Friday, February 22
Gainesville, FL
5 PM
Florida Gators
4
vs
2
Oklahoma
No. 12 Ida Jarlskog clinched the victory Friday night.
Gators Get Back on Track, Knock off Oklahoma 4-2
Friday, February 22, 2019 | Women's Tennis
Strong singles play pushes women’s tennis to victory over Sooners.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 48 University of Florida women's tennis team earned a 4-2 win over visiting No. 24 Oklahoma Friday evening at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex. The Gators fought back after dropping the doubles point as sophomore Ida Jarlskog clinched the victory on court one with a three-sit winner.
No. 12 Jarlksog, No. 33 McCartney Kessler, Tsveta Dimitrova and Anastasia Kharitonova all picked up wins in singles competition as UF improved to 3-2 when conceding the doubles point.
The Sooners grabbed the doubles point to begin the night with victories on court one and court two. After Dimitrova and Jarlskog fell 6-3 on court two, Kessler and Victoria Emma were within striking distance of tying up the tally at 1-1 but came up short and dropped a 6-4 decision. The freshmen combo of Kharitonova and Marlee Zein saw their match go unfinished as they led 5-4.
After a slow start in doubles, Florida came out engaged and focused in singles as it carried leads on five courts after all six first sets were completed.
Kharitonova, picking up her fourth win of the dual campaign, got the Gators on the board with a 6-0, 6-0 victory from court six.
Kessler and Dimitrova then registered victories one and after another to put the Gators ahead 3-1.
After she held a 6-3, 5-4 lead it looked like Zein may clinch it for Florida, but the freshman couldn't hold on as Oklahoma's Jasmine Asghar fought back to win the second set in a tie break. With Zein falling behind in set three, the attention shifted to court one where the Georgia Tech transfer, Jarlskog, battled Martina Capurro. Jarlskog won the first set 6-4, dropped the second 6-3, but rose to the occasion to register a 6-1 win in the deciding frame to propel UF to its second victory at home this season.
For Jarlskog it was her fourth win of the season which ties her with Kharitonova for the team lead through six matches.
Florida featured identical doubles and singles lineups for the second straight match.
Up Next
Sunday, Feb. 24 | 5:30 p.m. ET
No. 48 Florida (3-3) vs. No. 30 UCF (7-2)
Collegiate Tennis Center at the USTA National Campus | Lake Nona, Fla.
Doubles Results
Jasmine Asghar/Ivana Corley def. Victoria Emma/McCartney Kessler (Florida), 6-4
Camila Romero/Martina Capurro def. Ida Jarlskog/Tsveta Dimitrova (Florida), 6-3
Anastasia Kharitonova/Marlee Zein (Florida) vs. Kianah Motosono/Oleksandra Korashvili, 5-4 (Unfinished)
Doubles Order of Finish: 2,1
Singles Results
No. 12 Ida Jarlskog (Florida) def. Martina Capurro, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
No. 33 McCartney Kessler (Florida) def. No. 60 Oleksandra Korashvili, 6-4, 6-3
Marlee Zein (Florida) vs. Jasmine Asghar, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 1-5 (Unfinished)
Camila Romero def. No. 52 Victoria Emma, (Florida), 7-6 (7-2), 7-5
Tsveta Dimitrova (Florida) def. Kianah Motosono, 6-3, 6-4
Anastasia Kharitonova (Florida) def. Ivana Corley, 6-0, 6-0
Singles Order of Finish: 6,2,5,4,1
Quotes from the Court
Head Coach Roland Thornqvist
Overall thoughts on the match…
"This Oklahoma team is really good. They took Vanderbilt to 4-3 last match on and we knew it would be a really tough task today. Losing the doubles point at home makes that mountain even bigger to climb but I thought our players were really good. They were methodical and really helped each other. Emotions were good in singles and slowly but surely, I started feeling pretty good about the way we were competing."
On Ida Jarlskog's play to close out the match…
"She (Ida) is a tough out. In these tightly-contested matches, when there's a lot of emotion, she's really exceptional. She has complete control of her emotions it seems. When it comes down to her, or at least the perception out there is that it might come down to her to finish, it seems to affect her less than her opponent which I think is a huge advantage."
On team's ability to battle back from early deficits and adjustments going forward…
"I still think we can do a lot better. We lost some leads also, but to our team's credit we certainly had quite a few 3-0 downs that we turned around that ended up being crucial for us. I think with this team, as we talked about a couple weeks ago, it is going to take time for this young team to really find their feet every time. But there's no question we are getting better and that's really the only thing you can ask. Our play in doubles was way too spotty though. It's not a source of great concern yet, because I do think we will fix this and get much better, but we need to play with perhaps a greater sense of urgency in doubles. It seems like we are doing a good job of competing in singles. We are letting the game come to us, but you have to have a completely different mindset in doubles. You really have to go get it or you have no chance. I think we probably need to work on that a little bit more."
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No. 12 Jarlksog, No. 33 McCartney Kessler, Tsveta Dimitrova and Anastasia Kharitonova all picked up wins in singles competition as UF improved to 3-2 when conceding the doubles point.
The Sooners grabbed the doubles point to begin the night with victories on court one and court two. After Dimitrova and Jarlskog fell 6-3 on court two, Kessler and Victoria Emma were within striking distance of tying up the tally at 1-1 but came up short and dropped a 6-4 decision. The freshmen combo of Kharitonova and Marlee Zein saw their match go unfinished as they led 5-4.
After a slow start in doubles, Florida came out engaged and focused in singles as it carried leads on five courts after all six first sets were completed.
Kharitonova, picking up her fourth win of the dual campaign, got the Gators on the board with a 6-0, 6-0 victory from court six.
Kessler and Dimitrova then registered victories one and after another to put the Gators ahead 3-1.
After she held a 6-3, 5-4 lead it looked like Zein may clinch it for Florida, but the freshman couldn't hold on as Oklahoma's Jasmine Asghar fought back to win the second set in a tie break. With Zein falling behind in set three, the attention shifted to court one where the Georgia Tech transfer, Jarlskog, battled Martina Capurro. Jarlskog won the first set 6-4, dropped the second 6-3, but rose to the occasion to register a 6-1 win in the deciding frame to propel UF to its second victory at home this season.
For Jarlskog it was her fourth win of the season which ties her with Kharitonova for the team lead through six matches.
Florida featured identical doubles and singles lineups for the second straight match.
Up Next
Sunday, Feb. 24 | 5:30 p.m. ET
No. 48 Florida (3-3) vs. No. 30 UCF (7-2)
Collegiate Tennis Center at the USTA National Campus | Lake Nona, Fla.
Doubles Results
Jasmine Asghar/Ivana Corley def. Victoria Emma/McCartney Kessler (Florida), 6-4
Camila Romero/Martina Capurro def. Ida Jarlskog/Tsveta Dimitrova (Florida), 6-3
Anastasia Kharitonova/Marlee Zein (Florida) vs. Kianah Motosono/Oleksandra Korashvili, 5-4 (Unfinished)
Doubles Order of Finish: 2,1
Singles Results
No. 12 Ida Jarlskog (Florida) def. Martina Capurro, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
No. 33 McCartney Kessler (Florida) def. No. 60 Oleksandra Korashvili, 6-4, 6-3
Marlee Zein (Florida) vs. Jasmine Asghar, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 1-5 (Unfinished)
Camila Romero def. No. 52 Victoria Emma, (Florida), 7-6 (7-2), 7-5
Tsveta Dimitrova (Florida) def. Kianah Motosono, 6-3, 6-4
Anastasia Kharitonova (Florida) def. Ivana Corley, 6-0, 6-0
Singles Order of Finish: 6,2,5,4,1
Quotes from the Court
Head Coach Roland Thornqvist
Overall thoughts on the match…
"This Oklahoma team is really good. They took Vanderbilt to 4-3 last match on and we knew it would be a really tough task today. Losing the doubles point at home makes that mountain even bigger to climb but I thought our players were really good. They were methodical and really helped each other. Emotions were good in singles and slowly but surely, I started feeling pretty good about the way we were competing."
On Ida Jarlskog's play to close out the match…
"She (Ida) is a tough out. In these tightly-contested matches, when there's a lot of emotion, she's really exceptional. She has complete control of her emotions it seems. When it comes down to her, or at least the perception out there is that it might come down to her to finish, it seems to affect her less than her opponent which I think is a huge advantage."
On team's ability to battle back from early deficits and adjustments going forward…
"I still think we can do a lot better. We lost some leads also, but to our team's credit we certainly had quite a few 3-0 downs that we turned around that ended up being crucial for us. I think with this team, as we talked about a couple weeks ago, it is going to take time for this young team to really find their feet every time. But there's no question we are getting better and that's really the only thing you can ask. Our play in doubles was way too spotty though. It's not a source of great concern yet, because I do think we will fix this and get much better, but we need to play with perhaps a greater sense of urgency in doubles. It seems like we are doing a good job of competing in singles. We are letting the game come to us, but you have to have a completely different mindset in doubles. You really have to go get it or you have no chance. I think we probably need to work on that a little bit more."
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