Florida eliminates Vols from SEC Tournament

Florida eliminates the Vols from the SEC Tournament.

No. 5 Tennessee was eliminated in the Southeastern Conference Tournament Saturday.

The Volunteers (22-7) lost a 4-2 decision to No. 3 Florida (22-2) in Athens, Georgia.

UT will next play in the NCAA Tournament. The Vols will learn its NCAA Regional destination May 2 during the NCAA Tournament selection show.

The Gators claimed the doubles point by winning two of the three matches.

Tennessee’s lone doubles victory came as Emile Hudd and Shunsuke Mitsui, the nation’s No. 21 tandem, defeated Andy Andrade and Mattias Silmar, 6-4. Andrade and Silmar are the No. 37 doubles team in the country.

Johannus Monday, the country’s No. 12 player, claimed the Vols’ only singles win as he defeated No. 27 Sam Riffice, 6-4, 7-6, (4).

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