Friday, March 9
Starkville, MS
4 PM
Florida Gators
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Senior Chase Perez-Blanco nears multiple career records
No. 9 Florida travels to Starkville Friday
Thursday, March 8, 2018 | Men's Tennis
Match 12
No. 9 Florida vs No. 27 Mississippi State
Friday, March 9 | 4 p.m. (ET)
Starkville, Miss. | A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre
Watch Live/Stats | Twitter | Match Notes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida men's tennis team is back in action on Friday when they travel to Starkville, Miss. to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The match against MSU is scheduled for Friday at 4 p.m. eastern time.
Gator Notes
• Florida is 7-4 overall and 2-0 in the SEC with a road record of 1-1
• The Gators enter the match against MSU on a two-match winning streak
• This is the first time since 2011 that Florida has started 2-0 in conference play. That year they started 4-0 in conference play
• Ingildsen has had a strong start to the season in singles with a 7-2 record this season. In doubles, he is 3-1 when playing at the No. 1 spot
• Oliver Crawford leads the team in doubles wins with eight. On the year he is 8-3 in doubles
• Alfredo Perez is 2-0 in doubles against opponents who are nationally ranked
• Perez and Chase Perez-Blanco are each two singles wins away from earning their 50th career win in dual matches
• Ingildsen is one singles win away from 25 career dual match wins
• Ingildsen (21) and Andy Andrade (20) lead the team in overall singles wins
• This past weekend Perez-Blanco tied Maxx Lipman (2014-17) for ninth on the all-time career doubles wins list with 82. He is one doubles win away from moving into a tie for eighth with Bob Van Overbeek (2010-13)
• Perez-Blanco is four singles wins away from moving into the top 10 in career wins with 86. He would tie Michael Alford (2011-14)
• Perez-Blanco has 164 career combined singles and doubles wins and is six combined wins away from moving into a tie for 10th on the all-time list with Nestor Briceno (2005-08)
Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking – 9th
Singles
No. 6 - Johannes Ingildsen [9]
No. 7 - Alfredo Perez [10]
No. 68 - Duarte Vale [59]
No. 93 – Oliver Crawford [UR]
No. 101 - Andy Andrade [94]
Doubles
No. 1 - Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [1]
No. 10 – Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [7]
No. 12 – Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [9]
No. 33 – Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [26]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from Feb. 27
Doubles and singles rankings are released bi-weekly
History vs Mississippi State
• Florida leads the all-time series 36-17
• UF won the last meeting 4-3 in Gainesville on April 14, 2017
• The Gators have won three consecutive meetings against MSU dating back to the 2016 season
• Florida's last loss to MSU was a 4-3 decision on April 17, 2015, in College Station, Texas
• Under Bryan Shelton, the Gators are 5-2 against the Bulldogs
• In the last 10 meetings, Florida owns a 7-3 record
• The last meeting in Starkville was a 4-3 win back in 2016
• When playing in Starkville under Shelton UF is 2-1. They have won two straight
SEC Freshman of the Week
Oliver Crawford was named SEC Freshman of the Week after a solid opening week of conference play. Crawford went 4-0, including clinching the doubles point against No. 17 Georgia and clinching the match against Georgia by defeating No. 28 Jan Zielinski.
Crawford has put together a solid freshman campaign this season. He has compiled a 5-3 record in dual matches including a 4-2 record at No. 4 singles. In doubles, he is 8-3 this season with a 5-1 record at No. 3 doubles and a 3-2 record at the No. 2 position.
Scouting Mississippi State
• Mississippi State enters the match with a 7-1 record including a 1-0 record in conference play
• MSU is ranked 27th in the ITA Rankings
• They have won three straight matches
• When playing at home this season the Bulldogs are 5-0
• Their one SEC win is against Auburn, 6-1
• Their lone loss of the year was against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. 4-1
• They have won the doubles point five times this season and are 4-1 when winning the doubles point
• MSU is 0-1 against teams ranked in the top 25
• Mississippi State has three ranked singles athletes: No. 4 Nuno Borges, No. 23 Giovanni Oradini and No. 82 Strahinja Rakic. In doubles they have two pairs ranked: No. 59 Florian Broska / Trevor Foshey and No. 71 Niclas Braun / Trevor Foshey
• Borges is perfect this season at the No. 1 singles position with a 7-0 record
• Braun has posted a 6-1 record at No. 4 while Rakic is 5-2 at No. 3
• At the No. 2 spot in doubles, MSU is 6-0. Borges/Rakic is 4-0 while Braun/Oradini are 2-0
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No. 9 Florida vs No. 27 Mississippi State
Friday, March 9 | 4 p.m. (ET)
Starkville, Miss. | A.J. Pitts Tennis Centre
Watch Live/Stats | Twitter | Match Notes
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida men's tennis team is back in action on Friday when they travel to Starkville, Miss. to take on the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The match against MSU is scheduled for Friday at 4 p.m. eastern time.
Gator Notes
• Florida is 7-4 overall and 2-0 in the SEC with a road record of 1-1
• The Gators enter the match against MSU on a two-match winning streak
• This is the first time since 2011 that Florida has started 2-0 in conference play. That year they started 4-0 in conference play
• Ingildsen has had a strong start to the season in singles with a 7-2 record this season. In doubles, he is 3-1 when playing at the No. 1 spot
• Oliver Crawford leads the team in doubles wins with eight. On the year he is 8-3 in doubles
• Alfredo Perez is 2-0 in doubles against opponents who are nationally ranked
• Perez and Chase Perez-Blanco are each two singles wins away from earning their 50th career win in dual matches
• Ingildsen is one singles win away from 25 career dual match wins
• Ingildsen (21) and Andy Andrade (20) lead the team in overall singles wins
• This past weekend Perez-Blanco tied Maxx Lipman (2014-17) for ninth on the all-time career doubles wins list with 82. He is one doubles win away from moving into a tie for eighth with Bob Van Overbeek (2010-13)
• Perez-Blanco is four singles wins away from moving into the top 10 in career wins with 86. He would tie Michael Alford (2011-14)
• Perez-Blanco has 164 career combined singles and doubles wins and is six combined wins away from moving into a tie for 10th on the all-time list with Nestor Briceno (2005-08)
Florida in the Rankings
Team Ranking – 9th
Singles
No. 6 - Johannes Ingildsen [9]
No. 7 - Alfredo Perez [10]
No. 68 - Duarte Vale [59]
No. 93 – Oliver Crawford [UR]
No. 101 - Andy Andrade [94]
Doubles
No. 1 - Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [1]
No. 10 – Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [7]
No. 12 – Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [9]
No. 33 – Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [26]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from Feb. 27
Doubles and singles rankings are released bi-weekly
History vs Mississippi State
• Florida leads the all-time series 36-17
• UF won the last meeting 4-3 in Gainesville on April 14, 2017
• The Gators have won three consecutive meetings against MSU dating back to the 2016 season
• Florida's last loss to MSU was a 4-3 decision on April 17, 2015, in College Station, Texas
• Under Bryan Shelton, the Gators are 5-2 against the Bulldogs
• In the last 10 meetings, Florida owns a 7-3 record
• The last meeting in Starkville was a 4-3 win back in 2016
• When playing in Starkville under Shelton UF is 2-1. They have won two straight
SEC Freshman of the Week
Oliver Crawford was named SEC Freshman of the Week after a solid opening week of conference play. Crawford went 4-0, including clinching the doubles point against No. 17 Georgia and clinching the match against Georgia by defeating No. 28 Jan Zielinski.
Crawford has put together a solid freshman campaign this season. He has compiled a 5-3 record in dual matches including a 4-2 record at No. 4 singles. In doubles, he is 8-3 this season with a 5-1 record at No. 3 doubles and a 3-2 record at the No. 2 position.
Scouting Mississippi State
• Mississippi State enters the match with a 7-1 record including a 1-0 record in conference play
• MSU is ranked 27th in the ITA Rankings
• They have won three straight matches
• When playing at home this season the Bulldogs are 5-0
• Their one SEC win is against Auburn, 6-1
• Their lone loss of the year was against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. 4-1
• They have won the doubles point five times this season and are 4-1 when winning the doubles point
• MSU is 0-1 against teams ranked in the top 25
• Mississippi State has three ranked singles athletes: No. 4 Nuno Borges, No. 23 Giovanni Oradini and No. 82 Strahinja Rakic. In doubles they have two pairs ranked: No. 59 Florian Broska / Trevor Foshey and No. 71 Niclas Braun / Trevor Foshey
• Borges is perfect this season at the No. 1 singles position with a 7-0 record
• Braun has posted a 6-1 record at No. 4 while Rakic is 5-2 at No. 3
• At the No. 2 spot in doubles, MSU is 6-0. Borges/Rakic is 4-0 while Braun/Oradini are 2-0
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