Women's Tennis Shuts Out Kennesaw State

Thursday, March 30

Kennesaw, Ga.

11 a.m.

University of North Florida

Kennesaw State

Photo by: Todd Drexler

3/30/2017 1:56:00 PM | Women's Tennis

KENNESAW, Ga. - North Florida women's tennis shut out Kennesaw State at its home court on Thursday afternoon.

RESULTS
UNF (10-7, 2-0 ASUN) 7, KSU (5-10, 1-12 ASUN) 0

QUICK HITS
- North Florida clinched the doubles point to go up early in the match and continued the strong play through singles action.
- Junior Luise Intert clinched the match in the No. 5 spot with an easy 6-1, 6-2 win. Intert is now 8-4 on the year.
- Irina Karangozishvili and Quetzali Vazquez are now on four-match win streaks. Karangozishvili and Vazquez have flip flopped with wins in both the No. 3 and No. 4 spots.
- Michelle Valdez and Kinga Gartner are 9-1 in their last 10 doubles matches, while Vazquez and Luise Intert own an 8-2 mark in No. 1 doubles.
- Sophomore Rafaela Gomez gets her 10th singles win of the season and is now 6-2 in the No. 2 match, while being 8-2 in the last 10 contests.

SAY WHAT
"We had a slow start in doubles with our energy and intensity, but the girls were able to get going after a few games and that led us to get the point. We started singles with a lot more energy and we never looked back." - Head Coach Mariana Cobra.

FULL RESULTS
Singles competition
1. Michelle Valdez (UNF) def. Alexandra Mercado (KSUW) 6-1, 6-3
2. Rafaela Gomez (UNF) def. Cristina PerezMartin (KSUW) 6-2, 6-0
3. I Karangozishvili (UNF) def. Kennedy Craig (KSUW) 7-5, 7-6
4. Quetzali Vazquez (UNF) def. Jessica Cantrell (KSUW) 6-4, 6-1
5. Luise Intert (UNF) def. Aspen Jarrett (KSUW) 6-1, 6-2
6. Kinga Gartner (UNF) def. Jada Tijani (KSUW) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Luise Intert/Quetzali Vazquez (UNF) def. Alexandra Mercado/Elle Baker (KSUW) 6-1
2. Cristina PerezMartin/Aspen Jarrett (KSUW) vs. Rafaela Gomez/Lucia Montano (UNF) 5-3, unfinished
3. Kinga Gartner/Michelle Valdez (UNF) def. Jessica Cantrell/Jada Tijani (KSUW) 6-2

UP NEXT
North Florida heads to Nashville to play Lipscomb on Saturday afternoon.