UNF Takes on No. 25 Vandy, MTSU During Weekend in Tennessee

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF continues a stretch of six road matches in a row with two in Tennessee this weekend as it takes on No. 25 Vanderbilt followed by Middle Tennessee State.

Schedule and Game Coverage:
What: UNF at Vanderbilt | UNF at Middle Tennessee State
Where: Nashville, Tenn. | Murfreesboro, Tenn.
When: Friday, Feb. 22 | Sunday, Feb. 24
Live Coverage:

MTSU | Live Stats
Vanderbilt | Live Stats | Live Video

Last Time Out
FORT MYERS, Fla. - The Ospreys opened up an early 1-0 lead behind good energy and clean play in doubles, but the FGCU Eagles (2-3, 1-0 ASUN) responded to steal five of six singles matches as UNF (4-4, 0-1 ASUN) fell in the league opener, 5-2.

Against Our Opponents

This is the first-ever meeting between UNF and Vanderbilt.
MTSU evened up the all-time series at 2-2 when they won 4-3 in Jacksonville March 8 of last year. The two teams first met back in 1989.

Taking Inventory

North Florida returns five from last year's ASUN Championship team.
Seniors Sahil Deshmukh and Till Von Winning are the top wins leaders from last year. Deshmukh went 19-13 and Von Winning went 16-13, both in singles play. Together they were 15-8 in doubles.
Dominik Barton is the team's only freshman. He received the ASUN Men's Tennis Player of the Week honor for January 17.
UNF has two transfers in sophomore Jorge Nunez (Denver) and junior Federico Nani (Florida A&M).
Nunez earned ASUN Men's Tennis Player of the Week honors Feb. 13 after going 2-0 in both singles and doubles competition.
This is UNF's second match against a ranked opponent this season after facing No. 25 NC State Feb. 2.

No. 25 Vanderbilt
2019 Record: 8-2
2018 Record: 19-9, 7-5 SEC
Head Coach: Ian Duvenhage (13th season)
Head-to-Head: First meeting

The Commodores came in ranked No. 25 in the most recent Oracle/ITA Division I Men's Tennis rankings.
Vandy is riding a five-match winning streak. During this streak they've defeated Penn State, Michigan State, Belmont, Rice and MTSU.
The Commodores lone losses this season have been to Notre Dame and Harvard.
Cameron Klinger and Billy Rowe both have 14 wins apiece to lead Vandy.
Klinger and Daniel Valent have split time at the number-one spot.

Middle Tennessee State
2019 Record: 5-6, 1-0 C-USA
2018 Record: 22-15, 5-1 C-USA
Head Coach: Jimmy Borendame (Nine seasons)
Head-to-Head: Series tied, 2-2

MTSU has played a tough slate this season. The Blue Raiders have already faced Wichita State, Vanderbilt, Rice, South Alabama, Duke, Indiana and Utah. It'll also take on St. John's February 22.
MTSU took down ASUN newcomer North Alabama, 7-0, February 4.
The Blue Raiders have put four different faces at number-one singles.

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Players Mentioned

Dominik Barton

Sahil Deshmukh

Federico Nani

Jorge Nunez

Till Von Winning

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