(TEN) W Tennis vs UK

Weak opponent at home, pretty much a must win

Easy win on court 2 for doubles, but close losses on 1 and 3 give UK the point

After playing her best match ever as #1 2 day ago, Dahlstrom takes a seat on the bench.
Gailis up to 3, De Oliviera all the way to 4, Spee at 5 and Shelton 6

If Dahlstrom isn't hurt (she was fine after the match 2 days ago) and this is coach experimenting then he deserves every bit of venom if this goes south. Can't lose this match at home.

 

Briggs loses 1st 3-6
Dudney wins 6-2
Gailis loses 3-6
De Oliviera wins 6-3
Spee wins 6-4
Shelton getting wiped out 2-6 0-2

Briggs or Gailis has to win a 3 setter

 

Stronger second sets at the top

Briggs catches fire...throws up a clean 6-0 to force a third
Dudney up 4-1, looks good for a point
Gailis 2-1
De Oliviera down 1-2....don't want a third set here
Spee 1-2....see above
Shelton loses 2-6 0-6.....no comment needed

UK up 2-0

 

IMO this is going to come down to UF needing either Spee or De Oliviera to win....Gailis and Briggs seem to have found their footing. Unfortunately the other two seem to be losing theirs. Looks like 3 setters for all

 

Well, we are headed to inexcusable depths here if they don't pick it up
Briggs disintegrating in her 3rd, down 1-4
Dudney gest UF a solid point
Gailis easy second set 6-1, but down 0-1 quickly in 3rd
De Oliviera and Spee both demolished in second sets 1-6, both up 1-0 in 3rd

Bizzaro match

 

Briggs gets waxed 1-6, baffling. Her opponent isn't highly ranked like some Carly faces. Surprising loss
UK up 3-1

Gailis down 2-3...neither player can hold serve
De Oliviera up 3-1
Spee up 3-1

No rhyme or reason to this match, all over the place

 

And Gailis opponent finally holds serve for 4-2 lead

 

Gailis gets to 3-4
De Oliviera rolling at 5-1
Spee at 4-2

 

Gailis with 2 break points to even it at 4, she can't convert and down 3-5

De Oliviera closes strong 6-1 to make it 3-2

Spee at 5-3

 

Gailis broken at love on her serve for the match.....UK 4-2

If I hear Dahlstrom wasn't sick or injured I'm storming the tennis offices lol
The Shelton implosion is inexplicable. No idea how she can struggle this badly as a senior.....she played successfully at #3 as a true freshman at USC

 

When Roland and Dave Balogh fell out it seems we lost the recipe. Program hasn't been the same since.
I do like the addition of Bayon as an asst, afraid Embree was just too young and probably not at a point in her career to challenge her old head coach. But this just feels like the Burleigh/Soccer story, dominant program goes stagnant and its tough to make the necessary changes