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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
anybody concerned hard
I don't think anybody is real concerned as to where they play, but more how they play and how hard they play.
team
I don't think we're the sixth-ranked team in the country. I think when we play well, we're better than that.
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.
care concern sure
My first concern was that I wanted to make sure she was okay. I care for her a lot.
beat carolina expect good longer mentally ready south team
We need to be ready to battle. We beat a good South Carolina team in under 2 hours. We can't expect to do that (today). We've got to be ready mentally to play longer if that's what it takes.
depth singles three
Depth has always been our strength. And now we're pretty set at the one, two and three singles positions.
beauty
That's the beauty of being the No. 1 seed.