Four Gators Compete in Freeman Memorial

Friday, January 12

Las Vegas, NV

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Freeman Memorial

Victoria Emma is one of four Gators competing in Las Vegas this weekend.

Four Gators Compete in Freeman Memorial

Thursday, January 11, 2018 | Women's Tennis

Singles Draw Doubles Draw

The individual tournament is the final prep before the start of dual matches

By: Kathy Cafazzo

LAS VEGAS – Four members of the Florida women's tennis team will compete in the 16th annual Freeman Memorial Women's Tennis Championships at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the UNLV campus.

Senior Peggy Porter along with the entire Gator freshmen class consisting of Victoria Emma, McCartney Kessler and Katie Kubicz will participate in the three-day singles and doubles event.

On the doubles court, Emma and Porter will pair, as will Kessler and Kubicz.

The Draws

Singles – http://floridagators.com/documents/2018/1/12/Singles_MainDraw_Flight1.pdf
Doubles - http://floridagators.com/documents/2018/1/12/Doubles_MainDraw_Flight1.pdf

The 4-1-1 on the Freeman Memorial

This is an individual singles and doubles tournament.
Action begins with doubles each day at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PST on Friday and Saturday with the finals scheduled for Sunday.
There are two flights of singles and two flights of doubles.
There will NOT be live scoring from the event.
Las Vegas is in the PACIFIC time zone (three hours behind EASTERN time zone) so results will be very late each evening.

Who's Competing

Athletes from eight different schools will be competing in the three-day event:

No. 1 Stanford, No. 3 Florida, No. 5 North Carolina, No. 6 Pepperdine, No. 12 Texas, No. 16 Oklahoma State and No. 17 UCLA. Host UNLV is scheduled to provide eight singles players and four doubles teams in the draws.

Quotes from the Court – UF Coach Roland Thornqvist
"With the 14 days off since the end of the semester, I feel like we've had some real good team practices. I'm really excited to watch our three freshmen play and see how we compete this early in the Spring.

"I'd like to see how competitive we are against some of the best players from the best teams. This tournament has always attracted top talent and it's good for us because it shows some things we'll have to work on in practice to get ready for the dual match season. It's also a great opportunity for the younger players to survey the talent level out there and what it takes to be successful."

SCHEDULE OF PLAY (Jan. 12-14)
Friday
Doubles Round of 16 – 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Singles Round of 32 – to follow
Singles Round of 16 – to follow

Saturday
Doubles Quarterfinals – 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Singles Quarterfinals – to follow
Singles Semifinals – to follow

Sunday
Doubles Semifinals – 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT
Doubles Final – to follow
Singles Final – to follow

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