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Women's Tennis Drops Road Match at Florida State, 5-2
Saturday, February 28, 2009 | Women's Tennis
The University of Florida women's tennis team managed to win its last two matches with only five scholarship players, but was unable to pull out a third, as the Gators lost to Florida State, 5-2, on a windy Saturday at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center.
The loss was Florida's first to the 24th-ranked Seminoles (7-2) in the 49-match series history, as well as snapped a 24-match win streak against instate opponents.
“We were very good in doubles and I was happy to see that, but they were tougher than we were in singles,” UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. “They handled the weather conditions much better than we did and that's unfortunate. This is certainly a teaching moment and hopefully we can learn from today in a hurry with the conference schedule starting next week.”
The Gators (6-4) next turn their attention to the Southeastern Conference portion of their schedule, as Florida opens its league slate on Friday at No. 20 Kentucky, before facing No. 16 Vanderbilt in Nashville on Sunday.
Florida actually earned the first point of the dual match after winning the doubles matches on courts No. 1 and 2.
The Seminoles evened the score at 1-all after walk-on Lauren Wolken lost her Gator debut at the No. 6 position. Junior Marrit Boonstra continued her torrid pace at the No. 1 singles position, winning her ninth consecutive match by taking down 23rd-ranked Katie Rybakova, 6-4, 6-2. Boonstra's decision was unfortunately the only singles win for Florida, as the Seminoles captured the remaining matches to earn their first-ever victory in the series.
Women's College Tennis
No. 13 Florida at No. 24 Florida State
Scott Speicher Tennis Center
Tallahassee, Fla.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Final Score: Florida State 5, Florida 2
Doubles
1. Jessica Alexander/Anastasia Revzina, UF d. Jessica Sucupira/Lauren Macfarlance, FSU 8-5*
2. Marrit Boonstra/Joanna Mather, UF d. Noemie Scharle/Federica Suess, FSU 8-4
3. Bonny Davidson/Katie Rybakova, FSU d. Barbara Pinterova/Lauren Wolken, UF 8-5
Singles
1. (7) Marrit Boonstra, UF d. (23) Katie Rybakova, FSU 6-4, 6-2
2. (48) Noemie Scharle, FSU d. (45) Anastasia Revzina, UF 6-2, 6-2
3. Lauren Macfarlane, FSU d. Joanna Mather, UF 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
4. (81) Federica Suess, FSU d. Jessica Alexander, UF 6-2, 6-2
5. Ania Rynorzewska, FSU d. Barbara Pinterova, UF 6-4, 7-5*
6. Jessica Sucupira, FSU d. Lauren Wolken, UF 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles-2, 1*, 3; Singles-6, 1, 2, 4, 5, 3
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