Sunday, May 20
Winston-Salem, NC
2 PM
Florida Gators
vs
Texas A&M
Chase Perez-Blanco
Men’s tennis will play Texas A&M in NCAA Elite Eight
Saturday, May 19, 2018 | Men's Tennis
Florida and Texas A&M will meet in the Elite Eight on Sunday for a chance to advance to the Final Four
NCAA Elite Eight
No. 13 Florida vs No. 5 Texas A&M
Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m.
Winston-Salem, N.C. | Wake Forest Tennis Center
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Florida and Texas A&M will meet for the third time this season on Sunday when the two teams meet in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. The Gators and Aggies match is scheduled to be played at Wake Forest with a start time of 2 p.m.
Rain has forced the entire outdoor championship indoors with all eight matches in the round of 16 being played indoors at either Wake Forest or the University of North Carolina. Sunday's match is currently scheduled to be played outdoors at the Lower Courts at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex.
Florida and Texas A&M had their first meeting of the season indoors at the ITA Indoor National Championships in Seattle with their second meeting in College Station during the SEC regular season.
Gator Notes
• This will be the Gators 10th quarterfinals in program history
• This is Florida's second quarterfinals appearance in the last four seasons
• Under head coach Bryan Shelton Florida is now 10-5 in the tournament
• Against ranked opponents this season Florida is 15-9
• The Gators have won six of their last seven matches, including four shutouts
• Kessler and Perez have each won six straight matches
• Perez-Blanco earned his 93rd career singles win and now has 185 career wins in both doubles and singles which ranks sixth all-time
• 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)
• The Gators best finish is a semifinals appearance in 2000 and 2005
• In neutral court matches, this season the Gators have posted a 3-4 record
• Florida is 17-1 this season when they win the doubles point
• In the ITA Rankings, the Gators find themselves ranked 13th. They have been ranked in the top 15 in every ranking this year
• Florida is the lowest remaining seed left in the tournament
• In both meetings this season Andy Andrade has been the only Gator to earn a win over the Aggies with his 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 victory at No. 6 singles
Florida's Numbers in the NCAA Tournament
All-Time Record: 51-27
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: 7-15
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
**Eliminated in the Round of 16
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 Texas A&M
• Florida trails in the all-time series 4-9
• This will be the third meeting this season. UF lost both match 4-0, 6-1
• Florida has lost three straight to Texas A&M
• The Gators last win over Texas A&M came in the 2016 SEC Tournament Semifinals, a match the Gators won 4-0
• When the two teams play on a neutral court Florida trails 1-2
Schedule of Events
Quarterfinals | Sunday, May 20 – 4 p.m. vs Texas A&M
Semifinals | Monday, May 21 – 4 p.m. vs No. 1 Wake Forest or No. 8 Illinois
Finals | Tuesday, May 22 – 5 p.m.
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No. 13 Florida vs No. 5 Texas A&M
Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m.
Winston-Salem, N.C. | Wake Forest Tennis Center
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Florida and Texas A&M will meet for the third time this season on Sunday when the two teams meet in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. The Gators and Aggies match is scheduled to be played at Wake Forest with a start time of 2 p.m.
Rain has forced the entire outdoor championship indoors with all eight matches in the round of 16 being played indoors at either Wake Forest or the University of North Carolina. Sunday's match is currently scheduled to be played outdoors at the Lower Courts at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex.
Florida and Texas A&M had their first meeting of the season indoors at the ITA Indoor National Championships in Seattle with their second meeting in College Station during the SEC regular season.
Gator Notes
• This will be the Gators 10th quarterfinals in program history
• This is Florida's second quarterfinals appearance in the last four seasons
• Under head coach Bryan Shelton Florida is now 10-5 in the tournament
• Against ranked opponents this season Florida is 15-9
• The Gators have won six of their last seven matches, including four shutouts
• Kessler and Perez have each won six straight matches
• Perez-Blanco earned his 93rd career singles win and now has 185 career wins in both doubles and singles which ranks sixth all-time
• 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)
• The Gators best finish is a semifinals appearance in 2000 and 2005
• In neutral court matches, this season the Gators have posted a 3-4 record
• Florida is 17-1 this season when they win the doubles point
• In the ITA Rankings, the Gators find themselves ranked 13th. They have been ranked in the top 15 in every ranking this year
• Florida is the lowest remaining seed left in the tournament
• In both meetings this season Andy Andrade has been the only Gator to earn a win over the Aggies with his 6-3, 4-6, 10-7 victory at No. 6 singles
Florida's Numbers in the NCAA Tournament
All-Time Record: 51-27
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: 7-15
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
**Eliminated in the Round of 16
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 Texas A&M
• Florida trails in the all-time series 4-9
• This will be the third meeting this season. UF lost both match 4-0, 6-1
• Florida has lost three straight to Texas A&M
• The Gators last win over Texas A&M came in the 2016 SEC Tournament Semifinals, a match the Gators won 4-0
• When the two teams play on a neutral court Florida trails 1-2
Schedule of Events
Quarterfinals | Sunday, May 20 – 4 p.m. vs Texas A&M
Semifinals | Monday, May 21 – 4 p.m. vs No. 1 Wake Forest or No. 8 Illinois
Finals | Tuesday, May 22 – 5 p.m.
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