Sam Riffice Heading To The Top.

Florida’s Sam Riffice, the six seed, advanced to the final of the NCAA Singles Tennis Tournament after a 7-6 , 2-6, 6-1 victory over No. 1-seeded Liam Draxl of Kentucky on Thursday at the USTA National Campus.

Riffice, the Gator captain, set himself up for an all-Southeastern Conference title matchup with No. 2-seeded Daniel Rodrigues of South Carolina at noon ET Friday.

Fresh off winning the men’s team championship with Florida, Riffice is looking to become only the third Gator in school history to win an individual national championship in singles.

I mean, it’s really incredible,” Riffice said.

To be able to be in the finals, it’s a huge accomplishment for me.”