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SEC women's tennis notebook

Like Fantic idea for the ACC, a thread dedicated to SEC Women's tennis.

[fantic]

thx.

possibly UF vs UGA as expected from the beginning, I guess?

DOUBLES

WILL/OYEN GULLICKSON/FULLER
EMBREE/MATHER
CERCONE/JANOWICZ

SINGLES

WILL GULLICKSON
EMBREE KOWASE
OYEN GILCHRIST
MATHER KIMBELL
CERCONE ELLIS
JANOWICZ FULLER
HITIMANA ANGHELESCU, JERJOMINA

I dunno, UGA MUST win the doubles if they want an upset, and it's not impossible, methink. But UF lower positions are SO solid.. :sigh:

[fantic]

it's a bit surprising that Univ. of Arkansas is the 3rd highest ranked team in the conference, at #13, ahead of VAND, TENN, USC, OLE MISS..

Well they did play at College Station, but they had Miseviciute then..

[tennisdawg]

GA and Fla will be a titanic battle in a couple weeks. GA was far stronger than their pre-season ranking which was configured on the assumption Gullickson would turn pro rather than come back. If their # 2 player Gilchrist is healthy this could really go deep into the match to figure a winner.
I like GA to win dubs. Gullickson plays up to her competition and will win at 1. I like Fla at 2 (versus Gilchrist), GA at 3 (Kowasse), lower lines are toss-ups. Playing at home will be big for Fla, especially considering GA will have to lean on two highly touted freshmen down low to pull it out. Will be tough but it can be done. What that said, I think Fla pulls it out 4-3 with a neutral site rematch in SECs to be interesting. Stan, Fla, and GA are ahead of the rest of the field. Duke and UNC are not at their level currently. And I know UNC beat GA early in the season 4-3 in a third set tiebreak to determine the outcome but GA's # 2 player did not play that match. She plays and it's completely different.

[2nd_serve]

Good to hear. That isn't meant to be an anti-Florida comment, but to say that sports are more exciting when there are multiple teams that can reasonably predicted to win the biggest prizes.

[tucker1989]

I absolutely cannot wait for that match. Hoping that everyone on each side is healthy and that we can have a great showdown. So happy that Chelsey is back and climbing the rankings again

[Amalgamate]

UGA is better than their ranking. Should be a great match

[fantic]

Originally Posted by Amalgamate

UGA is better than their ranking. Should be a great match

TENN def UGA 5-2

so; SEC championship bracket;

11 AUBURN
6 ARKANSAS

BYE
3 GEORGIA

10 KENTUCKY
7 LSU

BYE
2 TENNESSEE
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12 MISS ST
5 VANDERBILT

BYE
4 ALABAMA

9 USC
8 OLE MISS

BYE
1 FLORIDA


no upsets please, for USC(Cal)'s sake (or will they all climb up the rankings just by playing each other)

[Amalgamate]

Originally Posted by fantic

TENN def UGA 5-2

so; SEC championship bracket;

11 AUBURN
6 ARKANSAS

BYE
3 GEORGIA

10 KENTUCKY
7 LSU

BYE
2 TENNESSEE
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12 MISS ST
5 VANDERBILT

BYE
4 ALABAMA

9 USC
8 OLE MISS

BYE
1 FLORIDA


no upsets please, for USC(Cal)'s sake (or will they all climb up the rankings just by playing each other)

Well yea, without Nadja I don't stand by my statement. You conveniently forget to qualify many things.

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Tennessee vs Georgia
1 0

livestat

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Tenn 3 Georgia 1
Will be decided by a third set match.

Tenn Clinches
#44 Brynn Boren, Tennessee
3
6
6

[UFGatorFan]

Tennessee won 4-1. Florida beat Vandy 4-0, so that's the final tomorrow.

[fantic]

Originally Posted by Amalgamate

Well yea, without Nadja I don't stand by my statement. You conveniently forget to qualify many things.

[fantic]

#14 Tennessee 4, #9 Georgia 1

Singles competition
1. #26 Chelsey Gullickson (UGA) def. #32 Natalie Pluskota (TENN) 6-3, 6-2
2. #97 Rosalía Alda (TENN) vs. #87 Maho Kowase (UGA) 6-4, 1-6, 1-1, unfinished
3. #44 Brynn Boren (TENN) def. Lilly Kimbell (UGA) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
4. Kata Szekely (TENN) def. #111 Alex Anghelescu (UGA) 6-1, 6-2
5. Maria Sorbello (TENN) def. Kate Fuller (UGA) 6-1, 6-1
6. Millie Nichols (TENN) vs. #91 Cameron Ellis (UGA) 6-7 (6-8), 2-4, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. #10 Chelsey Gullickson/Kate Fuller (UGA) def. #16 Natalie Pluskota/Brynn Boren (TENN) 8-5
2. Rosalía Alda/Maria Sorbello (TENN) def. Lilly Kimbell/Alex Anghelescu (UGA) 8-6
3. Millie Nichols/Jennifer Meredith (TENN) def. Maho Kowase/Cameron Ellis (UGA) 8-1

Match Notes:
Georgia 16-4; National ranking #9
Tennessee 19-6; National ranking #14
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,4,5,3)

home court advantage?
maybe if Nadia played UGA could've won..who knows. Why didn't she even play doubles, unlike against USC? injury?
Kimbell was playing 6 and finished by playing 3
I do wanted to see Gilchrist/Kimbell again at Stanford..hmm..

[fantic]

UF coach (I should really try to memorize his name ) on the courts from their website after the win against USC;

'The courts are amazingly slow, which isn’t a detriment for the Gators, but we do have to adjust our play in singles a little for tomorrow'

Final Score: Florida 4, Vanderbilt 0

Doubles
1. #9 Alex Cercone/Allie Will, UF d. Rachael Dillon / Jackie Wu (VU), 8-1
2. #50 Lauren Embree/Sofie Oyen, UF vs. Chelsea Preeg / Lauren Mira (VU), 4-5 on serve DNF
3. Olivia Janowicz/Joanna Mather, UF d. Alex Leatu / Nelly Radeva (VU), 8-4*
Order of Finish: 1, 3*
Singles
1. #21 Lauren Embree, UF d. #75 Alex Leatu (VU), 6-0, 6-1
2. #6 Allie Will, UF d. #77 Chelsea Preeg (VU), 6-3, 6-2*
3. Jackie Wu (VU) led #41 Joanna Mather, UF, 6-3, 2-3 DNF
4. Lauren Mira (VU) led #85 Sofie Oyen, UF, 6-3, 4-1 DNF
5. Keilly Ulery (VU) led #51 Alex Cercone, UF, 6-3, 5-2 DNF
6. #50 Olivia Janowicz, UF d. #124 Rachael Dillon (VU), 6-2, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 1, 2*

Updated Records: Florida 24-1, Vanderbilt 15-8

* clinching doubles-point/dual-match victory