Friday, March 3
Baton Rouge, LA
5 pm ET
Florida Gators
at
LSU
Senior Kourtney Keegan and the Gators open their SEC schedule on the road.
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BATON ROUGE, La. – After blitzing through the majority of their challenging non-conference schedule and winning all nine matches, the top-ranked Gators are ready to reset their record, dust off their racquets and begin the Southeastern Conference portion of the 2016-17 campaign.
On Friday, Florida plays a dual match for the first time since a 4-1 win against reigning NCAA champion Stanford on February 19, traveling to play LSU at the LSU Tennis Complex beginning at 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT.
Gators vs. Tigers
Florida and the SEC
SEC Teams in the Oracle/ITA Division I Collegiate Rankings
Individual Numbers of Note
Gator Pronunciations
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On Friday, Florida plays a dual match for the first time since a 4-1 win against reigning NCAA champion Stanford on February 19, traveling to play LSU at the LSU Tennis Complex beginning at 5 p.m. ET/4 p.m. CT.
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Gators vs. Tigers
- The Gators sport a 43-1 all-time record against the Tigers, who are coached by Gator letterwinner Julia (Scaringe) Sell.
- Florida's lone blip in the series was a 4-3 setback on April 3, 2009, in Baton Rouge.
- Since that setback, Florida has won nine consecutive against LSU.
Florida and the SEC
- Florida has won 15 consecutive regular-season SEC matches
- The Gators are the two-time defending SEC regular-season champions.
- UF has won 29 of the 37 SEC titles contested.
- The 29 SEC regular-season titles are the most by any SEC women's program in any sport.
- 11 of those titles have come under the direction of Head Coach Roland Thornqvist, who is in his 15th year with the Gators
SEC Teams in the Oracle/ITA Division I Collegiate Rankings
- Florida – No. 1
- Auburn – No. 6
- Tennessee – No. 12
- Vanderbilt – No. 14
- Arkansas – No. 17
- Georgia – No. 18
- South Carolina – No. 19
- Texas A&M – No. 20
- Ole Miss – No. 24
- Also ranked: No. 30 Kentucky, No. 33 Mississippi State, No. 34 Alabama, No. 37 LSU, No. 41 Missouri
Individual Numbers of Note
- Belinda Woolcock opens the weekend with 97 career singles and 74 doubles wins
- Kourtney Keegan has won 89 career singles matches
- Josie Kuhlman has won 59 doubles wins
- Anna Danilina has won 49 doubles matches
Gator Pronunciations
- Anna Danilina: ON-nah don-uh-LEE-nah
- Josie Kuhlman: COOL-mun
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