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Four Gators Selected for NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -
Three members of the University of Florida women's tennis team and two
Gator doubles pairs were selected to compete in the 2012 NCAA Division
I Singles and Doubles Championships, the NCAA Subcommittee announced
Wednesday.
The 64-player singles draw and the 32-team doubles
draw will be played the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., on
six consecutive days - May 23-28 - immediately following the NCAA Team
Championship (May 17-22). The University of Georgia will serve as host.
Allie
Will (Boca Raton, Fla.) is the No. 1 overall seed and received the
Southeastern Conference's singles automatic qualifier. She will be
joined by Lauren Embree (Marco Island, Fla.), who is seeded 9-16 and
senior Joanna Mather (Duluth, Ga.). Sophomore Sofie Oyen (Leopoldsburg,
Belgium) is the first alternate for the singles draw
Oyen and Will earned the No. 1 overall seed and will be joined in the doubles draw by teammates Embree and Mather.
Will
has compiled a 21-1 overall singles record this season and sports an
eight-match winning streak entering the NCAA Team Championships, where
the Gators play host to South Carolina State in the first round on May
11. Will reached the quarterfinals of last year's NCAA Singles
Championships and used that momentum with a strong showing during the
2011 fall when she won the Riviera/ITA All-American Singles
Championship and finished runner-up with Oyen on the doubles court in
the prestigious national event.
Embree is 25-5 in singles action
and has won her last 14 singles matches. The Gator junior advanced to
the semifinals of the 2011NCAA Singles Championships, where she retired
due to injury. Mather also has won her last 14 singles outings and has
won a team-leading 29 matches this year. The Gator's lone senior
reached the finals of the USTA-ITA National Indoor Singles
Championships in November, after winning the Riviera/ITA All-American
Consolation Doubles Championship with Embree.
On the doubles
court, Embree and Mather own a 49-7 all-time record as a pair,
including a 23-2 record this season and entering the NCAA Team
Championships riding a 20-match winning streak.
Oyen and Will
are 35-6 all-time as a doubles team, with a 19-2 mark this season. The
tandem has been the top-ranked doubles team in the nation for the last
six ranking periods.
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