Friday, March 17
Gainesville, FL
5 PM
Florida Gators
vs
Georgia
Brooke Austin has won her last nine singles matches.
Big Home Weekend Begins Friday vs. #6 Georgia, 5 p.m.
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Florida won a thriller against Georgia last month in the semifinals of the ITA National Team Indoor Championships.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The top-ranked Gators return to Gainesville for another big weekend. That challenge gets underway on Friday at 5 p.m., when Florida plays host to No. 6 Georgia at Linder Stadium at the Ring Tennis Complex.
Admission to the match is FREE!
As usual, there is a lot on the line when Florida and Georgia meet on the courts. The winner gets the upper-hand in the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship race.
The Gators enter Friday's match with a 3-0 league record, while the Bulldogs are 3-1, having been tripped up against Vanderbilt.
Florida vs. Georgia: The Series
Florida in the Current Oracle/ITA Rankings
Georgia in the Current Oracle/ITA Rankings
Streaking Along
Florida Has Been Tested This Year
Individual Numbers of Note
Career Numbers
UF Head Coach Roland Thornqvist
On playing host to Georgia on Friday:
"We played them at the National Team Indoor Championships earlier this season and it was a nail-bitter. Our matches are always tight like that. There is always extra emotion. I'm glad to be playing this many big matches already this season. We're going to try and treat Friday's match like just another match and play at the highest level possible. We're certainly happy to get back home and play in front of our fans."
Match Day at a Glance
Gator Pronunciations
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Admission to the match is FREE!
As usual, there is a lot on the line when Florida and Georgia meet on the courts. The winner gets the upper-hand in the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship race.
The Gators enter Friday's match with a 3-0 league record, while the Bulldogs are 3-1, having been tripped up against Vanderbilt.
Florida vs. Georgia: The Series
- 64-Match Series: UF leads 49-15 (UF at home 19-1, Away 14-5, Neutral 16-9)
- Last Meeting: Florida defeated Georgia in a deceiving 4-0 thriller at the last month's ITA National Team Indoor Championships semifinals in New Haven, Conn., February 12
- Of Note: Georgia is the only SEC to have ever defeated the Gators in Gainesville. The 4-3 decision was on April 7, 2002. UF is 205-1 all-time at home versus SEC foes.
Florida in the Current Oracle/ITA Rankings
- Team: No. 1
- Singles: No. 12 Josie Kuhlman; No. 14 Ingrid Neel; No. 19 Belinda Woolcock; No. 22 Anna Danilina; No. 32 Kourtney Keegan; No. 56 Spencer Liang; No. 125 Brooke Austin
- Doubles: No. 11 Anna Danilina & Ingrid Neel; No. 15 Brooke Austin & Kourtney Keegan; No. 36 Josie Kuhlman & Belinda Woolcock; No. 55 Anna Danilina & Spencer Liang
Georgia in the Current Oracle/ITA Rankings
- Team: No. 6
- Singles: No. 55 Ellen Perez, No. 63 Kennedy Shaffer, No. 86 Caroline Brinson
- Doubles: No. 58 Eleni Christofi & Kennedy Shaffer
Streaking Along
- Florida sports an active overall home win streak of 163 that includes SEC and NCAA Tournament matches. As of March 6, 2017, it is the longest active streak of any NCAA Division I team in any sport of any gender in the country. (Streak began January 22, 2005)
- The Gators' current regular-season HOME win streak of 159 is the longest in program history and it includes four wins in 2017. (streak began on January 25, 2003)
- Florida has compiled a 97-match HOME win streak against SEC foes (as of March 7, 2017). The Gators are 205-1 all-time at home against SEC teams, including SEC and NCAA Tournament matches. UF won a program-record 108 against SEC teams at home that ended April 7, 2002.
- Florida has won 17 consecutive regular-season SEC matches
- UF has won 26 straight regular-season matches – a run that began with a 7-0 decision against Arkansas on March 3, 2016.
Florida Has Been Tested This Year
- Six of Florida's 13 dual matches have been against teams ranked in the top six of the national ranking.
- UF's record in those matches: 2-0 at Home; 1-0 Away; 3-0 Neutral Site
Individual Numbers of Note
- Brooke Austin has won her last 9 singles matches
- Anna Danilina has won her last 4 singles matches
- Kourtney Keegan has won her last 9 singles matches
- Josie Kuhlman has won her last 3 singles matches
- Ingrid Neel has won her last 8 singles matches
- The doubles team of Kuhlman/Woolcock has won its last 4 matches
Career Numbers
- Kourtney Keegan has won 107 career doubles matches – a number that ranks her in sole possession of 10th in program history (next is Dawn Buth with 109 wins)
- Belinda Woolcock has won 98 career singles matches
- Brooke Austin has won 64 career singles matches
UF Head Coach Roland Thornqvist
On playing host to Georgia on Friday:
"We played them at the National Team Indoor Championships earlier this season and it was a nail-bitter. Our matches are always tight like that. There is always extra emotion. I'm glad to be playing this many big matches already this season. We're going to try and treat Friday's match like just another match and play at the highest level possible. We're certainly happy to get back home and play in front of our fans."
Match Day at a Glance
- Who: No. 6 Georgia (9-3, 3-1 SEC) at No. 1 Florida (13-0, 3-0 SEC)
- When: Friday, March 17 * 5 p.m.
- Where: Linder Stadium at the Ring Tennis Complex, Gainesville, Fla.
- Admission: FREE!
- Live Stats: http://sidearmstats.com/florida/wten/
- Live Video: http://floridagators.com/sports/2017/1/20/tennis-live-video-stats.aspx
Gator Pronunciations
- Anna Danilina: ON-nah don-uh-LEE-nah
- Josie Kuhlman: COOL-mun
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