Friday, April 7
Gainesville, FL
5 PM
Florida Gators
vs
Ole Miss
Spencer Liang is one of three Gator seniors playing their final regular-season home matches. (Photo: Allison Curry/For UAA Communications)
Gators host Final Two Regular-Season Home Matches this Weekend
Thursday, April 6, 2017 | Women's Tennis
Florida faces Ole Miss on Friday at 5 p.m.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Top-ranked Florida plays its final two regular-season home matches this weekend, first entertaining Ole Miss on Friday beginning at 5 p.m. at Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex.
The Gators cap the weekend playing host to No. 16 Mississippi State on Sunday at 1 p.m., when Florida's three seniors – Kourtney Keegan, Spencer Liang and Belinda Woolcock – will be honored in a pre-match ceremony.
Admission to all regular-season matches is free.
Records:
Florida vs. Ole Miss: The Series
UF Head Coach Roland Thornqvist on the two matches this weekend:
"They will be really tough. Both Ole Miss and Mississippi State have solid lineups, one through six. It's just another weekend in the rugged SEC where every match is brutal. We have to be ready to go. The talent gap in year's past has been greater, but this year it's so much tighter."
The Amazing SEC Race
Match Day at a Glance
Gator Pronunciations for this release
Anna Danilina: ON-nah don-uh-LEE-nah
Josie Kuhlman: COOL-mun
Spencer Liang: LEE-aang
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The Gators cap the weekend playing host to No. 16 Mississippi State on Sunday at 1 p.m., when Florida's three seniors – Kourtney Keegan, Spencer Liang and Belinda Woolcock – will be honored in a pre-match ceremony.
Admission to all regular-season matches is free.
Records:
- Florida: 18-1, 8-1 SEC
- Ole Miss: 13-8, 3-6 SEC
Florida vs. Ole Miss: The Series
- 47-Match Series: UF leads 44-3 (UF at home: 19-0; Away: 17-2; Neutral: 8-1)
- Last Year: The Gators claimed the 4-0 win in Oxford on March 18, 2016
- Trend: UF has won the last 10 meetings vs. the Rebels, whose last win in the series was a 4-3 decision on March 27, 2009, in Oxford.
UF Head Coach Roland Thornqvist on the two matches this weekend:
"They will be really tough. Both Ole Miss and Mississippi State have solid lineups, one through six. It's just another weekend in the rugged SEC where every match is brutal. We have to be ready to go. The talent gap in year's past has been greater, but this year it's so much tighter."
The Amazing SEC Race
- Entering this weekend's matches, only four more regular-season matches remain on Florida's schedule.
- There is a three-team logjam at the top of the SEC standings, with the Gators sporting an 8-1 SEC record and are tied with Georgia and Vanderbilt
- Florida's only SEC loss was to Georgia, which lost to Vanderbilt, which lost at Kentucky.
- The Gators will end its regular season playing at No. 11 Kentucky (April 14) and at No. 7 Vanderbilt (April 16).
- Vanderbilt's remaining SEC schedule: at Texas A&M, at LSU, host South Carolina, host Florida
- Georgia's remaining SEC schedule: at Arkansas, at Missouri, host LSU, host Texas A&M
Match Day at a Glance
- Who: No. 26 Ole Miss (13-8, 3-6 SEC) at No. 1 Florida (18-1, 8-1 SEC)
- When: Fri., April 7 * 5 p.m.
- Where: Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex
- Admission: FREE!
- Live Online Video & Stats Link: http://bit.ly/2nmMaqY
Gator Pronunciations for this release
Anna Danilina: ON-nah don-uh-LEE-nah
Josie Kuhlman: COOL-mun
Spencer Liang: LEE-aang
FOLLOW THE GATORS
SOCIAL: Twitter | Facebook | YouTube |
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: #GoGators
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