The Gators first face No. 16 Oklahoma on Thursday, and quickly turn around for a match with No. 15 Texas A&M on Saturday
NORMAN, Okla.- The Gators are on the road to battle in a Thursday evening contest against No.16 Oklahoma in the first road match of conference play. This match-up marks the first time the two teams will face each other as members of the same conference. The contest is slated to start at 6 p.m. ET with doubles followed by singles immediately after.
Florida enters the match with an 8-5 overall record and 3-1 in conference play. The all-time series between UF and Oklahoma is in favor of the Sooners at 1-0. The last time the teams met was Feb. 19, 2017 at the ITA National Team Indoors Championships. Florida faced the Sooners in the third round and fell 4-2.
The Gators last contest was a 5-2 loss to No. 4 Texas in Gators territory. UF claimed the doubles point but was bested in singles only capturing one singles win.
The Sooners enter Thursday’s match with a 9-3 overall record and 2-1 in the SEC. Oklahoma’s last outing was a 4-3 home loss to Texas A&M.
Oklahoma has one singles player in the ITA rankings: No. 76 Oscar Lacides. Doubles pair, Lacides and Bruno Nhavene are the only ranked duo for the Sooners, sitting at No. 39.
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ITA RANKINGS
As a team, Florida cracked into the top-25 sitting at No. 24. Three Gators is ranked in singles competition: Jeremy Jin<https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/jeremy-jin/16118> at No. 2, Henry Jefferson<https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/henry-jefferson/16661> at No. 90, and Adhithya Ganesan<https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/adhithya-ganesan/16660> at No.95. UF also has two ranked doubles pairs. Tanapatt Nirundorn<https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/tanapatt-nirundorn/16114> and Henry Jefferson<https://floridagators.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/henry-jefferson/16661> sit at No. 19, followed by Nirundorn and Ganesan at No. 68.
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