Florida Gators
ITA Indoor Round of 32 (Texas A&M)
M-Tennis Downs Texas A&M, 6-1, To Advance To ITA Indoor Round of 16
Saturday, January 31, 2009 | Men's Tennis
The No. 7 University of Florida men's tennis team (4-0) defeated No. 15 Texas A&M (2-1), 6-1, on Sunday in the ITA National Team Indoor Championship Round of 32 on Saturday at Linder Stadium. The Gators advance to the Round of 16 in Chicago, Ill. on Feb. 13-16.
“That was a nice win against a very, very good team,” said head coach Andy Jackson. “Texas A&M will host the NCAA Championships so we have a chance to play them again at their place. There's a rivalry between these two teams and I think both teams handled it well.”
Sophomores Jeff Dadamo (Tampa, Fla.) and Johnny Hamui (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) cruised to a 4-0 lead against the Marcus Lunt and Wil Spencer before allowing the Aggies pair to put their first and only point on the scoreboard. Dadamo and Hamui finished the match, 8-1. The No. 3 pair of sophomore Alex Lacroix (Paris, France) and freshman Carlos Cueto (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain) clinched the doubles point for Florida, downing Austin Klores and Colin Hoover, 8-3, in just under 40 minutes.
Hamui was the first to finish for the Gators, defeating A&M's Kayvon Karimi, 6-1, 6-2, to give Florida a 2-0 advantage over the Aggies. Dadamo was next for the Gators, taking one hour and 15 minutes to knock off Hoover, 6-4, 6-3. Within one minute, 63rd-ranked Joey Burkhardt (St. Augustine, Fla.) clinched the fourth-straight dual match win for the Gators. The freshman quietly downed Lunt in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1.
In his second match of the spring against a top-25 opponent, Cueto needed only two sets to down No. 12 Pollock, 6-3, 6-3. Cueto is now 3-0 from court one for the Gators. Also defeating a ranked opponent was Lacroix, who took out 8th-ranked Spencer in an intense match, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 1-0 (10-8).
The Gators continue their home stretch with a match against UCF on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. Live scoring and results can be found at www.GatorZone.com.
College Men's Tennis
Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex
Gainesville, Fla.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Final Score: Florida 6, Texas A&M 1
Doubles
No. 1 Pollock/Krajicek (Texas A&M) def. Benneteau/Burkhardt (UF), 8-4
No. 2 Hamui/Dadamo (UF) def. Lunt/Spencer (Texas A&M), 8-1
No. 3 Lacroix/Cueto (UF) def. Klores/Hoover (Texas A&M), 8-3
Singles
No. 1 (87) Carlos Cueto (UF) def. (12) Conor Pollock (Texas A&M), 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Alex Lacroix (UF) def. (8) Wil Spencer (Texas A&M), 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)
No. 3 (46) Austin Krajicek (Texas A&M) def. Antoine Benneteau (UF), 7-6 (7-2), 5-7, 1-0 (10-4)
No. 4 (63) Joey Burkhardt (UF) def. Marcus Lunt (Texas A&M), 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 Johnny Hamui (UF) def. Kayvon Karimi (Texas A&M), 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Jeff Dadamo (UF) def. Colin Hoover (Texas A&M), 6-4, 6-3
Order of Finish: Doubles – 2, 3, 1 Singles – 5, 6, 4, 1, 2, 3
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