(TEN) M Tennis vs FSU

Lowest point in years for the program, blown off the court by FSU. Really not even competitive....Jin at 1 and Jefferson at 3 were battling but that's about it.
Doubles remains awful. Ganesan and Nirundorn are not playing well, none of the freshmen are seeing the court. Our two portal guys played and were ineffective.
Expected a rough season, but it could be brutal

 

Men are facing FGCU today.....barely won a very tight doubles point.
Just starting singles, no Jin, no Ganesan, no Nirundorn, No Edengren.
Throwing out the freshmen with Jefferson at 1. Interesting

 

Beat Fgcu 4-1. Impressive wins at 5 and 6 from freshman, top 4 courts were pretty sloppy.
Jefferson lost on 1, Jon magnus won a 3 setter, Paliska and Weintraub were in 3rd sets.

 

Forgot to post results of the match vs UNC Wilmington earlier today
Played poor doubles as usual but eked out a 2-1 win
Jin didn't finish on 1
Ganesan lost on 2
Jefferson lost on 3
Johnson won a 3 setter on 4
Villard won a 3 setter on 5
Weintraub comfortable win on 6

2 wins on the day, some nice play by freshmen at 5 and 6.....but overall nothing that improves the season outlook for this team

 

Thanks coach...hoping that was a mitigating factor in last few matches. I know you haven't enjoyed the product on the court of late

 

Roster is certainly young.....unfortunately this is the third year in a row of this with a revolving door roster. Certainly the coaching changes have played a part, but we need to see some actual development. Really hoping we see some strides cause this is a really rough start

 

Men in a winnable match vs SMU today....and there may not be a lot of winnable days
Split doubles on courts 1 and 2, 3 is in a tiebreaker for the point

As I type uf gets waxed in the tiebreaker
1-0 smu. Another hole to dig out of

 

Ganesan comes back to win a first set tiebreak, even in 2nd
Jin routed in 1st, wins 2nd
Jefferson wins 2st, routed in 2nd
Johnson wins 1st, down a break in 2nd
Edengren loses 2st, down in 2nd
Nirundorn wins 1st, even in 2nd

Going to be a nail biter. Showing some fight at least

 

Edengren loses, Nirundorn wins
2-1 SMU
Jin, Jefferson and Johnson all losing third sets, looking bleak

Ganesan wins to make it 2-2.....but all those third sets are down at least a break.

 

Jin and Johnson beaten badly in 3rd sets, UF loses 4-2
This looks to be the worst UF team in a very long time. None of the soph's seem to have made much improvement and the freshmen aren't contributing much at all (none saw the court today). Just can't see this team beating many SEC squads barring a huge turnaround

 

Agree....the 3rd sets on 2,3,4 were awfully disappointing. Also really expected Edengren to take a step up and that doesn't look great either.

 

Beaten by top ranked TCU yesterday....but a little encouraged that several of the matches were competitive. Pushed them to 3 sets on a few courts.....UF isn't finishing well when they force 3rd sets or tiebreaks, but at least there is some progress in getting to that point. Unfortunately that's the level we are at for now