On the men’s side, Florida opened up with a 4-2 victory in the opening match against host Ohio State before falling 2.5-3.5 to Clemson in round two. The women dropped 2.5-3.5 to the Buckeyes and 2-4 against the Tigers.
Both teams will finish the tournament tomorrow against Charlotte with the men’s match first off at 7:45 a.m. and the women set for 8:39 a.m. start.
A trio of Gators won both of their matches in Ian Gilligan, Sophie Stevens and Jack Turner. After going 2-0 in match play last season, Turner moves to 4-0 all-time in collegiate match play and didn’t trail at any point today, only squared on six occasions in 34 holes played. Gilligan went wire-to-wire in his first match and only dropped three holes while maintaining a 3-plus hole lead on nine holes.
Stevens also led an entire match in her second round for a 2&1 victory, just losing three holes in 17 played. She flipped her opening match after trailing 1-down through 11 holes, winning the next two holes for a 1-up lead to hold for a 1UP win.
Freshman Siuue Wu flipped her first round battle and erased a 4-down deficit through eight holes, winning eight of the next 10 holes. Fellow first-year Jessica Guiser, rallied from 2-down through 15 holes and won the last three consecutive holes in her matchup vs. Clemson.
Parker Bell marked the fourth UF golfer not to drop a match, tying his opponent in round two and a 5&4 in the opening dual vs. OSU.
Round 1 Men: Florida 4, Ohio State 2
Matthew Kress 5&3 over Jacob Tarkany
Vaughn Harber 4&3 over Parker Sands
Jack Vojtko 6&5 over Zack Swanwick
Parker Bell 5&4 over Timotej Formanek
Ian Gilligan 4&3 over Joe Wilson IV
Jack Turner 2&1 over Tyler Sabo
Round 1 Women: Florida 2.5, Ohio State 3.5
Mandy Song 5&4 over Jessica Guiser
Siuue Wu 1UP over Kavya Ajjarapu
Sophie Stevens 1Up over Marina Joyce-Moreno
Inès Archer TIED Kary Hollenbaugh
Nellie Ong 4&2 over Paula Francisco
Faith Choi 4&2 over Addison Klonowski
Round 2 Men: Florida 2.5, Clemson 3.5
Sean Curran 8&6 over Matthew Kress
Lucas Augustsson 3UP over Parker Sands
Rich Wills 2&1 over Zack Swanwick
Parker Bell TIED Andrew Swanson
Ian Gilligan 3&2 over Colin Salema
Jack Turner 2&1 over Kian Rose
Round 2 Women: Florida 2, Clemson 4
Jessica Guiser 1UP over Melena Barrientos
Isabella Rawl 1UP…
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