Gators Women’s Tennis Roland Thornqvist joined WRUF’s “Sportscene” to discuss a variety of topics. As we approach the fall, most of the talk has been dedicated to what might happen to college football. Meanwhile, other sports hang in the balance as well. One of those is tennis. The topics discussed …
Read More »SEC Changes Championship Hosting
After the NCAA decided to give spring athletes another year of eligibility, the SEC announced that schools set to host conference championships in 2020 will host those events in 2021. SEC schools scheduled to host Conference championship events that were cancelled in 2020 due to issues related to the coronavirus …
Read More »What to Watch For: Gator Tennis to Begin SEC Play for 2020
Florida’s No. 6 ranked men’s tennis team (11-2) played their last competitive match four days ago. But tennis and Gator fans will have to wait another eight days before watching Florida on the court again. On Feb. 28, the Gators will commence conference play. Bryan Shelton’s team currently finds itself …
Read More »Gators’ Men’s Tennis Welcomes Group of Teams for Weekend Tournament
The Florida Gators’ Men’s Tennis team continues their long homestand this weekend in the ITAKickoff at Alfred A. Ring Complex. The two-day tournament will run from Saturday to Sunday and will feature teams such as the USF, Temple and Fresno State. https://twitter.com/GatorsMTN/status/1220413388389355520 Right Where They Left Off After finishing the …
Read More »Gator Men’s Tennis Suffers First Loss
The number one ranked Gator men’s tennis team suffers its first loss of the season 5-2 to the defending national champion and number two ranked Texas Longhorns on Wednesday in Gainesville. This was the Longhorns’ first win of the season. The match up saw one of the largest crowds in …
Read More »No. 1 Gator Men’s Tennis Host No. 2 Texas
It’s a clash of the tennis titans. The No. 1 Florida Gator men’s tennis team welcomes the second ranked Texas Longhorns to Gainesville in a non-conference clash. Florida has come out of the gates strong. The Gators started the season with two dominant performances against Furman and Florida Atlantic, respectively. …
Read More »ITA Southeast Regionals visits UF with lengthy field
Florida men’s tennis will play in and play host to the 2019 ITA Southeast Regionals, with a field of competitive local schools on their plate. Among the participating schools include Florida familiars such as UCF, FAU, Florida Gulf Coast, FSU, Miami, UNF, USF and Stetson. Some Georgia competition creeps in …
Read More »Gators Athletics Finishes No. 3 in the Learfield IMG College Directors Cup
All University of Florida sports lay dormant for these scorching summer months, but the Gators are still making waves in the sports world. Florida Gator athletics finished third in the Learfield IMG College Director’s Cup. Florida has placed in the top-5 in these rankings each of the last 11 years. …
Read More »Florida taking on Texas in Final Four Matchup in NCAA Tournament
The men’s tennis team is going to the Final Four after defeating Baylor 4-0 in Thursday’s Elite Eight match at the USTA National Campus last night in Lake Nona. Senior Alfredo Perez and sophomore Oliver Crawford were on one doubles team and McClain Kessler and Johannes Ingildsen were on another. …
Read More »Men’s Tennis NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal: Florida vs. Baylor
The Florida Men’s Tennis team finds itself in the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals for the third time in the last four years after defeating Tennessee. Consequently, the third-seeded Gators now look to break its 6-6 all-time record against the sixth-seeded Baylor Bears and advance to the tournament’s semifinals. History With Baylor …
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