GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Before playing their second consecutive weekend against two top-10 SEC foes, the No. 20 Florida Gators hosts North Florida on Tuesday evening to round out the non-conference schedule. First serve is set for 5 p.m. at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
Tuesday night marks the first meeting between the Gators (12-10, 5-5 SEC) and Ospreys (14-5, 7-1 ASUN) since the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament in Gainesville on May 14. Florida won the match 4-0 and improved to 3-0 in the all-time series.
LAST TIME AGAINST THE ASUN
Florida hosted Eastern Kentucky in their first meeting since 1967 for a midweek doubleheader on Wednesday, April 5 and won both matches, 4-0. In North Florida’s conference match against EKU, the Ospreys won 6-1.
NON-CON RESUME
The Gators hold a 7-5 against non-conference opponents this regular season and seven of the 12 have come against top-20 ranked-teams. When facing unranked opponents, Florida is 5-0.
DUBS ON DUBS ON DUBS
The Gators have won the doubles point in 17 of 22 matches this season, including the last seven matches. When playing outdoors, Florida has dropped just one doubles point with the one time coming in the season opener against Texas. UF is the only team in the SEC and one of four teams in the nation to boast two top-20 ranked doubles pairs.
TO A T
Since making his SEC singles debut on April 1 at Texas A&M, Tanapatt Nirundorn has been perfect at the six position. In both matches, the freshman tied the overall score at 2-2 when Nirundorn beat Martim Prata, 6-4, 6-2 against No. 9 Tennessee and Teodor Giusca, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 against No. 7 Georgia.
DOWN GOES NO. 2
Axel Nefve notched the highest-ranked victory of his collegiate career on Friday against Tennessee’s Johannus Monday to level the match at 3-3. Ranked No. 2 in the ITA’s Singles Rankings, Monday hadn’t lost a singles match since Jan. 22, until Nefve dispatched the Volunteer, 7-5, 6-3 for his first top-10 win of the season.
BACK-TO-BACK TOP-10 SEC WEEKENDS
After Tuesday’s match with UNF, the Gators play two top-10 opponents for the second straight weekend beginning with No. 6 Kentucky on Friday, April 14 for Senior Night and then will complete the SEC Regular Season on Sunday, April 16 with a trip to No. 5 South Carolina.
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…
Tuesday night marks the first meeting between the Gators (12-10, 5-5 SEC) and Ospreys (14-5, 7-1 ASUN) since the first round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament in Gainesville on May 14. Florida won the match 4-0 and improved to 3-0 in the all-time series.
LAST TIME AGAINST THE ASUN
Florida hosted Eastern Kentucky in their first meeting since 1967 for a midweek doubleheader on Wednesday, April 5 and won both matches, 4-0. In North Florida’s conference match against EKU, the Ospreys won 6-1.
NON-CON RESUME
The Gators hold a 7-5 against non-conference opponents this regular season and seven of the 12 have come against top-20 ranked-teams. When facing unranked opponents, Florida is 5-0.
DUBS ON DUBS ON DUBS
The Gators have won the doubles point in 17 of 22 matches this season, including the last seven matches. When playing outdoors, Florida has dropped just one doubles point with the one time coming in the season opener against Texas. UF is the only team in the SEC and one of four teams in the nation to boast two top-20 ranked doubles pairs.
TO A T
Since making his SEC singles debut on April 1 at Texas A&M, Tanapatt Nirundorn has been perfect at the six position. In both matches, the freshman tied the overall score at 2-2 when Nirundorn beat Martim Prata, 6-4, 6-2 against No. 9 Tennessee and Teodor Giusca, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 against No. 7 Georgia.
DOWN GOES NO. 2
Axel Nefve notched the highest-ranked victory of his collegiate career on Friday against Tennessee’s Johannus Monday to level the match at 3-3. Ranked No. 2 in the ITA’s Singles Rankings, Monday hadn’t lost a singles match since Jan. 22, until Nefve dispatched the Volunteer, 7-5, 6-3 for his first top-10 win of the season.
BACK-TO-BACK TOP-10 SEC WEEKENDS
After Tuesday’s match with UNF, the Gators play two top-10 opponents for the second straight weekend beginning with No. 6 Kentucky on Friday, April 14 for Senior Night and then will complete the SEC Regular Season on Sunday, April 16 with a trip to No. 5 South Carolina.
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…
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