LAS VEGAS – Florida women’s tennis is set to kick off the spring 2022 season this weekend, Jan. 13-15, when they travel to Las Vegas to compete in the 20th annual Freeman Memorial Women’s Tennis Championships at the Fertitta Tennis Complex on the campus of UNLV.
The Gators, ranked No. 18 in the nation, will square off against competitors from some of the best programs in the nation, including four additional teams ranked in the top 20 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason poll. Joining the Orange & Blue will be No. 8 Stanford, No. 10 Pepperdine, No. 13 Oklahoma State and No. 16 UCLA– along with the host Rebels.
Florida will travel seven athletes out west to take part in the three-day singles and double event, including: Carly Briggs, Sara Dahlstrom, Alicia Dudeney, Rachel Gailis, Emma Shelton, Bente Spee and Sophie Williams. Shelton tallied a 7-2 mark in singles competition during the fall, while Briggs and Dudeney both ended with 6-3 marks.
Last year’s event saw Pepperdine’s Shiori Fukuda down Oklahoma State’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew, 7-5, 6-4, for the singles title while Florida’s Dudeney and Spee defeated Stanford’s Connie Ma and Angelica Blake, 6-4, to take the doubles crown.
Schedule of Events
Friday
Doubles Quarterfinals 1:00 p.m.
Singles Quarterfinals Follow
Saturday
Doubles Semifinals 1:00 p.m.
Singles Semifinals Follow
Sunday
Doubles Finals 1:00 p.m.
Singles Finals Follow
FREEMAN MEMORIAL ALL-TIME SINGLES CHAMPIONS
2022 – Shiori Fukuda – Pepperdine
2021 – NOT PLAYED
2020 – Michaela Gordon – Stanford
2019 – Petra Granic – Texas
2018 – Ena Shibahara – UCLA
2017 – Melissa Lord – Stanford
2016 – Hayley Carter – North Carolina
2015 – Jennifer Brady – UCLA
2014 – Ellen Tsay – Stanford
2013 – Sabrina Santamaria – USC
2012 – Zoe Scandalis – USC
2011 – Maria Sanchez – USC
2010 – Stacey Tan – Stanford
2009 – Irini Falconi – Georgia Tech
2008 – Amanda Fink – USC
2007 – No Champion (Inclement Weather)
2006 – Celia Durkin – Stanford
2005 – Shadisha Robinson – Georgia
2004 – Theresa Logar – Stanford
2003 – Vilmarie Castellvi – Tennessee
FREEMAN MEMORIAL ALL-TIME DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
2022 – Alicia Dudeney/Bente Spee – Florida
2021 – NOT PLAYED
2020 – Makenna Jones/Alle Sanford – North Carolina
2019 – Aiwen Zhu/En-Pei Huang -…
The Gators, ranked No. 18 in the nation, will square off against competitors from some of the best programs in the nation, including four additional teams ranked in the top 20 of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason poll. Joining the Orange & Blue will be No. 8 Stanford, No. 10 Pepperdine, No. 13 Oklahoma State and No. 16 UCLA– along with the host Rebels.
Florida will travel seven athletes out west to take part in the three-day singles and double event, including: Carly Briggs, Sara Dahlstrom, Alicia Dudeney, Rachel Gailis, Emma Shelton, Bente Spee and Sophie Williams. Shelton tallied a 7-2 mark in singles competition during the fall, while Briggs and Dudeney both ended with 6-3 marks.
Last year’s event saw Pepperdine’s Shiori Fukuda down Oklahoma State’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew, 7-5, 6-4, for the singles title while Florida’s Dudeney and Spee defeated Stanford’s Connie Ma and Angelica Blake, 6-4, to take the doubles crown.
Schedule of Events
Friday
Doubles Quarterfinals 1:00 p.m.
Singles Quarterfinals Follow
Saturday
Doubles Semifinals 1:00 p.m.
Singles Semifinals Follow
Sunday
Doubles Finals 1:00 p.m.
Singles Finals Follow
FREEMAN MEMORIAL ALL-TIME SINGLES CHAMPIONS
2022 – Shiori Fukuda – Pepperdine
2021 – NOT PLAYED
2020 – Michaela Gordon – Stanford
2019 – Petra Granic – Texas
2018 – Ena Shibahara – UCLA
2017 – Melissa Lord – Stanford
2016 – Hayley Carter – North Carolina
2015 – Jennifer Brady – UCLA
2014 – Ellen Tsay – Stanford
2013 – Sabrina Santamaria – USC
2012 – Zoe Scandalis – USC
2011 – Maria Sanchez – USC
2010 – Stacey Tan – Stanford
2009 – Irini Falconi – Georgia Tech
2008 – Amanda Fink – USC
2007 – No Champion (Inclement Weather)
2006 – Celia Durkin – Stanford
2005 – Shadisha Robinson – Georgia
2004 – Theresa Logar – Stanford
2003 – Vilmarie Castellvi – Tennessee
FREEMAN MEMORIAL ALL-TIME DOUBLES CHAMPIONS
2022 – Alicia Dudeney/Bente Spee – Florida
2021 – NOT PLAYED
2020 – Makenna Jones/Alle Sanford – North Carolina
2019 – Aiwen Zhu/En-Pei Huang -…
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