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...
attitude change eyes hoping needed open
I was hoping it would open their eyes a little bit. We needed a change in attitude on doubles.
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.
attitude confident couple doubles edge good looked maybe players practice reason saw short team today weeks whatever
I think they're getting better and getting confidence. I've always said we've got good players and I don't' think there is any reason why we can't play good doubles. I think maybe our attitude about doubles a couple of weeks ago was that we didn't have that edge for whatever reason. In practice we looked good and got better in a short span. Today you saw how a confident doubles team plays.
best hoping match weekend
I'm hoping we play our best match of the weekend (today).
good ncaa win
Without a doubt, if you want to win an NCAA title, you have to play good doubles. At times this year, we have been good in doubles, other times we haven't. We have to be more consistent.
good hit stride time
You'd like to hit that stride at the end of the season. Now is a good time to play good tennis, because now is when it really matters.
depth singles three
Depth has always been our strength. And now we're pretty set at the one, two and three singles positions.
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.
beauty
That's the beauty of being the No. 1 seed.
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.
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.
coming good seen
This is about as good as I've seen us this season. And it's coming at the right time.
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.