TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – No. 68 University of North Florida fell to No. 15 Florida State, 4-0 on Friday in the first round of the 2010 NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in Tallahassee, Fla.

“We played a very good FSU team today,” said head coach Rodrigo Puebla. “Our team played tough, but FSU had a little higher level. It gave us a better idea about what it takes to play at the highest level in the NCAAs. We can't forget what a great season that our team had. We accomplished so much and I am very proud of this group of girls. We are going to take this experience and look forward to next season.”

UNF (20-3, 9-1 A-Sun) fell behind early as Florida State (15-10, 6-4 ACC) won the doubles point, winning two of the three matches. The Ospreys picked up a win at the No. 2 doubles as sophomore transfer Danielle Day and freshman Melanie Aguirre defeated Federica Suess and Jessica Sucupira, 8-4.

In singles, Atlantic Sun Player of the Year, sophomore Aline Berkenbrock battled No. 22 ranked Lauren McCreless 6-4 in the first set. The second set was at 5-2 with McCreless holding the advantage, but the match ended unfinished as the Seminoles obtained the points needed to advance.

Day also ended her match unfinished at No. 3 after clashing with No. 103 Francesca Sargeant. Sargeant won the first set 6-1 and was up 5-2 in the second set. Junior Lauren Holton fell to Sucupira 6-4 in the first set at No. 6. The two were tied at 1-1 in the second set, but went unfinished once the Seminoles secured the match.

Seminoles secured the match with three wins, winning at No. 2 as Katie Rybakova defeated senior Raquel Castro, 6-2, 6-2. Amy Sargeant picked up a win at No. 4, defeating junior Victoria Krook, 6-4, 6-1 and Federica Suess grabbed a win over freshman Melanie Aguirre, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 5.

“I would like to thank the UNF administration,” Puebla said.”I also want to thank my assistant coaches Ronnie Sang and Julie Stoppelli. We would not have had the success that we had this season without the support of these people.”

UNF finishes the season with a 20-3 overall record. The Ospreys won the 2010 Atlantic Sun Conference Women's Tennis Championship to earn the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in the team's first year of postseason eligibility. Berkenbrock was named the Atlantic Sun Player of the Year and concludes the season with a perfect 21-0 record at No. 1. Puebla was named the Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year. Day and Castro were named to the All-Conference second team while Aguirre was named to the All-Freshman team.

FSU 4, UNF 0
Singles
No. 1 – No. 22 Lauren McCreless (FSU) vs, Aline Berkenbrock (UNF) 6-4, 5-2, unfinished
No. 2 – Katie Rybakova (FSU) def. Raquel Castro (UNF) 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 – No. 103 Francesca Segarelli (FSU) vs, Danielle Day (UNF) 6-1, 5-2, unfinished
No. 4 – Amy Sargeant (FSU) def. Victoria Krook (UNF) 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 – Federica Suess (FSU) def. Melanie Aguirre (UNF) 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 – Jessica Sucupira (FSU) vs. Lauren Holton (UNF) 6-4, 1-1, unfinished

Doubles
No. 1 – No. 55 McCreless/Segarelli (FSU) def. No. 88 Berkenbrock/Castro (UNF) 8-3
No. 2 – Day/Aguirre (UNF) def. Suess/Sucupira (FSU) 8-4
No. 3 – Sargeant/Rybakova (FSU) def. Holton/Krook (UNF) 8-0