The rivalry between UF and Stanford Womens Tennis is very very underrated. On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 <(615)%20826-4040> > Mobile: 615-972-4239 <(615)%20972-4239> > [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 ROUNDUPRoundup: 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. > 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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