Friday, March 23
Gainesville, FL
5 PM
Florida Gators
vs
Ole Miss
Junior McClain Kessler
No. 9 Florida will host Ole Miss Friday Night
Thursday, March 22, 2018 | Men's Tennis
Match 17
No. 9 Florida vs No. 36 Ole Miss
Friday, March 23 | 5 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. | Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida is back at home this weekend for two key SEC matches. The Gators welcome the University of Mississippi to the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex on Friday at 5 p.m.
Gator Notes
• Florida enters Friday with an overall record of 10-6 and a 5-1 record in the SEC
• The Gators currently sit in third in the SEC standings, a match behind undefeated Mississippi State and Texas A&M
• Florida is ranked ninth in the ITA Rankings. It's their third time being ranked ninth this season
• When the Gators play at home they are 6-1 this season
• Freshman Oliver Crawford has won eight consecutive matches and is undefeated in SEC singles and doubles
• Perez-Blanco is tied from 10th in program history with 86 career singles wins. He is eight wins away from tying Gordon Watson (2013-16) for ninth
• Perez-Blanco is tied for 10th in program history for career combined wins with 170. He is one win away from moving into a tie for ninth with Olivier Levant (2000-03) and six wins from being in a tie for eighth with Nathan Overholser (1998-01)
Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking – 9th
Singles
No. 8 - Alfredo Perez [7]
No. 11 - Johannes Ingildsen [6]
No. 51 – Oliver Crawford [93]
No. 87 - Duarte Vale [68]
Doubles
No. 1 - Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [1]
No. 8 – Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [10]
No. 32 – Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [12]
No. 39 – Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [33]
No. 67 – Alfredo Perez and Oliver Crawford [NR]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from Feb. 27
Doubles and singles rankings are released bi-weekly
SEC Player of the Week
For the third consecutive week freshman Oliver Crawford has earned Southeastern Conference weekly award recognition. After earning back-to-back SEC Freshman of the Week honors, Crawford elevated his game this past weekend to earn SEC Player of the Week honors.
During last week's three matches, two in the conference and one out of conference, Crawford kept his perfect SEC match record alive with two singles win and a doubles win. Overall last weekend he was 3-0 in singles.
History vs Ole Miss
• Florida leads the all-time series 36-23
• Last season the Gators went 2-0 against Ole Miss with a 4-0 win in the SEC Tournament and a 5-2 win in Oxford
• Florida has won three straight matches in the senior
• In the last 10 meetings, Florida is 7-3 against Ole Miss
• Under Bryan Shelton, the Gators are 5-1 against Ole Miss
• In the last home match against Ole Miss Florida defeated the Rebels 6-1 in 2016
• Since coach Shelton took over, the Gators a 2-0 against the Rebels when the match is played in Gainesville
Scouting Ole Miss
• Ole Miss enters the weekend with a record of 9-7 overall and a 1-5 record in the SEC
• The Rebels have lost four consecutive matches, including being swept 4-0 in two of those matches
• Their lone SEC win was against LSU back in early March
• A big win for the Rebels was early in the season against Virginia. They beat UVA in Charlottesville, 4-1
• In singles, the team has a combined record against nationally ranked opponents of 7-17
• At No. 1 singles the Rebels have a combined record of 8-6. They have winning records at No. 1, 2, 5 and 6 singles
• Their top singles record belongs to Tim Sandkaulen who is 5-3 at No. 2 singles and 2-2 at the No. 1 spot
• Their top doubles record belongs to Fabian Fallert and Sandkaulen who are 7-3 this season at No. 1 doubles
• Sandkaulen is ranked No. 28 in the ITA singles rankings while Gustav Hansson is ranked No. 41
• Sandkaulen and Fallert are ranked while Zvonimir Babic and Hansson are ranked 51st and Babic and Filip Kraljevic are ranked 66th
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No. 9 Florida vs No. 36 Ole Miss
Friday, March 23 | 5 p.m.
Gainesville, Fla. | Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida is back at home this weekend for two key SEC matches. The Gators welcome the University of Mississippi to the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex on Friday at 5 p.m.
Gator Notes
• Florida enters Friday with an overall record of 10-6 and a 5-1 record in the SEC
• The Gators currently sit in third in the SEC standings, a match behind undefeated Mississippi State and Texas A&M
• Florida is ranked ninth in the ITA Rankings. It's their third time being ranked ninth this season
• When the Gators play at home they are 6-1 this season
• Freshman Oliver Crawford has won eight consecutive matches and is undefeated in SEC singles and doubles
• Perez-Blanco is tied from 10th in program history with 86 career singles wins. He is eight wins away from tying Gordon Watson (2013-16) for ninth
• Perez-Blanco is tied for 10th in program history for career combined wins with 170. He is one win away from moving into a tie for ninth with Olivier Levant (2000-03) and six wins from being in a tie for eighth with Nathan Overholser (1998-01)
Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking – 9th
Singles
No. 8 - Alfredo Perez [7]
No. 11 - Johannes Ingildsen [6]
No. 51 – Oliver Crawford [93]
No. 87 - Duarte Vale [68]
Doubles
No. 1 - Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [1]
No. 8 – Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [10]
No. 32 – Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [12]
No. 39 – Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [33]
No. 67 – Alfredo Perez and Oliver Crawford [NR]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from Feb. 27
Doubles and singles rankings are released bi-weekly
SEC Player of the Week
For the third consecutive week freshman Oliver Crawford has earned Southeastern Conference weekly award recognition. After earning back-to-back SEC Freshman of the Week honors, Crawford elevated his game this past weekend to earn SEC Player of the Week honors.
During last week's three matches, two in the conference and one out of conference, Crawford kept his perfect SEC match record alive with two singles win and a doubles win. Overall last weekend he was 3-0 in singles.
History vs Ole Miss
• Florida leads the all-time series 36-23
• Last season the Gators went 2-0 against Ole Miss with a 4-0 win in the SEC Tournament and a 5-2 win in Oxford
• Florida has won three straight matches in the senior
• In the last 10 meetings, Florida is 7-3 against Ole Miss
• Under Bryan Shelton, the Gators are 5-1 against Ole Miss
• In the last home match against Ole Miss Florida defeated the Rebels 6-1 in 2016
• Since coach Shelton took over, the Gators a 2-0 against the Rebels when the match is played in Gainesville
Scouting Ole Miss
• Ole Miss enters the weekend with a record of 9-7 overall and a 1-5 record in the SEC
• The Rebels have lost four consecutive matches, including being swept 4-0 in two of those matches
• Their lone SEC win was against LSU back in early March
• A big win for the Rebels was early in the season against Virginia. They beat UVA in Charlottesville, 4-1
• In singles, the team has a combined record against nationally ranked opponents of 7-17
• At No. 1 singles the Rebels have a combined record of 8-6. They have winning records at No. 1, 2, 5 and 6 singles
• Their top singles record belongs to Tim Sandkaulen who is 5-3 at No. 2 singles and 2-2 at the No. 1 spot
• Their top doubles record belongs to Fabian Fallert and Sandkaulen who are 7-3 this season at No. 1 doubles
• Sandkaulen is ranked No. 28 in the ITA singles rankings while Gustav Hansson is ranked No. 41
• Sandkaulen and Fallert are ranked while Zvonimir Babic and Hansson are ranked 51st and Babic and Filip Kraljevic are ranked 66th
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