GAINESVILLE, Fla. ? Despite Adrianna Solarova’s upset win at the No. 1 singles position, the University of South Alabama women’s tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision to the fourth-ranked Florida Gators Friday night at Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex.
South Alabama (1-3) will face Florida International, the defending Sun Belt Conference Champions, on Saturday at Noon (Central) in Gainesville. FIU is ranked No. 32 in the latest ITA poll and is a perfect 3-0 on the young season, having captured wins over Princeton, Penn State and No. 42 N.C. State.
The Lady Gators (4-0) came out of the gates in doubles action and dominated play sweeping all three matches. USA was unable to get anything going as Florida picked up an 8-0 win at the No. 1 position, an 8-1 victory at the No. 2 position and an 8-3 victory at the No. 3 position.
Holding a 1-0 match lead heading into singles play, Florida quickly took the first three points to seal the match with straight set victories at the Nos. 3, 4 and 5 spots. Whitney Benzik, ranked No. 78 by the ITA, clinched the match for Florida when she defeated USA’s Michaela Babicova in straight sets (6-4, 6-0) at the second singles position.
Solarova finally put USA on the board with a three-set upset victory over 11th-ranked Diana Srebrovic. Sreberovic took the first set 6-2, but the Jag netter rallied back and evened things up with a 6-2 victory over her own. In the third and deciding set, Solarova outlasted Sreberovic 11-9 to take the victory and cut the match score to 4-1.
UF also added singles victories at the No 2 and No 6 spots. The Gators now hold a 3-0 all-time record versus South Alabama.
Tennis Match Results
University of South Alabama vs University of Florida
Feb 09, 2007 at Gainesville, Fla.
#4 University of Florida 6, #75 University of South Alabama 1
Singles competition
1. Adrianna Solarova (USAW) def. #11 Diana Srebrovic (UF) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11-9)
2. #95 Megan Alexander (UF) def. Michaela Babicova (USAW) 6-4, 6-0
3. #78 Whitney Benik (UF) def. Jelena Krivacevic (USAW) 6-3, 6-0
4. Csilla Borsanyi (UF) def. Yana Bokareva (USAW) 6-0, 6-1
5. Nina Suvak (UF) def. Rita Freitas (USAW) 6-0, 6-1
6. Lolita Frangulyan (UF) def. Dijana Stanic (USAW) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
Doubles competition
1. #14 Whitney Benik/Nina Suvak (UF) def. Adrianna Solarova/Sylvanie Spanenberg (USAW) 8-0
2. Diana Srebrovic/Megan Alexander (UF) def. Rita Freitas/Jelena Krivacevic (USAW) 8-1
3. Csilla Borsanyi/Lolita Frangulyan (UF) def. Dijana Stanic/Michaela Babicova (USAW) 8-3
Match Notes:
University of South Alabama 1-3; National ranking #75
University of Florida 4-0; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (4,5,3,1,2,6)
