Saturday, January 27
Gainesville, FL
3 PM
Florida Gators
vs
South Alabama
No. 9 Men’s Tennis hosts ITA Kick-Off Weekend Saturday and Sunday
Friday, January 26, 2018 | Men's Tennis
Match 2-3
No. 9 Florida vs South Alabama
Saturday, January 27 | 3 p.m.
And
No. 9 Florida vs USF or Pepperdine
Sunday, January 28 | TBD
Gainesville, Fla. | Scott Linder Stadium at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Watch Live on FloridaGators.com | Twitter | Match Notes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Gators are back at home this weekend to host the 10th annual Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend January 27-28 at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex. The Gators will take on South Alabama on Saturday at 3 p.m. followed by a matchup on Sunday against either South Florida or Pepperdine.
The ninth-ranked Gators enter the weekend tournament looking to secure a place in next month's ITA Indoor National Championships in Seattle. Florida is one of 15 regional sites on both the men's and women's side, with four teams competing in the region. Host sites for the ITA Kick-Off Weekend were determined using the final 2016-17 Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings. A draft was held to fill the No.'s 2-4 seeds at all locations, again using the final national team rankings as a guide to determine draft order.
Opening round contests at each location pit the No. 1 (host) seed versus the No. 4 seed, and the No. 2 seed against the No. 3 seed. The two winners advance to the following day's championship match, while the two losing teams will square off in a consolation match.
Schedule of Events
Due to recent weather conditions that have made the back six courts unplayable, the men's and women's ITA Kick-Off Event will now start at 9 a.m. on Saturday, January 27th, with matches scheduled for every three hours.
Saturday matches were originally scheduled to be played simultaneously on all 12 courts with the women at 11 a.m. and the men at 2 p.m., but will now just be played on the front six courts. Women's matches will be played at 9 a.m. and noon, followed by men's matches at 3 and 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 27th
9 a.m. – Florida women vs Cal State Fullerton
Noon – Louisiana-Monroe vs Marshall
3 p.m. – Florida men vs South Alabama
6 p.m. – South Florida vs Pepperdine
Sunday, January 28th (If it rains, matches will be moved inside)
8 a.m. – Women's Championship
Not Before 10 a.m. – Women's Consolation
2 p.m. – Men's Championship
Not Before 4 p.m. – Men's Consolation
History vs South Alabama
• This will be the second all-time meeting between UF and South Alabama
• UF is 1-0 against USA with the only meeting coming back on Feb. 18, 1989, in Gainesville. Florida won by a score of 7-2
• In 1994 Mark Merklein defeated Jan Hermannson of South Alabama during his NCAA National Championship run
History vs South Florida and Pepperdine
• First meeting between USF and UF came in 1966, a 9-0 Gator victory
•UF is 48-3 all-time against South Florida, and have won the past 12 meetings
• UF trails Pepperdine in the series 6-3
• The first meeting came back in 1975, a 7-2 UF win
• UF has lost the last two matchups in 2013 and 2015
• The last meeting in 2015 was a 4-3 defeat in the first round of NCAA Tournament
Florida in the Rankings
Singles
No. 7 Johannes Ingildsen
No. 8 Alfredo Perez
No. 39 Duarte Vale
Doubles
No. 1 Perez / Ingildsen
No. 10 – Vale / McClain Kessler
No. 11 – Chase Perez-Blanco / Oliver Crawford
No. 12 – Andy Andrade / Perez-Banco
No. 35 – Kessler / Andrade
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No. 9 Florida vs South Alabama
Saturday, January 27 | 3 p.m.
And
No. 9 Florida vs USF or Pepperdine
Sunday, January 28 | TBD
Gainesville, Fla. | Scott Linder Stadium at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Watch Live on FloridaGators.com | Twitter | Match Notes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Gators are back at home this weekend to host the 10th annual Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend January 27-28 at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex. The Gators will take on South Alabama on Saturday at 3 p.m. followed by a matchup on Sunday against either South Florida or Pepperdine.
The ninth-ranked Gators enter the weekend tournament looking to secure a place in next month's ITA Indoor National Championships in Seattle. Florida is one of 15 regional sites on both the men's and women's side, with four teams competing in the region. Host sites for the ITA Kick-Off Weekend were determined using the final 2016-17 Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings. A draft was held to fill the No.'s 2-4 seeds at all locations, again using the final national team rankings as a guide to determine draft order.
Opening round contests at each location pit the No. 1 (host) seed versus the No. 4 seed, and the No. 2 seed against the No. 3 seed. The two winners advance to the following day's championship match, while the two losing teams will square off in a consolation match.
Schedule of Events
Due to recent weather conditions that have made the back six courts unplayable, the men's and women's ITA Kick-Off Event will now start at 9 a.m. on Saturday, January 27th, with matches scheduled for every three hours.
Saturday matches were originally scheduled to be played simultaneously on all 12 courts with the women at 11 a.m. and the men at 2 p.m., but will now just be played on the front six courts. Women's matches will be played at 9 a.m. and noon, followed by men's matches at 3 and 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 27th
9 a.m. – Florida women vs Cal State Fullerton
Noon – Louisiana-Monroe vs Marshall
3 p.m. – Florida men vs South Alabama
6 p.m. – South Florida vs Pepperdine
Sunday, January 28th (If it rains, matches will be moved inside)
8 a.m. – Women's Championship
Not Before 10 a.m. – Women's Consolation
2 p.m. – Men's Championship
Not Before 4 p.m. – Men's Consolation
History vs South Alabama
• This will be the second all-time meeting between UF and South Alabama
• UF is 1-0 against USA with the only meeting coming back on Feb. 18, 1989, in Gainesville. Florida won by a score of 7-2
• In 1994 Mark Merklein defeated Jan Hermannson of South Alabama during his NCAA National Championship run
History vs South Florida and Pepperdine
• First meeting between USF and UF came in 1966, a 9-0 Gator victory
•UF is 48-3 all-time against South Florida, and have won the past 12 meetings
• UF trails Pepperdine in the series 6-3
• The first meeting came back in 1975, a 7-2 UF win
• UF has lost the last two matchups in 2013 and 2015
• The last meeting in 2015 was a 4-3 defeat in the first round of NCAA Tournament
Florida in the Rankings
Singles
No. 7 Johannes Ingildsen
No. 8 Alfredo Perez
No. 39 Duarte Vale
Doubles
No. 1 Perez / Ingildsen
No. 10 – Vale / McClain Kessler
No. 11 – Chase Perez-Blanco / Oliver Crawford
No. 12 – Andy Andrade / Perez-Banco
No. 35 – Kessler / Andrade
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