to improve their overall record to 8-1 (2-0, SEC).
Florida tallied the first win of the match in just 35 minutes thanks to the play of Julia Cohen and Anastasia Revzina, who disposed of Sarah Woestmann and Whitney Spencer, 8-2, in just 35 minutes. Megan Alexander and Marrit Boonstra would follow just two minutes later to secure the first point of the match in an 8-2 victory over Kentucky's Carolina Escamilla and Megan Broderick. Whitney Benik and Lolita Frangulyan tallied the third doubles victory of the day for the Gators as they handled the Kentucky twosome of Christine Johnson and Alaina Trgovich, just one minute after their teammates, by a score of 8-3.
After each doubles set was tied at one a piece, the Gators came alive to take a 2-1 lead on courts one through three. Cohen and Revzina came back from an early 1-0 deficit, cruising through the next seven points before the Wildcats were able to answer with a point of their own to put the game at 7-2. Alexander and Boonstra would go on to take a 3-2 lead before cruising through the remaining points to take the victory. Much was the same for Benik and Frangulyan, as the duo held on to take a 3-2. It seemed as if they would cruise to an easy 8-2 victory, but Johnson and Trgovich came back to earn a point of their own, to up the score to 7-3 before the Gators cruised through the final point to cap the win and doubles play.
Frangulyan would return to the number six singles court to swiftly add to the points total for the Gators by handing Spencer a 6-1, 6-1 defeat in a matter of just 55 minutes for her 10th straight singles win of the season. Benick needed just an hour and four minutes to pick up a 6-2, 6-0 win over Trgovich on court four and Cohen rebounded from her first loss against Vanderbilt, sealing the victory over Woestmann by a score of 6-2, 6-4 on court number one to secure the win for the Gators. Unlike the first set in which Cohen rebounded from an early 2-0 deficit, it was Woestmann who responded after falling behind 2-1. Woestmann tied the set at two-all, and even made a late charge after being down 5-4, but could not muster a complete comeback.
Alexander used a third set tie-breaker to earn the fifth point of the day for the Gators, defeating Escamilla by a score of 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4). Boonstra was not as fortunate as her teammate, falling in the same fashion as Alexander used to get the win, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8). Boonstra made a strong case for herself, down 8-5 in the tie break she came back to tie the score at eight all, but could not stop Johnston on the final two points of the tie breaker.
Csilla Borsanyi rebounded from a tough first set to defeat Broderick 7-5, 6-1 in the final game of the afternoon. Up 5-0, Borsyani surrendered a point to Broderick before finishing the Wildcat off to conclude the match.
The Gators will travel to Knoxville, Tennessee to take on the Lady Volunteers next Friday at 3 p.m. before concluding their road swing at Georgia on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Doubles Play:
1. Megan Alexander/Marrit Boonstra (15) UF d. Carolina Escamilla/Megan Broderick UK, 8-2
2. Whitney Benik/Lolita Frangulyan, UF d. Christine Johnston/Alaina Trgovich, UK, 8-3
3. Julia Cohen/Anastasia Revzina, UF d. Sarah Woestmann/Whitney Spencer, UK, 8-2
Singles Play:
1. Julia Cohen (74), UF d. Sarah Woestmann (79), UK, 6-2, 6-4
2. Csilla Borsanyi (26), UF d. Megan Broderick (95), UK, 7-5, 6-1
3. Megan Alexander (58), UF d. Carolina Escamilla, UK, 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4)
4. Whitney Benik, UF d. Alaina Trgovich, UK, 6-2, 6-0
5. Christine Johnston, UK, d. Marrit Boonstra, UF, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
6. Lolita Frangulyan, UF d. Whitney Spencer, UK, 6-1, 6-1
