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.

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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/