Post by Deleted on May 18, 2014 0:11:30 GMT -5
Gators Upset #1 poodles in Athens - UCLA up next won't be easy. I've read speculation that the bruins may have the best women's tennis team in the nation.
The other semifinal is Stanford vs North Carolina. UF has had a number of titanic bouts with the cardinal.
Saturday May 17, 2014
Gators Upset Top-Ranked Georgia, Earn Spot in NCAA Final Four
Athens, GA
The Gators earned their fifth consecutive NCAA Semifinals appearance.
The top four seeds all were eliminated during Saturday’s NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships quarterfinals action, with the No. 8 Gators earning the biggest victory of the day when they took down top-seeded, No. 1-ranked and host Georgia, 4-1, at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Florida played its best doubles matches of the season and needed to against Georgia’s highly-ranked tandems and secured the 1-0 lead entering singles action, where the Bulldogs were fueled by an energetic home crowd and won the first set on four of the six courts.
Georgia claimed the first singles victory on court two and evened the team score, but a minute later UF senior Alexandra Cercone polished off Lily Kimbell, 6-4, 6-2, and gave the Gators a 2-1 lead.
The next match wasn’t decided for another 47 minutes, as the Gators slowly staged their comeback. Senior Sofie Oyen, freshman Belinda Woolcock and freshman Kourtney Keegan each forced a third set on their respective courts, while Brianna Morgan battled SEC Player of the Year and sixth-ranked Lauren Herring, taking the first set by breaking the final game.
Morgan finally earned the biggest win of her young career with the straight-set upset on court one and gave Florida a 3-1 lead.
Oyen was the second of the Gator trio to force a third set and emerged with the clinching heroics, as she posted a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 upset against No. 20 Maho Kowase in two hours and 22 minutes.
NCAA Semifinals: Monday, May 19 – 1 p.m. ET
· #7 North Carolina (7-seed) vs. #11 Stanford (11-seed)
· #3 UCLA (5-seed) vs. #8 Florida (8-seed)
Semifinal Bound!
· This is UF’s fifth consecutive NCAA Semifinals appearance.
· The Gators are making their 24th trip to the NCAA Semifinals in the last 28 years.
The other semifinal is Stanford vs North Carolina. UF has had a number of titanic bouts with the cardinal.
Saturday May 17, 2014
Gators Upset Top-Ranked Georgia, Earn Spot in NCAA Final Four
Athens, GA
The Gators earned their fifth consecutive NCAA Semifinals appearance.
The top four seeds all were eliminated during Saturday’s NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships quarterfinals action, with the No. 8 Gators earning the biggest victory of the day when they took down top-seeded, No. 1-ranked and host Georgia, 4-1, at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.
Florida played its best doubles matches of the season and needed to against Georgia’s highly-ranked tandems and secured the 1-0 lead entering singles action, where the Bulldogs were fueled by an energetic home crowd and won the first set on four of the six courts.
Georgia claimed the first singles victory on court two and evened the team score, but a minute later UF senior Alexandra Cercone polished off Lily Kimbell, 6-4, 6-2, and gave the Gators a 2-1 lead.
The next match wasn’t decided for another 47 minutes, as the Gators slowly staged their comeback. Senior Sofie Oyen, freshman Belinda Woolcock and freshman Kourtney Keegan each forced a third set on their respective courts, while Brianna Morgan battled SEC Player of the Year and sixth-ranked Lauren Herring, taking the first set by breaking the final game.
Morgan finally earned the biggest win of her young career with the straight-set upset on court one and gave Florida a 3-1 lead.
Oyen was the second of the Gator trio to force a third set and emerged with the clinching heroics, as she posted a 3-6, 6-4, 6-0 upset against No. 20 Maho Kowase in two hours and 22 minutes.
NCAA Semifinals: Monday, May 19 – 1 p.m. ET
· #7 North Carolina (7-seed) vs. #11 Stanford (11-seed)
· #3 UCLA (5-seed) vs. #8 Florida (8-seed)
Semifinal Bound!
· This is UF’s fifth consecutive NCAA Semifinals appearance.
· The Gators are making their 24th trip to the NCAA Semifinals in the last 28 years.
