NCAA Mens Tennis

No. 20 Florida Welcomes EKU for Midweek Doubleheader

No. 20 Florida Welcomes EKU for Midweek Doubleheader


GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The No. 20 Florida Gators are back home for a midweek doubleheader on Wednesday for both a 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. match against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
 
This will be the second and third meeting all-time between Florida (10-8, 5-3 SEC) and Eastern Kentucky (4-14, 1-5 ASUN), as the Gators beat the Colonels, 8-1, to conclude the 1967 regular season on April 10 in Gainesville.
 
NON-CON RESUME
The Gators hold a 5-5 against non-conference opponents this regular season and seven of the 10 came against top-20 ranked-teams. When facing unranked opponents, Florida is 3-0.
 
STAYING WITH THE ASUN
Florida added fellow member of the Atlantic Sun Conference, North Florida, to the regular season schedule with a match next week on Tuesday, April 11 at 5 p.m.
 
TOP-10 SEC WEEKEND
Two top-10 SEC-foes, No. 9 Tennessee and No. 7 Georgia, come down to Gainesville this weekend beginning with the Volunteers on Friday, April 7 at 5 p.m. followed by No. 7 Georgia on Sunday, April 9 at noon.
 
GATORS IN THE RANKINGS
Doubles
No. 10 Will Grant/Axel Nefve
No. 17 Tanapatt Nirundorn/Togan Tokac
 
Singles
No. 81 Axel Nefve
No. 92 Will Grant
No. 102 Jonah Braswell
 
SCOUTING THE COLONELS
In the Atlantic Sun Conference, Eastern Kentucky is tied for ninth with one conference win after beating Austin Peay, 6-1, on March 26. The Colonels previously played their lone ranked-opponent on March 18, losing to conference-foe No. 66 Liberty, 6-1. Additionally, this will be the second match against a Power-5 opponent after EKU lost to Louisville, 5-0 on Jan. 22.
 
Head Coach Adam Cohen is in his first year at the helm for EKU and Mortiz Mayer leads the team with a 9-8 overall record, while going 7-5 from the top singles position. Mayer’s toughest test this season came against then-No. 25 Natan Rodrigues of Louisville, falling 6-3, 6-1 on court one.
 
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