Friday, January 14
Fort Worth, Texas
7 PM
Florida Gators
at
TCU
Gators Make Trip to Lone Star State for Two Top-5 Matches
Thursday, January 13, 2022 | Men's Tennis
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The unanimous No. 1 Florida Gators men's tennis team heads to Texas this week for two top-five matchups. The Gators' season opener is against the No. 5 TCU Horned Frogs on Friday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. inside the Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, followed by a Sunday match versus the No. 3 Texas Longhorns at 1 p.m. at the Texas Tennis Center.
Florida is familiar with both opponents this weekend after seeing them over the course of last season. The Gators took on TCU on March 17, 2021 and would go on to sweep the Frogs with a 7-0 score. Six of the eight matches resulted in a ranked victory for the Gators, with Sam Riffice and Duarte Vale picking up a ranked win in singles and doubles.
Florida will repeat its 2021 NCAA semifinal matchup with the Texas Longhorns on Sunday. Last season, the Gators went 1-1 against the Big 12 foe, losing a heartbreaker, 4-3, in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend to just miss the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Florida came back with a vengeance and swept Texas in the NCAA semifinals, 4-0, claiming five ranked victories along the way to keep their national championship hopes alive.
The Gators return a myriad of talent to the roster, losing only three players from last year's squad. Returners include defending national singles champion, Riffice, seniors Vale, Andy Andrade, Josh Goodger and Lukas Greif, junior Will Grant and sophomore Ben Shelton. Florida added three talented student-athletes to the team in ITA Doubles All-American and graduate transfer from Michigan, Mattias Siimar, and two freshmen in Nate Bonetto and Abedallah Shelbayh.
Scouting the Opponents
TCU competed against UTRGV Thursday night in its season opener and won 6-1 without dropping a set. The Frogs' lone loss was a forfeit at court six. Texas begins its season on Friday with a match against the UTSA Roadrunners.
Opponents in the Rankings
Singles
TCU
No. 19 Juan Carlos Aguilar
No. 33 Lui Maxted
No. 68 Luc Fomba
No. 76 Jacob Fearnley
Texas
No. 20 Micah Braswell
No. 73 Cleeve Harper
No. 105 Siem Woldeab
Doubles
TCU
No. 4 Lui Maxted/Pedro Vives Marcos
Texas
No. 13 Richard Ciamarra/Cleeve Harper
No. 23 Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab
Gators in the rankings
Singles
No. 2 Ben Shelton
No. 61 Mattias Siimar
No. 79 Nate Bonetto
No. 107 Andy Andrade
No. 111 Josh Goodger
Doubles
No. 14 Abedallah Shelbayh/Mattias Siimar
No. 39 Andy Andrade/Duarte Vale
No. 51 Andy Andrade/Mattias Siimar
No. 55 Nate Bonetto/Lukas Greif
TCU will have live stats, while Texas will have both live stats and a live stream on the North Courts. Updates will be provided on the Gators men's tennis social media accounts.
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Florida is familiar with both opponents this weekend after seeing them over the course of last season. The Gators took on TCU on March 17, 2021 and would go on to sweep the Frogs with a 7-0 score. Six of the eight matches resulted in a ranked victory for the Gators, with Sam Riffice and Duarte Vale picking up a ranked win in singles and doubles.
Florida will repeat its 2021 NCAA semifinal matchup with the Texas Longhorns on Sunday. Last season, the Gators went 1-1 against the Big 12 foe, losing a heartbreaker, 4-3, in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend to just miss the ITA National Team Indoor Championships. Florida came back with a vengeance and swept Texas in the NCAA semifinals, 4-0, claiming five ranked victories along the way to keep their national championship hopes alive.
The Gators return a myriad of talent to the roster, losing only three players from last year's squad. Returners include defending national singles champion, Riffice, seniors Vale, Andy Andrade, Josh Goodger and Lukas Greif, junior Will Grant and sophomore Ben Shelton. Florida added three talented student-athletes to the team in ITA Doubles All-American and graduate transfer from Michigan, Mattias Siimar, and two freshmen in Nate Bonetto and Abedallah Shelbayh.
Scouting the Opponents
TCU competed against UTRGV Thursday night in its season opener and won 6-1 without dropping a set. The Frogs' lone loss was a forfeit at court six. Texas begins its season on Friday with a match against the UTSA Roadrunners.
Opponents in the Rankings
Singles
TCU
No. 19 Juan Carlos Aguilar
No. 33 Lui Maxted
No. 68 Luc Fomba
No. 76 Jacob Fearnley
Texas
No. 20 Micah Braswell
No. 73 Cleeve Harper
No. 105 Siem Woldeab
Doubles
TCU
No. 4 Lui Maxted/Pedro Vives Marcos
Texas
No. 13 Richard Ciamarra/Cleeve Harper
No. 23 Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab
Gators in the rankings
Singles
No. 2 Ben Shelton
No. 61 Mattias Siimar
No. 79 Nate Bonetto
No. 107 Andy Andrade
No. 111 Josh Goodger
Doubles
No. 14 Abedallah Shelbayh/Mattias Siimar
No. 39 Andy Andrade/Duarte Vale
No. 51 Andy Andrade/Mattias Siimar
No. 55 Nate Bonetto/Lukas Greif
TCU will have live stats, while Texas will have both live stats and a live stream on the North Courts. Updates will be provided on the Gators men's tennis social media accounts.
FOLLOW THE GATORS
SOCIAL: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
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