No. 27 Alabama Falls at No. 6 Florida

Friday, February 28

Gainesville, Fla.

4 p.m. CT

Alabama

Florida

No. 27 Alabama Falls at No. 6 Florida

2/28/2020 9:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score Results

The Crimson Tide dropped its road match to the Gators, 7-0

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – No. 27 Alabama men's tennis dropped its road match to No. 6 Florida, 7-0, on Friday at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville, Fla. The Crimson Tide falls to 9-4 overall and 0-1 in Southeastern Conference play, while Gators move to 12-2 and 1-0 to start their SEC season.

Doubles

Alabama started off doubles play strong when senior Edson Ortiz and freshman Marcelo Sepulveda Garza picked up a big win over No. 33 Ingildsen/Grant, 6-2. The Gators responded with two straight victories to take the 1-0 lead.

Singles

Five out of six players in the Florida lineup are nationally ranked, as the Gators took all six singles matches.

Up Next

Alabama will look to bounce back on Sunday, March 1 at 12 p.m. CT against No. 23 South Carolina in Columbia.

Alabama Results

Singles

No. 18 Oliver Crawford def. No. 80 Edson Ortiz, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 Sam Riffice def. Zhe Zhou, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 21 Duarte Vale def. No. 125 Riccardo Roberto, 6-4, 6-3
No. 84 Andy Andrade def. Patrick Kaukovalta, 7-5, 6-2
Josh Goodger def. Alexey Nesterov, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
No. 90 Blaise Bicknell def. Jeremy Gschwendtner, 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2

Doubles

No. 14 Crawford/Riffice def. Kaukovalta/Nesterov, 6-3
Ortiz/Sepulveda Garza def. No. 33 Ingildsen/Grant, 6-2
Vale/Goodger def. Roberto/Zhou, 6-2

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

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