Friday, May 13
Gainesville, Fla.
2:00 p.m.
Florida Gators
4
vs
0
South Carolina State
Josie Kuhlman clinched the match win for the Gators on Friday afternoon over the South Carolina State Bulldogs
Florida Blanks South Carolina State to Advance to Second Round
Friday, May 13, 2016 | Women's Tennis
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No.1-ranked University of Florida women's tennis team defeated the South Carolina State Bulldogs on Friday afternoon in the NCAA Tennis First Round. The Gators will now play the Syracuse Orange on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET at the Ring Tennis Complex.
The Gators were quick to grab the doubles point on Friday afternoon blanking a pair of Bulldog duos on courts one and two. The No. 42-ranked tandem of Josie Kuhlman and Belinda Woolcock shutout the Bulldogs' Vasic and Marcanikova. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan would clinch the point on court one with a 6-0 win over Rassif and Brown.
In singles action, Spencer Liang was the first off the court with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Roca on court six. Anna Danilina continued a streak of shutouts with a 6-0, 6-0 win of her own on court five. Sophomore Kuhlman would clinch the Gators' win with a 6-0, 6-0 victory on court four over Brown.
The Gators are now 18-0 in the Round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament. Florida will continue play in Gainesville tomorrow afternoon as they take on the Syracuse Orange at 3 p.m. with a ticket to the NCAA Championships in Tulsa, Okla. on the line.
Head Coach Roland Thornqvist
On today's match with South Carolina State…
"I thought we played really well. When we started off in doubles, I thought it was clean as a whistle, we made every return and virtually every first serve. We poached a lot, so the double was pretty clean. We continued that same theme in singles. It was focused. I thought we were the better team and we played like it. We stayed focused throughout and I was pleased with the day."
Final Results
#1 Florida 4, SCSU 0
Doubles-Order of Finish: 2, 1*
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The Gators were quick to grab the doubles point on Friday afternoon blanking a pair of Bulldog duos on courts one and two. The No. 42-ranked tandem of Josie Kuhlman and Belinda Woolcock shutout the Bulldogs' Vasic and Marcanikova. Brooke Austin and Kourtney Keegan would clinch the point on court one with a 6-0 win over Rassif and Brown.
In singles action, Spencer Liang was the first off the court with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Roca on court six. Anna Danilina continued a streak of shutouts with a 6-0, 6-0 win of her own on court five. Sophomore Kuhlman would clinch the Gators' win with a 6-0, 6-0 victory on court four over Brown.
The Gators are now 18-0 in the Round of 64 in the NCAA Tournament. Florida will continue play in Gainesville tomorrow afternoon as they take on the Syracuse Orange at 3 p.m. with a ticket to the NCAA Championships in Tulsa, Okla. on the line.
Head Coach Roland Thornqvist
On today's match with South Carolina State…
"I thought we played really well. When we started off in doubles, I thought it was clean as a whistle, we made every return and virtually every first serve. We poached a lot, so the double was pretty clean. We continued that same theme in singles. It was focused. I thought we were the better team and we played like it. We stayed focused throughout and I was pleased with the day."
Final Results
#1 Florida 4, SCSU 0
Doubles-Order of Finish: 2, 1*
- #4 Austin/Keegan (UF) def. Rassif/Brown (SCSU) 6-0
- #42 Kuhlman/Woolcock (UF) def. Vasic/Marcanikova (SCSU) 6-0
- #80 Liang/Porter (UF) vs. Petreanu/Roco (SCSU) 4-2, susp.
- #4 Brooke Austin (UF) vs. Intissar Rassif (SCSU) 6-1, 2-1, susp
- #11 Belinda Woolcock (UF) vs. Andjela Vasic (SCSU) 6-0, 3-2, susp.
- Brianna Morgan (UF) vs. Marketa Marcanikova (SCSU) 6-0, 2-0, susp.
- Josie Kuhlman (UF) vs. Dakota Brown (SCSU) 6-0, 6-0
- #63 Anna Danilina (UF) def. Carla Petreanu (SCSU) 6-0,6-0
- Spencer Liang (UF) def. Claudia Roca (SCSU) 6-0,6-0
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