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No. 4 Florida Women's Tennis Impressive in Win at Mississippi State
Friday, March 26, 2010 | Women's Tennis
The fourth-ranked University of Florida women's tennis team showed little if any rust from a 12-day break, as the Gators raced past Mississippi State, 7-0, Friday afternoon at A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre.
The Gators won 48 of the 53 games played at the top four singles positions and 72 of 88 overall, blazing to a 5-0 lead in the team scoring to secure the victory and improve to 15-2 overall and 5-0 in Southeastern Conference matches.
“You're never quite sure how your team will react after not playing for a while, but I must say that having the weekend off really helped the Gators,” UF head coach Roland Thornqvist said. “We were as sharp today as we have been all season. I think we showed that have improved in some offensive areas in doubles as well as in singles. Overall, it was a great day for us and I'm very happy with how we played.”
Freshman Allie Will (Boca Raton, Fla.) was the first Gator off the court and won her team-leading 15th consecutive singles match, as she defeated Olesya Tsigivntseva, 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 2 spot. Will is 15-0 in dual match singles action, while sporting a team-best 35-3 overall singles ledger.
Anastasia Revzina (Moscow, Russia) followed with a 6-1, 6-1 victory against Valeriya Makarycheva on court No. 4, as the Gator senior improved to 92-24 in her singles career, including an impressive 34-2 singles record in SEC dual matches.
Rookie Lauren Embree (Marco Island, Fla.) clinched the dual match victory with a 6-0, 6-0 decision over Radka Ferancova on the showcase court. The double-bagel win was the first in her young collegiate singles career.
Senior Marrit Boonstra (Groningen, The Netherlands) then turned in a 6-1, 6-0 decision against Natalia Mayuk at the No. 3 spot, where she improved to 22-3 all-time in SEC singles dual matches.
Sophomore Joanna Mather (Duluth, Ga.) tallied a 6-2, 6-2 victory against Mariia Ryzhova at the No. 5 position, while sophomore newcomer Claire Bartlett (Chattanooga, Tenn.) polished off the dual match sweep with a 6-3, 6-4 win.
Florida swept all three doubles matches, winning the initial team point for the 16th time in its 17 matches this year. Boonstra and Will, now ranked No. 3 in the country, captured the No. 1 spot, 8-0, before Embree and Revzina teamed for the 8-2 win on court No. 2. Bartlett and Mather claimed the 8-4 victory at the No. 3 spot to cap the impressive showing.
The Gators return to action on Sunday, when they play host to No. 26 Ole Miss. The match will begin at 10 a.m., an earlier start time than previous postings, as rain is in the forecast for that afternoon.
Women's College Tennis
No. 4 Florida at #57 Mississippi State
A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre
Starkville, Miss.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Final Score: Florida 7, Mississippi State 0
DOUBLES
1.#3 Allie Will/Marrit Boonstra (UF) def. Radka Ferancova/Danielle Terpko (MSU) 8-0
2.#63 Lauren Embree/Anastasia Revzina (UF) def. Olesya Tsigivntseva/Natalia Mayuk (MSU) 8-2
3.Claire Bartlett/Joanna Mather (UF) def. Valeriya Makarycheva/Mariia Ryzhova (MSU) 8-4
SINGLES
1-#17 Embree (UF) def. Ferancova (MSU) 6-0, 6-0;
2-#9 Will (UF) def. Tsigvintseva (MSU) 6-1, 6-1;
3-#69 Boonstra (UF) def. Mayuk (MSU) 6-1, 6-0;
4-#122 Revzina (UF) def. Makarycheva (MSU) 6-1, 6-1;
5-Mather (UF) def. Ryzhova (MSU) 6-2, 6-2;
6-Bartlett (UF) def. Terpko (MSU) 6-3, 6-4
Order of finish: DOUBLES-1, 2, 3; SINGLES-2, 4, 1*, 3, 5, 6
Records: Florida 15-2, 5-0 SEC; Mississippi State 9-6, 1-4 SEC
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