1998 NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN'S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
May 21-29
Courtney Tennis Center
University of Notre Dame

Florida 5, Texas 0

Singles

Dawn Buth (F) vs. Cristina Moros, Abandoned (3-6, 6-3, 2-3 F)
M.C. White (F) def. Sandy Sureephong, 7-6 (6), 6-3
Stephanie Nickitas (F) def. Michelle Faucher, 6-4, 6-2
Whitney Laiho (F) def. Kim Gates, 6-2, 6-1
Stephanie Hazlett (F) def. Laura Berendt, 6-0, 6-0
Traci Green (F) def. Janet Walker, 6-4, 7-5

Doubles did not play

Postmatch Quotes

Texas Head Coach Jeff Moore

On the Florida Gators:

"Florida came in here today ready to play. They are a very disciplined group that does not get flustered by missed opportunities. They executed on a more consistent basis than we did today. "

On Florida's number four and five players Whitney Laiho and Stephanie Hazlett:

"They are two of the top recruits in there respected classes. Laiho should still be a high school senior, but coming out of juniors they were the best two players in the league. Laiho made excellent adjustments as Kim Gates tried to throw her off throughout the match."

Florida Head Coach Andy Brandi

On the way his team played today compared to the first round:

"In first round tournaments in the NCAA's you expect nervousness and jitters and that is what we were experiencing yesterday. You do not want to play your best in the early rounds, because you want to be able to save it to use in the later rounds. Today we stepped it up a notch and played much better Tennis all around."

On his feeling of being the number one team in the Tournament:

"Everyone here has a target on there back we are not the only one. No team comes to the NCAA championship to finish second. All sixteen teams come here with one thought in mind and that is to win the National championship. As far as I am concerned every team in this Tournament came in here with a target on their back."

Florida Player M.C. White

On the way Florida played yesterday compared to today:

"Our whole team stepped it up a notch today. For not playing a match in a month I think yesterday we were working a lot of rust out of our systems. We showed that we can rise to a higher level of play than we showed yesterday."

On her tie breaker against Texas's Sandy Sureephong:

"I started off slow again, but when I went down three to Zero I knew I had to turn it around. I knew that if I could just hang in there that I could win and I did."