Men’s tennis will compete in the NCAA Sweet 16 on Friday

Friday, May 18

Chapel Hill, N.C.

7 PM

Florida Gators

Ole Miss

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Men’s tennis will compete in the NCAA Sweet 16 on Friday

Thursday, May 17, 2018 | Men's Tennis

The Gators will play Ole Miss at 7 p.m. in the NCAA Tournament Round of 16

By: Kelly Shipp

NCAA Round of 16
No. 13 Florida vs No. 38 Ole Miss
Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m.
Winston-Salem, N.C. | Wake Forest Tennis Center
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the third consecutive year, the Florida men's tennis team will be competing in the NCAA Sweet 16. The Gators will take on SEC foe Ole Miss on Friday, May 18 at 7 p.m.

Florida's match against Ole Miss is currently scheduled to be played in Winston-Salem, N.C. on the campus of Wake Forest University. However, with rain in the forecast much of the week, the match may be moved to Chapel Hill, N.C. and played indoors at the University of North Carolina. More details will be added to the story and on social media as they become available.

Gator Notes
• Florida has appeared in 28 straight NCAA Tournament
• The 28 straight appearances are the third-longest active streak in the country, trailing only UCLA (42) and Georgia (35)
• This is Florida's third straight trip to the Sweet 16 and their fourth in the last five years
• Under head coach Bryan Shelton Florida is 9-5 in the tournament
• The Gators best finish is a semifinals appearance in 2000 and 2005
• The Gators have an overall record of 18-9 and 9-3 in the SEC
• In neutral court matches, this season the Gators have posted a 2-4 record
• Florida is 17-1 this season when they win the doubles point
• The Gators have been playing well down the stretch, winning five of their last six matches, including four shutouts
• In the ITA Rankings, the Gators find themselves ranked 13th. They have been ranked in the top 15 in every ranking this year
• Andy Andrade, McClain Kessler and Alfredo Perez all enter the match on five-match winning streaks in singles
• Chase Perez-Blanco and Olive Crawford have won nine straight doubles matches
• Perez-Blanco enters the match with 182 career singles (91) and doubles (91) wins in his career. His 182 wins rank sixth all-time at Florida. His 91 singles win ranks 10th and his 91 doubles win ranks fourth
• Against ranked opponents, this season the Gators are 13-9

Florida's Numbers in the NCAA Tournament
All-Time Record: 50-27
Best Finish: Semifinals (2000, 2005)
Appearances: 36 (28 straight)
Records by Round since 1999 Tournament Format:
            First Round: 22-4
       Second Round: 20-2
       Round of 16: 6-15
            Quarterfinals: 2-4
            Semifinals: 0-2
            Finals: n/a*Includes regional play from 1991-1998 with regional finals included as a round of 16 match

The NCAA has recognized a national champion in men's tennis every year since 1946 but has only done so in tournament format since 1977. The tournaments moved from a 16-team field to the current 64-team field in 1999. The first two rounds are held at on-campus sites, followed by the Round of 16 and beyond at a designated NCAA Championship site.

NCAA National Seeds
No. 1 – Wake Forest (25-2)
No. 2 – UCLA (26-2)
No. 3 – Ohio State (29-2)
No. 4 – Stanford (21-3) *
No. 5 – Texas A&M (22-5)
No. 6 – Mississippi State (20-2)
No. 7 – North Carolina (22-5)
No. 8 – Illinois (21-7)
No. 9 – TCU (18-4)
No. 10 – Southern California (17-8)
No. 11 – Texas (17-6)
No. 12 – Florida State (27-4) *
No. 13 – Florida (16-9)
No. 14 – Oklahoma (19-5) *
No. 15 – Michigan (20-5)
No. 16 – Columbia (17-4)
*Eliminated in either the first or second round

Florida in the ITA Rankings
Team Ranking – 13th
Singles
No. 14 – Alfredo Perez [13]
No. 28 – Johannes Ingildsen [24]
No. 49 – Oliver Crawford [51]
No. 109 – Duarte Vale [105]
Doubles
No. 5 – Alfredo Perez and Johannes Ingildsen [3]
No. 42 – Chase Perez-Blanco and Oliver Crawford [25]
No. 24 – Andy Andrade and Perez-Blanco [26]
No. 36 – Duarte Vale and McClain Kessler [49]
No. 77 – Alfredo Perez and Oliver Crawford [84]
Numbers in the [ ] represent their previous ranking from April 24
Doubles and singles rankings are released bi-weekly

History vs Ole Miss
• Florida leads the all-time series 37-23
• Earlier this season Florida defeated Ole Miss 6-1 at home
• Florida has won four straight matches in the series
• In the last 10 meetings, Florida is 7-3 against Ole Miss
• Under Bryan Shelton, the Gators are 6-1 against Ole Miss

Schedule of Events
Round of 16 | Friday, May 18 – 7 p.m. vs Ole Miss
Quarterfinals | Sunday, May 20 – 4 p.m. vs Texas A&M/Alabama
Semifinals | Monday, May 21 – 4 p.m.
Finals | Tuesday, May 22 – 5 p.m.

In Case of Weather
The 2018 NCAA Tennis Tournament is being held at Wake Forest University but in the event of forecasted rain, matches will also be played indoors at both Wake Forest and the University of North Carolina. Where teams play is based on seeding with the higher seeded match being played at Wake Forest and the lower seeded match being played at the University of North Carolina.

In the event that Florida's match gets moved inside on Friday, the Gators will play at UNC. Matches that are being played at UNC are also being pushed back one-hour to account for travel from Winston-Salem to Chapel Hill. So our 7 p.m. match vs Ole Miss could potentially start at 8 p.m.

Hey @CoachDanMullen we are warming up for Friday's NCAA Sweet 16 match against Ole Miss but had to throw around the Pig skin first. How does our form look?#GoGators #OneTeam #NCAATennis pic.twitter.com/Dc1wtM93Xq
— Gators Men's Tennis (@GatorsMTN) May 17, 2018