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Florida Gators women’s tennis advances to SEC championship

Special report on the Florida Gators women’s tennis team:
Florida defeated Arkansas, 4-2, in the SEC Tournament semifinals on Saturday at Knoxville’s Barksdale Stadium. The No. 2-seeded Gators will compete in the championship match, which will be televised live on SEC Network Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Florida (18-7) will square off against Vanderbilt or Ole Miss in the final. The Commodores and Rebels compete in the second semifinal this afternoon.

For the second straight day, McCartney Kessler and Josie Kuhlman clinched the doubles point for Florida on Court 2. Katie Kubicz and Peggy Porter picked up the first doubles victory on Court 3 before Arkansas’ Ana Oparenovic and Tatum Rice defeated Anna Danilina and Victoria Emma on Court 1 to set up the decider at No.