Sunday, April 1
Columbia, SC
1 PM
Florida Gators
at
South Carolina
Junior McClain Kessler
No. 10 Florida will be at South Carolina on Sunday
Saturday, March 31, 2018 | Men's Tennis
Match 20
No. 10 Florida at No. 26 South Carolina
Sunday, April 1 | 1 p.m.
Columbia, S.C. | Carolina Tennis Center
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. β Coming off one of the biggest wins under head coach Bryan Shelton on Friday, the Gators will waste no time getting back onto the court. No. 10 Florida will travel to Columbia, S.C. to take on No. 26 South Carolina at 1 p.m. on Easter Sunday.
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Gator Notes
β’ On Friday the Gators upset No. 1 ranked Wake Forest 4-3 in Winston-Salem. This was the Gators first win over a No. 1 ranked opponent under coach Shelton
β’ Florida enters Sunday with an overall record of 13-6 and a 7-1 record in the SEC
β’ The Gators currently sit in third in the SEC standings, a match behind undefeated Mississippi State and Texas A&M. Those two teams won't meet until the final week of the season, in College Station, Texas
β’ Florida is ranked 10th in the ITA Rankings
β’ When the Gators play on the road this season they are 4-2
β’ Against teams ranked in the ITA top 25, they are 7-4 this season and 1-1 against top 5 opponents
β’ Freshman Oliver Crawford has won 11 consecutive singles matches and is undefeated in SEC singles (8-0) and doubles (6-0)
β’ Chase Perez-Blanco and Crawford have won four straight doubles matches while McClain Kessler and Duarte Vale are riding a two-match win streak
β’ Kessler has won three straight singles matches, including a 6-0, 6-0 win over No. 95 Yuval Solomon of Wake Forest on Friday
β’ Perez-Blanco has 88 career singles win and is six away from ninth on the all-time list. He also has 175 career wins in both singles and doubles. He is one win away from tying for the eighth spot in program history
β’ Florida is 12-1 when winning the doubles point
β’ When they Gators win on court one they are 8-0 this season
β’ Johannes Ingildsen is one singles win away from 25 this season
β’ On Friday Perez-Blanco earned his 50th career dual doubles victory
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Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking β 10th
Singles
No. 8 - Alfredo Perez [7]
No. 11 - Johannes Ingildsen [6]
No. 51 β Oliver Crawford [93]
No. 87 - Duarte Vale [68]
Doubles
No. 1 - Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [1]
No. 8 β Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [10]
No. 32 β Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [12]
No. 39 β Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [33]
No. 67 β Alfredo Perez and Oliver Crawford [NR]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from March 20
Doubles and singles rankings are released bi-weekly
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History vs South Carolina
β’ Florida leads the all-time series against South Carolina 27-6-1
β’ The Gators have won four consecutive matches against South Carolina
β’ Under head coach Bryan Shelton the Gators are 4-1 against USC
β’ The last time the two teams played in Columbia was on April 10, 2016, a match the Gators won 6-1
β’ Last season Florida defeated USC 4-2
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Scouting South Carolina
β’ South Carolina enters the match with a record of 14-6 overall and 4-4 in the SEC
β’ This is the Gamecocks first match since last Sunday when they defeated Ole Miss
β’ Last weekend was their first-weekend sweep of an SEC opponent this season
β’ USC is ranked No. 26 in the ITA rankings
β’ USC has lost the doubles point in five of their last six matches and eight times this season
β’ Before winning two matches last week, USC had lost three straight
β’ USC has one ranked singles player, Gabriel Friedrich (46). He owns a 12-5 record at the No. 1 spot this season
β’ They have one ranked doubles pair, Friedrich/Yancy Dennis. They are 7-3 on the year
β’ South Carolina is in seventh in the SEC standings
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No. 10 Florida at No. 26 South Carolina
Sunday, April 1 | 1 p.m.
Columbia, S.C. | Carolina Tennis Center
Watch Live | Live Stats | Twitter | Match Notes
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. β Coming off one of the biggest wins under head coach Bryan Shelton on Friday, the Gators will waste no time getting back onto the court. No. 10 Florida will travel to Columbia, S.C. to take on No. 26 South Carolina at 1 p.m. on Easter Sunday.
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Gator Notes
β’ On Friday the Gators upset No. 1 ranked Wake Forest 4-3 in Winston-Salem. This was the Gators first win over a No. 1 ranked opponent under coach Shelton
β’ Florida enters Sunday with an overall record of 13-6 and a 7-1 record in the SEC
β’ The Gators currently sit in third in the SEC standings, a match behind undefeated Mississippi State and Texas A&M. Those two teams won't meet until the final week of the season, in College Station, Texas
β’ Florida is ranked 10th in the ITA Rankings
β’ When the Gators play on the road this season they are 4-2
β’ Against teams ranked in the ITA top 25, they are 7-4 this season and 1-1 against top 5 opponents
β’ Freshman Oliver Crawford has won 11 consecutive singles matches and is undefeated in SEC singles (8-0) and doubles (6-0)
β’ Chase Perez-Blanco and Crawford have won four straight doubles matches while McClain Kessler and Duarte Vale are riding a two-match win streak
β’ Kessler has won three straight singles matches, including a 6-0, 6-0 win over No. 95 Yuval Solomon of Wake Forest on Friday
β’ Perez-Blanco has 88 career singles win and is six away from ninth on the all-time list. He also has 175 career wins in both singles and doubles. He is one win away from tying for the eighth spot in program history
β’ Florida is 12-1 when winning the doubles point
β’ When they Gators win on court one they are 8-0 this season
β’ Johannes Ingildsen is one singles win away from 25 this season
β’ On Friday Perez-Blanco earned his 50th career dual doubles victory
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Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking β 10th
Singles
No. 8 - Alfredo Perez [7]
No. 11 - Johannes Ingildsen [6]
No. 51 β Oliver Crawford [93]
No. 87 - Duarte Vale [68]
Doubles
No. 1 - Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [1]
No. 8 β Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [10]
No. 32 β Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [12]
No. 39 β Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [33]
No. 67 β Alfredo Perez and Oliver Crawford [NR]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from March 20
Doubles and singles rankings are released bi-weekly
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History vs South Carolina
β’ Florida leads the all-time series against South Carolina 27-6-1
β’ The Gators have won four consecutive matches against South Carolina
β’ Under head coach Bryan Shelton the Gators are 4-1 against USC
β’ The last time the two teams played in Columbia was on April 10, 2016, a match the Gators won 6-1
β’ Last season Florida defeated USC 4-2
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Scouting South Carolina
β’ South Carolina enters the match with a record of 14-6 overall and 4-4 in the SEC
β’ This is the Gamecocks first match since last Sunday when they defeated Ole Miss
β’ Last weekend was their first-weekend sweep of an SEC opponent this season
β’ USC is ranked No. 26 in the ITA rankings
β’ USC has lost the doubles point in five of their last six matches and eight times this season
β’ Before winning two matches last week, USC had lost three straight
β’ USC has one ranked singles player, Gabriel Friedrich (46). He owns a 12-5 record at the No. 1 spot this season
β’ They have one ranked doubles pair, Friedrich/Yancy Dennis. They are 7-3 on the year
β’ South Carolina is in seventh in the SEC standings
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