Women's Tennis Falls To Houston

Thursday, March 15

Jacksonville, Fla.

12:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

Houston

Photo by: Todd Drexler

3/15/2018 12:38:00 PM | Women's Tennis

JACKSONVILLE - North Florida women's tennis was unable to push past a tough Houston team as the Cougars won, 4-0, on Thursday afternoon at the UNF Tennis Complex.

QUICK HITS
- Luise Intert picked up an opening set win in a tiebreak and was leading in the second set.
- In the No. 3 spot, Lucia Montano took five games in the opening frame before the match was called in the second set.
- Freshman Florencia Rossi battled in the opening set to a tiebreak loss and took four games in the second set in the No. 6 spot.
- North Florida falls to 10-5 on the season, while Houston improved to 15-1

COBRA'S CORNER
"Houston is a good team and they fought all the way through! We had our chances, but didn't capitalize. Hats off to Houston who stayed more disciplined. We have another good team coming here on Sunday and are looking forward to competing with USF." - Head Coach Mariana Cobra

FULL RESULTS
Singles competition
1. DIMITROVA, Tsveta (HOU) def. Rafaela Gomez (UNF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
2. MAZZARI, Sveva (HOU) def. Eva Nyikos (UNF) 6-1, 6-4
3. Lucia Montaño (UNF) vs. ALTER, Lauren (HOU) 5-7, 3-5, unfinished
4. Luise Intert (UNF) vs. MILLS, Alison (HOU) 7-6 (7-5), 4-3, unfinished
5. NICOLAOU, Constanden (HOU) def. Valentina Mariotto (UNF) 6-1, 6-3
6. Florencia Rossi (UNF) vs. GLUMAC, Ana (HOU) 6-7 (3-7), 4-5, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Tsveta Dimitrova/Ana Glumac (HOU) def. Luise Intert/Rafaela Gomez (UNF) 6-1
2. Lucia Montano/Eva Nyikos (UNF) vs. Lauren Alter/Alison Mills (HOU) 4-4, Unfinished
3. Sveva Mazzari/Constanden Nicolaou (HOU) def. Valentina Mariotto/Florencia Rossi (UNF) 6-2

UP NEXT
North Florida is back in action on Sunday as it hosts its final non-conference match as in-state rival, USF, comes to town at 2 p.m.