The
second-ranked Florida women’s tennis team earned their ninth shutout win of the
season, blanking Mississippi State, 7-0, on Friday in Starkville.
Mississippi
State (6-8, 0-5 SEC) entered the outing riding a two-match winning streak, but
couldn’t keep up with the Gators on Friday. Florida (12-1, 5-0 SEC) now has a
seven-match win streak and will return to Gainesville to play Ole Miss on
Sunday at 1 p.m.
Florida
was able to gain an early 1-0 lead, sweeping all three doubles matches. On
court one, No. 3 ranked Sofie Oyen and Allie Will defeated Alexandra Perper and
Naomi Tran of MSU, 8-2. At No. 2 doubles, UF's No. 11 ranked duo of Lauren
Embree and Joanna Mather defeated Ekaterina Iakovleva and Olesya Tsigvintseva,
8-1.
Caroline
Hitimana and Olivia Janowicz finished with an 8-3 victory against Mississippi
State's Roseline Dion and Petra Ferancova at the No. 3 position.
The
Gators took control of singles with quick wins on courts 3 and 4. At the No. 4
position, No. 39 Oyen took down the MSU’s Tran 6-1, 6-2. Mather, currently
ranked at No. 19 in the nation, followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win against Iakovleva
on court three.
Embree
secured the victory for the Florida, posting the clinching point with a 6-3,
6-2 victory against MSU's No. 116 ranked Perper at the No. 1 position.
Will,
the nation's No. 1 ranked singles player, posted a 6-3, 6-2 win against MSU's
Tsigvintseva on court two, marking the 99th singles victory her career. Hitimana
completed the shutout with a 6-3, 6-4 win against Ferancova at the No. 5
position.
No.
2 Florida at Mississippi State
A.J.
Pitts Tennis Centre * Starkville, Miss.
Friday,
March 23, 2012
Final
Score:
Florida 7, Mississippi State 0
Doubles (order of finish: 1, 2*,
3)
1.
Sofie Oyen/Allie Will (3), UF d. Alexandra Perper/Naomi Tran, MSU, 8-2
2.
Lauren Embree/Joanna Mather (11), UF d. Ekaterina Iakovleva/Olesya
Tsigvintseva, MSU, 8-1*
3.
Caroline Hitimana/Olivia Janowicz, UF d. Roseline Dion/Petra Ferancova, MSU,
8-3
Singles (order of finish: 4,3,1*,6,2,5)
1.
Lauren Embree (14), UF d. Alexandra Perper (116), MSU 6-3, 6-1*
2.
Allie Will (1), UF d. Olesya Tsigvintseva, MSU 6-3, 6-2
3.
Joanna Mather (19), UF d. Ekaterina Iakovleva, MSU 6-1, 6-1
4.
Sofie Oyen (39), UF d. Naomi Tran, MSU 6-1, 6-2
5.
Caroline Hitimana, UF d. Petra Ferancova, MSU 6-3, 6-4
6.
Olivia Janowicz, UF d. Roseline Dion, MSU 6-3, 6-1
*indicates
clinching doubles point/dual match win
Updated
Records:
Florida 12-1, 5-0 SEC; Mississippi State 6-8, 0-5 SEC
