Roland Thornqvist said during the press conference he was proud of his team's poise with all of the barking dogs. What wretchedness must there be as a Georgia fan! I wish I could have been there.
Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI, SFR Real Estate Broker Bob Parks, LLC 145 Maple Row Blvd Hendersonville TN 37075 Mobile: 615-972-4239 Office: 615-826-4040 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: May 18, 2014 at 8:19:10 AM CDT > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: UF roundup: Florida women's tennis back in final > four > Reply-To: [email protected] > > UF roundup: Florida women's tennis back in final four > > Special to Gainesville SUN Gatorsports.com > Published: Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10:42 p.m. > Last Modified: Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 10:42 p.m. > ATHENS, Ga. — The No. 8-seeded Florida women's tennis team upset top-seeded > and host Georgia, 4-1, Saturday in the NCAA tournament quarterfinals at the > Dan Magill Tennis Complex. > > Florida (23-5) won the doubles point and took three singles wins to stop > Georgia. > > In doubles, Brianna Morgan and Olivia Janowicz raced to an 8-2 win over Lilly > Kimbell and Caroline Brinson. After a late surge fell short, the No. 27 > ranked pair of Sofie Oyen and Belinda Woolcock outdid the No. 19 duo of Kate > Fuller and Silvia Garcia. Lauren Herring and Maho Kowase, ranked No. 2 in the > country, led 7-6 when their match was suspended. > > In singles, the Bulldogs got off to a quick start by winning four first sets, > but couldn't maintain the momentum. After No. 15 Silvia Garcia evened the > score with a 6-1, 6-2 win over No. 14 Janowicz, Florida's Alexandra Cercone, > ranked No. 28 in the country, beat Kimbell 6-4, 6-2 to put the Gators back up > 2-1. > > After falling 6-4 in the first set, Morgan used a late second set break to > beat Herring, 6-4, 7-5 and put Florida to within one match of advancing. With > the three remaining matches in third sets, No. 20 Kowase, who was handicapped > by cramping, lost to No. 70 Sofie Oyen, 3-6, 6-4, 6-0. > > The Gators will face No. 5 seed UCLA in the NCAA tournament semifinals on > Monday at 1 p.m. Monday's other semifinal pits defending national champion > and current No. 11 seed Stanford against No. 7 seed North Carolina. The > winners of the two semifinals meet for the championship on Tuesday in Athens. > > This is UF's fifth consecutive NCAA semifinals appearance, and 24th semifinal > trip in the last 28 years. > > “I thought we played an absolutely outstanding match,” said Florida's Roland > Thornqvist, who captured his 400th career coaching victory. “This Georgia > team is really good from top to bottom, and all year their doubles have been > the best in the country. ... > > “When we played here two months ago, the doubles point was over in 10 minutes > and we were not going to let that happen today. Credit to these guys. They > bought in and were flying left and right. I'm just really, really proud. This > win ranks way, way up there.” > > SEC TRACK AND FIELD: Florida junior thrower Fawn Miller used a PR, the > second-best performance in school history and a meet record of 57.10m/187-4 > to capture the SEC javelin title on the third day of the league's outdoor > championships at the Kentucky Track and Field Complex in Lexington. > > Sophomore Marija Vucenovic joined Miller, now a two-time javelin champ and > the NCAA leader, on the podium with a runner-up finish in the event > (54.51m/178-10), sophomore Robin Reynolds was the SEC runner-up in the long > jump (6.36m/20-10.5) and junior Taylor Burke tied for third in the high jump > (1.77m/5-9.75), as the Gator women's squad moved into fourth place (39.5 > points) with nine events scored entering the final day of competition. > > The UF men are tied for sixth in the team race (11 points) after six events. > > A total of 23 Gator finals events will be contested Sunday between UF's men > and women. Florida qualified 19 athletes, 10 men and nine women, for finals > following all preliminary races, while eight athletes will run the 5K final > and another eight will compete in field events. > > “I'm very proud of Fawn for being SEC champion in the javelin and very proud > of both Marija and Robin for being SEC runners-up,” UF coach Mike Holloway > said. “I thought we did a great job of qualifying. I questioned our focus and > passion the first two days, but I think we overcame that and set ourselves up > for a great competition tomorrow.” > > MEN'S GOLF: Junior J.D. Tomlinson's hopes of advancing to the NCAA Division I > championship came to an end at Auburn University Club, where individual Marco > Iten of Austin Peay ran away with medalist honors. > > Tomlinson concluded round three in the East Regional by improving one stroke, > carding rounds of 75-75-74 to end play at 8-over (T34). He sunk just four > birdies over the course of the weekend, making only one Saturday on the > par-5, 7th hole. > > Despite not being the best individual finisher, Tomlinson remained the second > low-round player with his 224. Iten fired a 67, propelling him to the top of > the leaderboard and solidifying his win with a tournament score of 208 (-8), > finishing four strokes ahead of Alabama's Cory Whitsett (212). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent From Shane's iPhone > Go Gators! & Skål Vikes! > ALPCA #8756 > Europlate #1045 > -- > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "GatorNews" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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