(TEN) SEC Tennis Tourneys

Women underway today as a 12 seed vs 3 seed Bama....this has been the worst UF season I can recall, probably their worst ever. Just waiting for the death march to end

Doubles almost finished, extremely tight. Loss on 1 4-6, win on 3 7-6, 2 in a tiebreak after UF fought off several match points. As I type UF wins the tiebreak easily to clinch the doubles point. Daubernova is back in the lineup for the first time in weeks which helps the lineup immensely if she is healthy


Men underway tomorrow as a 6 seed

 

Daubernova played doubles but gets pulled from singles lineup
First sets wrapping up.
Gailis wins first easily
Dudeney loses 4-6
Gatenby wins 6-4
Spee up 5-4
Oliveras loses 4-6
Parker loses 2-6....she really has no chance in any match she has played
Looks like a long night to survive another day

 

Oliveras and Parker both get waxed in their matches....Bama up 2-1
Gatenby up a set but getting killed in her second
Spee up a set but down a break
Dudeney down a set and a break
Gailis up a set and on serve.
Looking like the season will end today.....games won in the 2nd sets thus far is Bama 22 and UF 3. This is against a 13 seed team UF already beat. Just awful

 

Gailis loses second....headed to 3rd
Dudeney fighting back in her 2nd but down a break
Gatenby was down 0-4 in 2nd, comes all the way back to win it 6-4.....match even 2-2
Spee loses her 2nd 0-6, headed to 3rd

Need 2 of 3 remaining

 

Props to the vets
Spee battled in her 3rd set but lost
Gailis cruised to a 3rd set win
Dudeney came back from the dead to win her 2nd set and then won the match 6-3

 

Women face Vandy this afternoon....another winnable match

Men face #11 seed Arkansas....need to win that match badly for postseason seeding

 

Class of 26....unless she reclassifies won't help for next year. Also has a couple of brothers that are young but very highly rated.

Roster next year needs a lot of help. De Oliveira was recently removed from the roster....after missing last 2 years injured. Lopez hasn't played this season and there is no mention of her anywhere I have seen....still on roster so I assume a redshirt year for injury.
Assuming Gailis comes back, Lopez is healthy, Gatenby and Daubernova are back and healthy you have 4 viable players. Gailis is a legit #1, a healthy Lopez could be a 3/4, Gatenby at 4/5, Daubernova at 5, maybe Oliveras at 6. Badly need a #2 type and at least one more depth piece (probably 2 more given everyone on this roster has missed time with injury this year)

 

Thing is....if everyone is back and healthy you really are only missing one portal player to suddenly become competitive with anybody. Nice thing about small roster sports

 

Vandy takes doubles point relatively easily and is out of the gate quickly in singles. Think this is likely going to be the end of the road

 

Vandy takes 5 of 6 first sets....Dudeney won a tiebreaker.

 

Women will be swept 4-0....a horrible season ends horribly

Men just lost the doubles point to Arky....can't beat a decent team like that but may squeeze thru today

 

UF wins 4 first sets.....Jin and Jefferson lose theirs. Jin has scuffled a bit last few matches. Ganesan has been playing well and that continues today so far

 

Halfway thru singles they have changed the names on 4 of UF's matches.....essentially removed Johnson from #3 and moved everyone up while inserting Villard at #6. If accurate it was Edengren that lost his first set along with Jin

Ganesan already done with an impressive win

 

Jin loses...2-1 Arky. UF 1 game away on court 5, apparently Nirundorn now lol

The winner of the first set is losing the second set on other remaining courts

 

Headed to a 3rd set on courts 3 and 4. UF was up 5-3 on court 5 and had match points, but now it's 5-5. Court 6 is looking like a 3rd set as well

 

Nirundorn lets the second set get away....that hurts

Edengren up a break, Jefferson on serve middle 3rd sets. Villard down 5-6 but up a set. Need 3 of the remaining 4 matches

 

Good stretch.....Villard rebounded to take his second set and the match
Jefferson wins his 3rd set, 3-2 UF
Edengren was up 2 breaks, but now its 4-4
Nirundorn rights the ship after an awful stretch and leads 4-1 in his third

As I type Edengren 5-4, Nirundorn 5-1.....need one to close it out

Nirundorn gets it done 6-1


Have to assume Johnson was pulled with injury, hopefully he can return soon

 

South Carolina demolishing the men in doubles.....no Johnson again