Sunday, April 20
Jacksonville, Fla.
9 a.m.
University of North Florida
vs
Stetson
Top-Seeded #WTEN Faces Stetson in A-Sun Semifinals
4/17/2014 9:47:00 PM | Women's Tennis
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—The No. 75 ranked and top-seeded University of North Florida women's tennis team faces No. 4 seeded Stetson on Friday in semifinal action at the Atlantic Sun Championships being held at the UNF Tennis Complex.
"Stetson is a solid team," said head coach Audra Cohen. "They are good competitors, so I expect the match to be well fought by both sides. We have earned the right to have all of the pressure on us at this tournament and now it is time to show poise and embrace our earned pressure."
The Ospreys, who enter the tournament with a 15-5 record and regular season league champions, had five players on All-Atlantic Sun teams and Cohen was named Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons.
Stetson heads into the match with a 17-5 record after blanking Mercer on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals. The Hatters earned seven All-Atlantic Sun awards including Player of the Year, Diana Bukajeva.
In the regular season meeting between the two squads, North Florida picked up a 5-2 road victory over the Hatters on their home court.
Coming into the match having won four straight matches as a team, a trio of Ospreys, have won at least five straight singles matches, with Mariella Calderon leading the group on a six-match winning streak. Taylor Hollander and Rebeca Pereira follow with five-match winning streaks each.
In doubles, Hollander and Marina Cunningham, a second-team All-Atlantic Sun award recipient, currently boast a 15-1 dual match record and own a current 11-match win streak.
The winner of the semifinal match earn a spot into Saturday's 1 p.m. championship match against the winner of the other semifinal contest between No. 2 ETSU and third-seeded FGCU, a quarterfinal victor over Lipscomb on Thursday.
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"Stetson is a solid team," said head coach Audra Cohen. "They are good competitors, so I expect the match to be well fought by both sides. We have earned the right to have all of the pressure on us at this tournament and now it is time to show poise and embrace our earned pressure."
The Ospreys, who enter the tournament with a 15-5 record and regular season league champions, had five players on All-Atlantic Sun teams and Cohen was named Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons.
Stetson heads into the match with a 17-5 record after blanking Mercer on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals. The Hatters earned seven All-Atlantic Sun awards including Player of the Year, Diana Bukajeva.
In the regular season meeting between the two squads, North Florida picked up a 5-2 road victory over the Hatters on their home court.
Coming into the match having won four straight matches as a team, a trio of Ospreys, have won at least five straight singles matches, with Mariella Calderon leading the group on a six-match winning streak. Taylor Hollander and Rebeca Pereira follow with five-match winning streaks each.
In doubles, Hollander and Marina Cunningham, a second-team All-Atlantic Sun award recipient, currently boast a 15-1 dual match record and own a current 11-match win streak.
The winner of the semifinal match earn a spot into Saturday's 1 p.m. championship match against the winner of the other semifinal contest between No. 2 ETSU and third-seeded FGCU, a quarterfinal victor over Lipscomb on Thursday.
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