The Gators’ will also be hosting the Miami Hurricanes and Florida International. The first match will be Miami vs. FIU and begin at noon. Florida and Stetson will follow at 3 p.m.
ABOUT STETSON:
Ahead of Saturday’s matchup, Stetson is not ranked by the ITA but clinched the ASUN regular season championship title. The Hatters are currently on a 13-match win streak after defeating Florida Gulf Coast 4-1 on Apr. 21.
Despite being undefeated in their conference, Stetson has no ranked players in the singles or doubles categories.
TEAM RECORDS:
FLORIDA: 16-8 (11-2 SEC)
STETSON: 15- 6 (10-0 ASUN)
FLORIDA’S LAST TIME OUT:
Florida’s last match was against then-ranked No. 12 Texas A&M in the 2024 SEC Tournament semifinals on Apr. 20. Florida took a tough 4-2 loss against the Aggies, snapping its 11-match win streak. The Gators didn’t go out without putting up a fight in the tournament semifinals and secured the first point of the match in doubles play.
Carly Briggs and Qavia Lopez were the first to close out with a 6-4 win over Texas A&M’s Nicole Khirin and Carson Branstine on court two. Rachel Gailis and Bente Spee followed suit and clinched the doubles point in a back and forth battle against Jeanette Mireles and Lucciana Perez. Gailis and Spee took court three at 7-5 to give the Gators’ a 1-0 advantage going into singles.
Singles play proved to be a challenge for the Gators, only securing one win with Carly Briggs defeating then-ranked No. 19 Nicole Khirin 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. The Aggies took its four points in singles on courts one, two, four, and five to punch a ticket to the finals against Georgia.
Florida at the NCAA Championships:
- The Gators have earned a spot in 41 of the 42 NCAA Championships, missing only the 1986 event
- Including this season, the Gators have qualified for 36-straight NCAA Championships
- The Gators have the second most team titles ever with seven, trailing only Stanford, while collecting three national championships in the last decade (2011, 2012, 2017)
- Florida won three National Championships last decade (2011, 2012 and 2017)
- In 1996, Florida became the only team in NCAA women’s tennis history to sweep the team, singles and doubles titles
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