No. 2 North Florida takes on No. 3 Lipscomb in Semifinals

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida women's tennis preps for its semifinal match against No. 3 Lipscomb on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the UNF Tennis Complex. It is the second straight season the Ospreys are the No. 2 seed and is the third meeting between the schools in the semifinals.

Live Stats are available at UNFOspreys.com.

MATCH DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (15-7) vs. Lipscomb (11-11)
WHEN: April 21 - 5 p.m.
THE SERIES: UNF leads 14-0
LAST MEETING: North Florida has only dropped two total matches against the Bisons since 2013. UNF took down Lipscomb 5-2 during the regular season.

QUICK HITS

UNF is looking for its fourth ASUN Tournament Championship in as many years and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.
The Ospreys have received a bye in the first round in every season since 2010.
Luise Intert earned the program's first-ever ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor for her success in the classroom and her 5-1 mark in the No. 4 singles spot during ASUN play. She pairs up with Rafaela Gomez for an undefeated No. 1 doubles record in conference play as well.
Lucia Montano and Valentina Mariotto each went 5-1 in ASUN action in the No. 3 and No. 5 positions, respectively.
Lipscomb won at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions in the regular season, but Montano clinched the match for the Ospreys.
UNF blanked Lipscomb in each of the prior two meetings in the ASUN Tournament.

OPPONENT NOTES

Lipscomb earned the No. 3 seed, which is the highest in Bisons program history.
The Bisons last ASUN Championship victory came in 2015 when they defeated former league member, Northern Kentucky 4-0.
Freshman Kateryna Popova leads the charge with a 16-2 singles record to be named the ASUN Freshman of the Year.
The 2017 ASUN Player of the Year Viktoriya Dzyuba finished the season with four consecutive singles victories to finish the regular season with a 10-7 record and grabbed a two-set win against NJIT in the quarterfinals.
The doubles team of Dzyuba and Denise Buberl is 7-1 in the No. 1 spot, while the Bisons are 29-24 in doubles overall.

LOOKING AHEAD
With a win, North Florida advances to the ASUN Championship for the fourth straight season. The Ospreys would play the winner of FGCU/

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Players Mentioned

Rafaela Gomez

Luise Intert

Valentina Mariotto

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