Thursday, April 16
Norman, Okla.
10 a.m.
Florida Gators
4
vs
0
Arkansas (14 seed)
Valery Gynina with the forehand vs. Arkansas at the SEC Tournament
No. 12 Women's Tennis dispatches Arkansas in second round of SEC Tournament
Thursday, April 16, 2026 | Women's Tennis
NORMAN, Okla. — The six-seed Florida Gators took care of business Thursday morning, dispatching a resilient 14-seed Arkansas squad 4-0 to advance to the third round of the SEC Women's Tennis Tournament. They will now take on the three seed, Auburn, on Friday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Gators' fans may follow all of the action on the tournament's Championship Central web page. Live stats are available via StatBroadcast, and live video feeds may be found at web.playsight.com.
The Gators (16-6) didn't waste any time winning the doubles point as India Houghton and Lucie Pawlak blanked Jimena Gomez Alonso and Alexandra Panagiotidou 6-0 at number three, and Valery Gynina and Brooke Black teamed up at number two to best Brooke Schafer and Arina Babenko 6-1.
Florida jumped out to early leads in singles as well, taking the first set in five of the six matches. At number six singles, NIkola Daubnerova blanked Jimena Gomez Alonso in the first, while Gynina dropped just one game in her first set at number two. Gabia Paskauskas lost just two games at number three singles, Brooke Black won her first set 6-3 over Alexandra Panagiotidou at number four, and Lucie Pawlak topped Arina Babenko in the first 7-5 in the fifth slot.
The Razorbacks (14-14) wouldn't go without a fight, however. Panagiotidou evened her match against Black with a 6-3 win in the second, and Jimena Gomez Alonso knotted up her match against Daubnerova with a 6-4 second set victory.
Gynina eventually put Shafer away with a 7-5 win in the second giving the Gators a 2-0 advantage. Pawlak made it 3-0 Florida with her 6-4 victory in the second.
Of the four remaining matches, two were in the third set, and Paksauskas found herself in a second set tiebreaker. The London sophomore won the tiebreak 7-3, sending the Gators on to the next round of the tournament.
FINAL RESULTS
Singles
1 #32 Carolina Gomez Alonso (ARK) unf. #44 India Houghton (UF) 7-6 (7-1), 3-5
2 #51 Valery Gynina (UF) def. Brooke Schafer (ARK) 6-1, 7-5
3 #65 Gabia Paskauskas (UF) def. Anet Koskel (ARK) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
4 Alexandra Panagiotidou (ARK) unf. Brooke Black (UF) 3-6, 6-3, 5-3
5 #103 Lucie Pawlak (UF) def. Arina Babenko (ARK) 7-5, 6-4
6 Jimena Gomez Alonso (ARK) unf. Nikola Daubnerova (UF) 0-6, 6-4, 2-1
Order of Finish. 2, 5, 3
Doubles
1 #19 Nong / Daubnerova (UF) unf. #20 C. Gomez Alonso / Koskel (ARK) 4-2
2 #73 Gynina / Black (UF) def. Schafer / Babenko (ARK) 6-1
3 Houghton / Pawlak (UF) def. J. Gomez Alonso / Panagiotidou (ARK) 6-0
Order of Finish 3, 2,
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Gators' fans may follow all of the action on the tournament's Championship Central web page. Live stats are available via StatBroadcast, and live video feeds may be found at web.playsight.com.
The Gators (16-6) didn't waste any time winning the doubles point as India Houghton and Lucie Pawlak blanked Jimena Gomez Alonso and Alexandra Panagiotidou 6-0 at number three, and Valery Gynina and Brooke Black teamed up at number two to best Brooke Schafer and Arina Babenko 6-1.
Florida jumped out to early leads in singles as well, taking the first set in five of the six matches. At number six singles, NIkola Daubnerova blanked Jimena Gomez Alonso in the first, while Gynina dropped just one game in her first set at number two. Gabia Paskauskas lost just two games at number three singles, Brooke Black won her first set 6-3 over Alexandra Panagiotidou at number four, and Lucie Pawlak topped Arina Babenko in the first 7-5 in the fifth slot.
The Razorbacks (14-14) wouldn't go without a fight, however. Panagiotidou evened her match against Black with a 6-3 win in the second, and Jimena Gomez Alonso knotted up her match against Daubnerova with a 6-4 second set victory.
Gynina eventually put Shafer away with a 7-5 win in the second giving the Gators a 2-0 advantage. Pawlak made it 3-0 Florida with her 6-4 victory in the second.
Of the four remaining matches, two were in the third set, and Paksauskas found herself in a second set tiebreaker. The London sophomore won the tiebreak 7-3, sending the Gators on to the next round of the tournament.
FINAL RESULTS
Singles
1 #32 Carolina Gomez Alonso (ARK) unf. #44 India Houghton (UF) 7-6 (7-1), 3-5
2 #51 Valery Gynina (UF) def. Brooke Schafer (ARK) 6-1, 7-5
3 #65 Gabia Paskauskas (UF) def. Anet Koskel (ARK) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
4 Alexandra Panagiotidou (ARK) unf. Brooke Black (UF) 3-6, 6-3, 5-3
5 #103 Lucie Pawlak (UF) def. Arina Babenko (ARK) 7-5, 6-4
6 Jimena Gomez Alonso (ARK) unf. Nikola Daubnerova (UF) 0-6, 6-4, 2-1
Order of Finish. 2, 5, 3
Doubles
1 #19 Nong / Daubnerova (UF) unf. #20 C. Gomez Alonso / Koskel (ARK) 4-2
2 #73 Gynina / Black (UF) def. Schafer / Babenko (ARK) 6-1
3 Houghton / Pawlak (UF) def. J. Gomez Alonso / Panagiotidou (ARK) 6-0
Order of Finish 3, 2,
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
12
20
4UF
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
3,2
#1 Singles Match
123
73UF
650
#2 Singles Match
12
15
67
#3 Singles Match
12
26
67
#4 Singles Match
1234
365UF
6330
#5 Singles Match
12
54
76
#6 Singles Match
1234
062UF
6410
Order of Finish:
2,5,3
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