BATON ROUGE, LA. – No.19 Florida blanked LSU in the SEC conference opener on Friday evening. The Gators defeated the Tigers 4-0 at the LSU Tennis Complex. This win moves Florida to 5-5 overall and 1-0 in conference action.
After moving to 4-5 after dropping the last five matches, the Gators entered this match in a dominating fashion. Florida pair,
Carly Briggs/
Rachel Gailis notched the first win in doubles defeating Maya Tahan/ Gaby Rivera 6-3. Despite
Alicia Dudeney/
Bente Spee dropping their match against Florentine Dekker/ Aran Teixido Garcia 6-2, the Gators kept their momentum. Florida took the doubles point after duo
Qavia Lopez/
Malwina Rowinska defeated Kenna Erickson/ Anita Sahdiieva 7-5.
Moving into singles 1-0, the Gators kept their rhythm going. No.40
Rachel Gailis defeated Florentine Dekkers 6-4,6-1 notching a win for Florida and extending the lead 2-0. This win moves Gailis to 6-2 overall. Freshman
Qavia Lopez snagged another victory in the win column for the Gators after she defeated Maya Tahan 7-5,6-3. This marks Lopez's first SEC singles win and moves her overall to 5-1.
Alicia Dudeney saw her way through a tough battle with Gaby Rivera after dropping the first set 6-3. Dudeney did not let that distract her as she went on to win the second 6-1 and forced a third. The junior ran away with the lead and came out with a 6-2 victory in the third to bring Florida to 4-0 against the Tigers.
This contest had three unfinished singles matches with Florida ahead in all. No.57
Carly Briggs led Teixido 6-3,5-2 after dropping the first set 1-6.
Sara Dahlstrom found herself in the winning position before the match was ended 6-4, 6-5 against Sahdiieva and Rowinska almost secured her first SEC singles win with the Gators ahead of Erickson 6-7, 6-4, 5-0.
Singles: (order of finish 1,5,4)
1.
Rachel Gailis (UF) def. Florentine Dekkers (LSU) 6-4, 6-1
2.
Carly Briggs (UF) vs. Aran Teixido (UF) 1-6, 6-3, 5-2 unfinished
3.
Sara Dahlstrom (UF) vs. Anita Sahdiieva (LSU) 6-4, 6-5 unfinished
4.
Alicia Dudeney (UF) def. Gaby Rivera (LSU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
5.
Qavia Lopez (UF) def. Maya Tahan (LSU) 7-5, 6-3
6.
Malwina Rowinska (UF) vs. Kenna Erickson (LSU) 6-7, 6-4, 5-0 unfinished
Doubles: (order of finish 3,2,1)
1.
Malwina Rowinska/
Qavia Lopez (UF) def. Kenna Erickson/ Anita Sahdiieva (LSU) 7-5
2. Aran Teixido/Florentine Dekkers (LSU) def.
Alicia Dudeney /
Bente Spee (UF) 6-2
3.
Carly Briggs/
Rachel Gailis (UF) def. Maya Tahan/ Gaby Rivera (LSU) 6-3
NEXT UP:
The Gators will travel to College Station, Texas this Sunday and take on Texas A&M at the Mitchell Tennis Center. Texas A&M moved to a 9-5 (1-0) record after defeating South Carolina 6-1 on Friday evening.
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