GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 16 Florida women’s tennis team, winners of five consecutive matches, bounced back from dropping the doubles point and won five singles matches to down No. 54 Arkansas, 5-2, at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex on Sunday afternoon.
Florida (13-4, 7-2 SEC) couldn’t manufacture control in doubles play and Arkansas (9-10, 3-7 SEC) separated themselves on court two and three quickly. In the three position, Emily De Oliveira/Sophie Williams broke Carolina Gomez-Alonso/Kelley Keller’s serve to open the match, but the Razorbacks won the next six games for a 6-1 victory. On court two, Grace O’Donnell/Lenka Stara would grab the doubles point for Arkansas with a 6-2 win over No. 60 Carly Briggs/Rachel Gailis. Alicia Dudeney/Bente Spee were leveled at 3-3 with No. 23 Morgan Cross/Indianna Spink before the match was left unfinished on court one.
Requiring four singles matches to win, Florida got off to a tremendous start and earned four first sets. On court four, Gailis raced out to a 4-1 lead and won the first set 6-1 against Stara. The freshman continued to dominate the second set and dropped just two games to claim the straight set victory, 6-1, 6-2. With the win, Gailis improved her winning streak to three matches and tied the overall match at 1-1 for Florida.
The Gators gained their first lead of the match, 2-1, thanks to No. 42 Sara Dahlstrom at the top singles position. Facing her second ranked-opponent of the weekend in No. 79 Keller, Dahlstrom dictated the entire match and began with a 4-1 lead in the opening frame. After…
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