Riffice Advances to Semifinal of NCAA Singles Tournament
Wednesday, May 26, 2021 | Men's Tennis
Gator captain continues to impress in individual tournament
ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida's Sam Riffice advanced to the semifinals of the 2021 NCAA Singles Tournament with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Valentin Vacherot of Texas A&M on Wednesday at the USTA National Campus.
Since dropping his first set in the round of 32, the junior is 36-7 in his last six sets.
Riffice is looking to become only the third Gator in school history to win an individual national championship in singles. Mark Merklein (1994) and Jeff Morrison (1999) were the other two winners.
No. 6-seeded Riffice is now scheduled to play No. 1-seeded Liam Draxl of Kentucky on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET at the USTA National Campus.
Live Video: https://www.tennis.one/scores/tournament?schedule_entry_id=0e8b4ac0-4b7c-4c75-975f-2dcbb7e7943a
Live Stats: http://www2.tennisticker.de/usa/ustanc/sb.html?tournid=721
Riffice's Results
R64: 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
R32: 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
R16: 6-2, 6-0
QF: 6-3, 6-0
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Since dropping his first set in the round of 32, the junior is 36-7 in his last six sets.
Riffice is looking to become only the third Gator in school history to win an individual national championship in singles. Mark Merklein (1994) and Jeff Morrison (1999) were the other two winners.
No. 6-seeded Riffice is now scheduled to play No. 1-seeded Liam Draxl of Kentucky on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET at the USTA National Campus.
Live Video: https://www.tennis.one/scores/tournament?schedule_entry_id=0e8b4ac0-4b7c-4c75-975f-2dcbb7e7943a
Live Stats: http://www2.tennisticker.de/usa/ustanc/sb.html?tournid=721
Riffice's Results
R64: 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
R32: 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
R16: 6-2, 6-0
QF: 6-3, 6-0
Follow along with the Gators on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and on the web at FloridaGators.com.
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