Friday, March 2
Gainesville, FL
6 PM
Florida Gators
vs
Georgia
Junior captain McClain Kessler celebrates a point against UCF
No. 18 Florida opens SEC play against No. 17 Georgia Friday night
Thursday, March 1, 2018 | Men's Tennis
Match 10
No. 18 Florida vs No. 17 Georgia
Friday, March 2 | 6 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. | Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Watch LiveΒ | TwitterΒ | Match Notes
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. β After a month of being on the road and playing indoors, the Florida men's tennis team is anxious to get back outside and welcome the University of Georgia to Gainesville. Florida and Georgia will renew their annual rivalry on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
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The Gators and Bulldogs each kickoff their SEC campaigns in one of the most highly anticipated matches on the conference slate this season. The two schools, constantly atop the SEC standings, were chosen to finish the regular season in a tie for second-place by the league's coaches in the annual Preseason Coaches' Poll.
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Fan Giveaway: The first 100 fans will receive Gators Men's Tennis Grill Master Aprons
Student Giveaway: The first 100 students will receive Rowdy at The Ring T-Shirts
Food Truck: The Mayflower Cellars food truck will be on-site with hot dogs, sausages, and burgers
Enter To Win: Fans can enter to win tickets to Saturday's men's basketball game vs. Kentucky
Gators Students Rewards Check-In: Students can check-in on the app to earn 6 points
T-Shirt Toss: Fans will have the chance to score a free Gators t-shirt in between doubles and singles
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History vs Georgia
β’ Georgia leads the all-time series 60-20
β’ UGA won both meetings last season, 6-1 and 4-3
β’ Florida's last win came in 2016 when the Gators defeated the Bulldog's 4-2 in Columbia, SC in the SEC Championship match
β’ Florida is 2-8 in the last 10 matches against UGA
β’ The Gators' last win against Georgia in Gainesville was a 5-2 decision on April 11, 2010
β’ Potential rematches from the last meeting: Doubles - #1 Perez/Ingildsen vs #12 Loeb/Zielinski(Georgia won 6-4)
Gator Notes
β’ Florida enters the match ranked No. 18 in the ITA Rankings and owns a 5-4 record this season
β’ UF will be playing a match outside for the first time since Feb. 3 when they took on Florida State in Orlando
β’ Johannes Ingildsen has started the season off strong with a 5-1 record at No. 2 singles
β’ The Gators will be taking on their seventh straight ITA Top 25 opponent when they take the court against UGA on Friday. This season UF is 2-4 against opponents ranked in the top 25
β’ At the No. 5 singles position, Florida is 6-1. Holding down court five for the majority of the season has been freshman Andy Andrade with a 5-1 record
β’ This season the Gators are 4-0 when they win the doubles point. They defeated No. 22 Notre Dame without winning the doubles point
β’ Florida lost last season's SEC opener to Texas A&M but defeated LSU in 2016
β’ Back in October Perez-Blanco and Crawford took on Wayne Montgomery and Walker Duncan, defeating UGA's No. 2 doubles team, 8-3
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Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking β 18th
Singles
Johannes Ingildsen β 9th
Alfredo Perez β 10th
Duarte Vale β 59th
Andy Andrade β 94th
Doubles
Perez / Ingildsen β 1st
Chase Perez-Blanco / Oliver Crawford β 7th
Vale / McClain Kessler β 9th
Perez-Blanco / Andrade β 29th
Perez / Crawford β 59th
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Scouting Georgia
β’ Georgia enters the match ranked No. 17 in the ITA Rankings and owns a 6-2 record this season
β’ At the ITA Indoor Championships, the Bulldogs went 1-2 with losses to Stanford and USC
β’ Before traveling to Gainesville, Georgia played Mercer on Tuesday earning a 6-1 win
β’ UGA has one doubles team ranked (Robert Loeb/Jan Zielinski) but five singles athletes ranked. Wayne Montgomery (11) and Walker Duncan (19) are each ranked in the top 20
β’ Georgia has a combined 23-29 record against nationally ranked singles competitors and is 6-5 against ranked doubles opponents
β’ The top three singles players have been the same all season: No. 11 Wayne Montgomery (4-2), No. 40 Emil Reinberg (1-4) and No. 89 Nathan Ponwith (3-1)
β’ At No. 4 and No. 5 singles, the Bulldogs are a perfect 10-0 this season while at No. 6 they are 4-1
β’ UGA is 22-8 overall in singles matches this season
β’ Georgia's No. 1 doubles team of Robert Loeb and Jan Zielinski are 3-3 this season and 3-2 against nationally ranked opponents
β’ At No. 2 doubles Walker Duncan and Wayne Montgomery are 4-1 this season and have won 7 of their last nine matchesΒ
β’ In October Loeb and Zielinski defeated both Gator pairs of Kessler/Andrade and Crawford/Perez-Blanco
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No. 18 Florida vs No. 17 Georgia
Friday, March 2 | 6 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. | Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
Watch LiveΒ | TwitterΒ | Match Notes
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. β After a month of being on the road and playing indoors, the Florida men's tennis team is anxious to get back outside and welcome the University of Georgia to Gainesville. Florida and Georgia will renew their annual rivalry on Friday at 6 p.m. at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
Β
The Gators and Bulldogs each kickoff their SEC campaigns in one of the most highly anticipated matches on the conference slate this season. The two schools, constantly atop the SEC standings, were chosen to finish the regular season in a tie for second-place by the league's coaches in the annual Preseason Coaches' Poll.
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Fan Giveaway: The first 100 fans will receive Gators Men's Tennis Grill Master Aprons
Student Giveaway: The first 100 students will receive Rowdy at The Ring T-Shirts
Food Truck: The Mayflower Cellars food truck will be on-site with hot dogs, sausages, and burgers
Enter To Win: Fans can enter to win tickets to Saturday's men's basketball game vs. Kentucky
Gators Students Rewards Check-In: Students can check-in on the app to earn 6 points
T-Shirt Toss: Fans will have the chance to score a free Gators t-shirt in between doubles and singles
Β
History vs Georgia
β’ Georgia leads the all-time series 60-20
β’ UGA won both meetings last season, 6-1 and 4-3
β’ Florida's last win came in 2016 when the Gators defeated the Bulldog's 4-2 in Columbia, SC in the SEC Championship match
β’ Florida is 2-8 in the last 10 matches against UGA
β’ The Gators' last win against Georgia in Gainesville was a 5-2 decision on April 11, 2010
β’ Potential rematches from the last meeting: Doubles - #1 Perez/Ingildsen vs #12 Loeb/Zielinski(Georgia won 6-4)
Gator Notes
β’ Florida enters the match ranked No. 18 in the ITA Rankings and owns a 5-4 record this season
β’ UF will be playing a match outside for the first time since Feb. 3 when they took on Florida State in Orlando
β’ Johannes Ingildsen has started the season off strong with a 5-1 record at No. 2 singles
β’ The Gators will be taking on their seventh straight ITA Top 25 opponent when they take the court against UGA on Friday. This season UF is 2-4 against opponents ranked in the top 25
β’ At the No. 5 singles position, Florida is 6-1. Holding down court five for the majority of the season has been freshman Andy Andrade with a 5-1 record
β’ This season the Gators are 4-0 when they win the doubles point. They defeated No. 22 Notre Dame without winning the doubles point
β’ Florida lost last season's SEC opener to Texas A&M but defeated LSU in 2016
β’ Back in October Perez-Blanco and Crawford took on Wayne Montgomery and Walker Duncan, defeating UGA's No. 2 doubles team, 8-3
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Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking β 18th
Singles
Johannes Ingildsen β 9th
Alfredo Perez β 10th
Duarte Vale β 59th
Andy Andrade β 94th
Doubles
Perez / Ingildsen β 1st
Chase Perez-Blanco / Oliver Crawford β 7th
Vale / McClain Kessler β 9th
Perez-Blanco / Andrade β 29th
Perez / Crawford β 59th
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Scouting Georgia
β’ Georgia enters the match ranked No. 17 in the ITA Rankings and owns a 6-2 record this season
β’ At the ITA Indoor Championships, the Bulldogs went 1-2 with losses to Stanford and USC
β’ Before traveling to Gainesville, Georgia played Mercer on Tuesday earning a 6-1 win
β’ UGA has one doubles team ranked (Robert Loeb/Jan Zielinski) but five singles athletes ranked. Wayne Montgomery (11) and Walker Duncan (19) are each ranked in the top 20
β’ Georgia has a combined 23-29 record against nationally ranked singles competitors and is 6-5 against ranked doubles opponents
β’ The top three singles players have been the same all season: No. 11 Wayne Montgomery (4-2), No. 40 Emil Reinberg (1-4) and No. 89 Nathan Ponwith (3-1)
β’ At No. 4 and No. 5 singles, the Bulldogs are a perfect 10-0 this season while at No. 6 they are 4-1
β’ UGA is 22-8 overall in singles matches this season
β’ Georgia's No. 1 doubles team of Robert Loeb and Jan Zielinski are 3-3 this season and 3-2 against nationally ranked opponents
β’ At No. 2 doubles Walker Duncan and Wayne Montgomery are 4-1 this season and have won 7 of their last nine matchesΒ
β’ In October Loeb and Zielinski defeated both Gator pairs of Kessler/Andrade and Crawford/Perez-Blanco
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