Roland Thornqvist should be in the hall of fame now. Forget after his career.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] Begin forwarded message: > From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> > Date: February 20, 2017 at 7:45:47 AM CST > To: GatorNews <[email protected]> > Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Roundup: Gators top Stanford, extend home streak > to 163 > Reply-To: [email protected] > > UF ROUNDUP > Roundup: Gators top Stanford, extend home streak to 163 > > > Florida's Belinda Woolcock hits her forehand against Stanford's Taylor > Davidson, Sunday at the Ring Tennis Complex. Woolcock won her match, > clinching the win for the team. [Cyndi Chambers/Correspondent] > > Cyndi Chambers/Correspondent > Special to Gainesville SUN GatorSports.com > Published: Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 8:48 p.m. > Last Modified: Sunday, February 19, 2017 at 8:48 p.m. > In a regular-season weekend that was one of the most challenging and > competitive in recent memory for the Florida women's tennis team, the Gators > came through it with a pair of wins and their nation's-best home winning > streak intact. > > After defeating No. 6, and NCAA runner-up, Oklahoma State on Saturday 4-2, > top-ranked Florida defeated reigning NCAA champion and No. 5 Stanford 4-1 > Sunday at Ring Tennis Complex. > > The Gators (9-0) rose to the challenge to extend their home win streak to 163 > consecutive wins. It is the nation's longest active home win streak of any > NCAA Division I team in any sport. > > Florida opened the match between the two national rivals by capturing the > doubles point with wins on courts one and three. > > The clinching match in last year's meeting was the same matchup in this > season's regular-season bout, pitting Florida's Belinda Woolcock against > Taylor Davidson. The Cardinal came away with the 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 outcome > last season. This time, it Woolcock's turn to shine, as she rallied after > dropping the first set to post a 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 win in two hours and eight > minutes to secure the dual match win. > > Woolcock's heroics were set up by wins from Ingrid Neel and Brooke Austin. > Neel, a freshman, was the first off the court with an impressive 6-1, 6-3 win > at the No. 2 position. > > Stanford (4-1) got on the board with a win on court No. 6, but Austin showed > her grit and also rallied for a tough, three-set win, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5, that > gave the Gators a 3-1 lead. > > "There's something about these matchups, these Florida-Stanford matchups," UF > coach Roland Thornqvist said. "They've gotten us on a couple of easy ones at > their place. Their place is as tough of a place as ours is to play, but when > you play them here, our fans help us. Physically, we were dominant today. > When you look at the scoreboard in the last 30 minutes, I just felt like we > were different physically. I told them in the locker room that it's a good > feeling knowing that you're the strongest team because we really pride > ourselves on that.' > > Softball: Top-ranked Florida capped the Aquafina Invitational with a 5-0 win > over FIU at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium. > > “I think it was good for us to get out there and get a lot of looks," UF > coach Tim Walton said. "The hardest thing to do is just prepare for all the > different looks you are going to get pitching-wise and to be able to turn the > page pretty quickly. That's probably the toughest part of the preparation but > I think in those 10 days we've gotten a lot of different looks." > > The Gators (10-1) jumped out in front early in the contest thanks to freshman > Jaimie Hoover's second career grand slam in the first inning. Hoover's hit > was set up with walks with two outs to Nicole DeWitt, Kayli Kvistad and > Aleshia Ocasio. > > Kvisitad (2-for-3) drove in the only other run in the contest in the top of > the seventh inning with a double off the top of the left center wall pads to > score Justine McLean. > > Sophomore Kelly Barnhill (4-0) commanded the circle again, as she extended > her scoreless inning streak to 24.0. Barnhill tossed a 5.2 innings with 12 > strikeouts while she scattered a trio of hits and four walks. > > The Gators will have a short break with no midweek games scheduled before > their trip to Orlando, where they will take part in the Citrus Classic. The > first pair of games are scheduled for Friday at 1:15 p.m. against Syracuse > and will be followed by a 3:30 p.m. matchup against Fordham. > > Men's golf: Florida had four individuals place inside the top 10, while the > team finished in fourth place with a 54-hole score of +13 (853) at the > SunTrust Gator Invitational on the UF golf course. > > Through some challenging weather conditions over the two-day tournament, UF > was the only school to have four individuals place inside the top 10. > Alejandro Tosti and Andy Zhang finished in a tie for sixth place with score > of one-over 211. The junior and freshman recorded scores of four-under (66) > as they each climbed 13 spots on the leaderboard in Sunday's final round, > respectively. > > Sophomore Sam Horsfield finished tied for eighth and bookended his weekend > with scores of two-under (68) and one-over (71) to card a two-over (212) for > the Invitational. In addition, redshirt senior A.J. Crouch rounded out the > Gators in the top 10, as he finished tied for 10th with a three-over, 213. > > After recording the top team scores in rounds one and two, Arkansas held off > the field in Sunday's finale to capture the title with a five-over 845 for > the weekend. Arkansas sophomore Charles Kim won the individual title with a > six-under 204. This was the second time that Arkansas captured the team > title, the first coming in 2014. > > Women's basketball: At Lexington, four Gators netted double-figures in a > scoring effort paced by freshman Delicia Washington's 14 points, but it > wasn't enough as Florida dropped a 67-48 decision to Kentucky. > > Kentucky (19-8, 10-4 SEC) used a handful of mini-runs and Florida (13-13, > 4-10) was able to counter most of them and get back within two points. The > Gators had just finished whittling a 10-point deficit down to two, 31-29, > early in the second half. That's when the Wildcats used a 15-4 run and took a > 47-33 lead with 2:10 remaining in the third quarter. > > Florida next plays at Tennessee at 7 p.m. Thursday. > > Men's tennis: At Charlottesville, Va., No. 16 Oklahoma defeated No. 6 Florida > 4-2 in the consolation rounds of the National Team Indoor Championships. UF > is now 7-3, while the Sooners are 9-2. > > Women's golf: At New Orleans, seniors Kelly Grassel and Maria Torres paced > Florida in the first round of the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate > Championship. Both Gators ended the day in a tie for ninth place at one-under > (71). > > As a team, Florida finished day in a tie for fourth place, posting a > four-over (292). The Gators carded a tournament-high 15 birdies during the > first round. > > Miami leads the tournament at one-under (287), and Denver's Mariell Bruun and > UM's Dewi Weber are at the top of the leaderboard at four-under (68) on the > par-72, 6.239-yard English Turn Golf & Country Club. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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) > --- > 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) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GatorTalk" group. 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