Georgia Falls To No. 32 Florida Thursday Night, 4-3

Thursday, April 3

Gainesville, Fla.

5:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

Florida

Senior Ryan Colby during a singles match against No. 56 Vanderbilt on Thursday, Mar. 27, 2025 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Photo by: Sofia Yaker/UGAAA

Georgia Falls To No. 32 Florida Thursday Night, 4-3

April 03, 2025 | Men's Tennis

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Georgia men's tennis team fell to Florida, 3-4, on Thursday evening at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex. The Bulldogs move to 14-8 (7-4 SEC) while the Gators improve to 13-8 (8-4 SEC).

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FAST FACTS:

Georgia took the doubles point with wins from Miguel Perez Peña/Gabriele Vulpitta on court three before No. 17 Ryan Colby/Thomas Paulsell sealed the point on court two.
Colby earned his 12^th win of the spring and was first off in singles.
Ratiu's win on court five was his 12^th of the season.
The Bulldogs' four-match win streak came to a end.
Georgia moves to 65-34 all-time against Florida.

RESULTS:
Doubles

O. Pinto Sansano/N. Ratiu vs. No. 23 T. Nirundorn/H. Jefferson, 6-6
No. 17 R. Colby/T. Paulsell def. A. Ganesan/J. Jin, 7-5
M. Perez Peña/G. Vulpitta def. K. Edengren/B. Weintraub, 6-2

Order of Finish (3,2*)

Singles

No. 95 Adhithya Ganesan def. No. 43 Miguel Perez Peña, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
No. 27 Ryan Colby def. No. 68 Jeremy Jin, 7-5, 6-2
JanMagnus Johnson def. No. 32 Thomas Paulsell, 6-4, 6-2
Kevin Edengren def. Oscar Pinto Sansano, 6-4, 6-4
Niels Ratiu def. Henry Jefferson, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Niels Villard def. Gabriele Vulpitta, 0-6, 7-5, 6-4

Order of Finish (2,3,1,4,5,6*)

KEY QUOTE: "Disappointing loss," said head coach Jamie Hunt, "I thought we put ourselves in a position to win, again. We played outstanding doubles which was a nice bright spot. Ryan Colby was phenomenal again. He continues to just put together an amazing seniors season, and Niels was really tough down there on five. He played a great player. Really proud of the toughness he showed. Again, we put ourselves in a position to win, but we have got to close out sets. It's as simple as that. We had opportunities at one to close out second set, and we had opportunities with match point on six to win the match. We have to close our opponents out when we get that opportunity, and you have to give them credit. They hung around and played tough, but we have to close that match out."

UP NEXT: The Bulldogs are set to face No. 21 South Carolina on Saturday, Apr. 5 at the Carolina Tennis Center. Doubles are set to commence at 1:00 p.m. E.T.

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