Weather Update - 2:40 p.m. The women's match NCAA Final will not begin before 8 p.m.
Stay tuned for additional updates! #GoGators Woody > On May 23, 2017, at 7:45 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > > UF women to play for NCAA title > > > The Gators women’s tennis team celebrates the victory over Vanderbilt in the > NCAA Championship semifinal. > > Courtesy of UAA > Special to The Gainesville Sun > Published: Monday, May 22, 2017 at 10:32 p.m. > Last Modified: Monday, May 22, 2017 at 10:32 p.m. > (UPDATED: 6:47 a.m.) ATHENS, Ga. – The third time was the charm against > Vanderbilt this season for the top-seeded Florida women’s tennis team. > > Facts > Today > What: NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship > > Who: Top seed Florida (28-3) vs. No. 7 seed Stanford (26-2) > > When: 5 p.m. > > Where: Georgia’s Dan Magill Tennis Complex > > TV: ESPNU > The Gators defeated No. 4 seed Vanderbilt 4-2 Monday in a NCAA Championship > semifinal and sent them to the NCAA Finals for the 14th time in program > history and the first time since 2012 (played and won in Athens) > > Florida (28-3), which was playing in its 25th semifinals in the last 31 > years, will play seventh seed Stanford, a 4-3 winner over third seed Ohio > State in the other semifinal, at 5 p.m. Tuesday. UF defeated Stanford 4-1 on > Feb. 19 in Gainesville. > > Vanderbilt (24-6) first defeated Florida, 4-2, in the regular-season finale > for both teams. That match cost the Gators the SEC regular-season title. > Seven days later, the teams returned to the courts in Nashville in the SEC > Tournament final and again the Commodores got the best of the Gators, 4-3. > > It was a different story Monday. Florida took a 1-0 lead by capturing the > doubles point, with Anna Danilina-Ingrid Neel winning 6-1 on Court 1 and > Brooke Austin-Kourtney Keegan 6-4 on Court. 2. It was UF’s 26th doubles point > win in 31 matches. > > Vanderbilt then went up 2-1 with singles wins at No. 2 and No. 3. > > Danilina tied the match at 2-all with a clutch 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win at No. 4 > singles. > > Belinda Woolcock, who lost twice to Astra Sharma at No. 1 earlier this > season, won 12 of 14 games en route to the win at No. 1 singles, 6-7 (3), > 6-2, 6-0 and gave Florida a 3-2 lead. > > “Today was a rollercoaster,” Woolcock said. “We didn’t know what time we were > going to play and just were really flexible and didn’t worry about what was > happening with the weather. Today, we just came out with fire. We fought so > hard and I think we played some of the best tennis we’ve ever played.” > > Austin then cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 5 to settle the outcome and > reward coach Roland Thornqvist with his 400th win at UF. > > “We played a really good match at the SEC tournament,” Thornqvist said. “I > think we had our chances to win but let them slip away and I think our > players will tell you the same thing. So we were really motivated today to go > all the way. > > “Doubles was exceptional and then the momentum shifted at the beginning of > singles, but we have been a no-panic team the entire year. It was very tough > at the end with a few set matches here and we all struck them down here > physically so that helped turn the momentum.” > > The start to the women’s semifinals kept getting pushed back because of the > weather Monday and finally moved inside at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Courts > for a 7 p.m. start. The Stanford vs. Ohio State semifinal was moved to the > Byers Tennis Complex at Georgia Tech in Atlanta for an 8 p.m. start. > > Georgia officials have tried with all their might to keep the Dan Magill > Tennis Complex courts dry and free of rain, but Mother Nature did not > cooperate Monday. The men’s matches began there later in the afternoon. North > Carolina defeated Georgia 4-3 and Virginia defeated Ohio State 4-2 to set up > the men’s title match Tuesday. > > The men’s national championship match will lead off coverage on ESPNU at 1 > p.m. Tuesday, followed by the women’s national championship match at 5 p.m. > from Georgia’s Dan Magill Tennis Complex. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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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