Roland Thornqvist
Roland Thornqvist
Roland Thornqvistis a Swedish-born American college tennis coach and former college tennis player. Thornqvist is the current head coach of the Florida Gators women's tennis team of the University of Florida. He is best known for leading the Florida Gators to National Collegiate Athletic AssociationDivision I national championships in 2003, 2011, and 2012...
added experience scary team ton
She has added a ton of experience and firepower to the lineup. We're a scary team with her and Alexis at the top.
easy experience meant tennis
The experience really showed how much tennis meant to her. It could have been easy to do nothing, but she didn't.
almost attitudes changed switching
Switching the lineup changed the attitudes around. It's almost like it injected a little energy.
extra hope match players test toughest
It will be our toughest test to date. I hope the players feel the match is a little extra special.
fight gets happy knew lays paid passion players playing ready regardless stops talking tennessee
Every year, Tennessee always gets the most out of their players and they did tonight. We knew we had to be ready to fight because Tennessee never lays down and stops playing regardless of the score. I'm happy where we are because we're getting better every day. We've been talking about playing with more passion and more fight and that paid off for us in tonight's match.
coming good seen
This is about as good as I've seen us this season. And it's coming at the right time.
drill exciting fun laying line practice turn until
Practice is fun, but it's more exciting to play. You can drill and practice until you turn blue, but it's not going to be the same as laying it on the line when there's something there that matters.
care concern sure
My first concern was that I wanted to make sure she was okay. I care for her a lot.
depth singles three
Depth has always been our strength. And now we're pretty set at the one, two and three singles positions.
beaten match ready
They haven't beaten us in a while, but they'll still come at us like it's their big match of the year, and we've got to be ready for that.
beauty
That's the beauty of being the No. 1 seed.
beaten challenge formidable players question top
They're young, but they're very good. They have some players at the top of their lineup that have beaten us in the past, so it's going to be a formidable challenge for us, no question about it.
april best block hard january playing team win worked year
We've all been around the block enough to know that you don't win championships in January or February. You win them in April and May. This team has worked hard all year long to be the best now. Right now we're playing about as well as we can.
goals speaks tells trying
To me, that just speaks volumes. That tells you what they're trying to do and trying to achieve, and that they have goals and expectations they're trying to meet.