Women's Tennis | 1/25/2018 2:25:00 PM

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida women's tennis jumps back into action as it hosts three matches to begin the 2018 season. UNF plays New Orleans on Friday, followed by a double-header against Middle Tennessee and Florida A&M on Saturday.

MATCH DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (0-0) vs New Orleans (0-1)
WHEN: Jan. 26 – 11:00 a.m.
THE SERIES: UNF leads 1-0

WHAT: North Florida (0-0) vs Middle Tennessee (4-0)
WHEN: Jan. 27 – 10:00 a.m.
THE SERIES: First Meeting

WHAT: North Florida (0-0) vs Florida A&M (0-0)
WHEN: Jan. 27 – 3:30 p.m.
THE SERIES: UNF leads 6-0
 
Quick Hits

• The Ospreys are coming off a successful 2017 campaign after finishing 15-9 overall and grabbing their third-straight ASUN tournament title to make a trip to the NCAA Tournament.
• Junior Rafaela Gomez recorded a team-best 23 singles win while also earning a spot on the ASUN All-Conference first team.
• Senior Luise Intert made the ASUN All-Conference second team and achieved honors with ASUN All-Academic. Intert finished the season with an overall 19-9 singles record and 18-15 double mark.
• Lucia Montaño finished the fall with a team-high six singles wins, while Gomez and Intert paired up for five victories in doubles.
• Montaño and Florencia Rossi also went undefeated when they competed together in doubles with a 3-0 record.
• North Florida added Valentina Mariotto during the semester break to deepen the line up.

OPPONENT NOTES
New Orleans

• The Privateers have five players returning for the spring after finishing with a 15-9 overall record in 2017.
• Senior Anja Luethi closed out last year with a 14-8 singles record and a 13-9 doubles mark.
• Junior Trang Dao received recognition from the Southern Conference by earning the No.1 spot on the second team. Dao also completed the 2017 campaign with a 15-9 record in singles play.
• New Orleans dropped its 2018 season opener to rival Tulane.
• The Ospreys lead the series after beating the Privateers 6-1 last February. 

Middle Tennessee

• The Blue Raiders begin the spring with a 4-0 record as they hosted four in-state teams in an opening weekend tournament.
• Junior Costanza Magazzini racked up several achievements last year, including All-CUSA Second Team singles and ITA Scholar Athlete. Magazzini recorded an overall 20-15 singles and 22-15 doubles records.
• Freshmen Lee Barnard and Zani Barnard are currently 3-0 in singles play.  

Florida A&M

• In the 2017 season, the Rattlers finished with an overall record of 3-12.
• FAMU qualified for the 2017 MEAC Championships before losing against Hampton in the first round.
• Five freshmen join the Rattlers this season as they only return with two sophomores and one junior.
• The Ospreys and the Rattlers last met in the 2016-2017 season, which resulted in UNF shutting out FAMU 7-0.  

LOOKING AHEAD
The Ospreys take home court once again as they welcome Flagler on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 3 p.m.