Women's Tennis Opens ASUN Play at FGCU

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After falling to FGCU the past two seasons during ASUN regular season play, the North Florida women's tennis team looks to avenge its losses as it opens with the Eagles to kick off conference action on Saturday.

Schedule and Game Coverage:
What: UNF at FGCU
Where: FGCU Tennis Complex
When: Saturday, March 2 - 5 p.m.
Live Coverage: N/A

Last Time Out

UNF dropped a pair of 4-2 matches to in-state foes, FIU and FAU, on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
Ana Paula Melilo won both of her singles matches in the No. 4 spot

Leading the Way

Melilo and Lucia Montano each have a team-best four singles wins. Melilo's all came in the No. 4 spot, while Montano went 3-0 in No. 2 before advancing to No. 1 for the past three matches.
In doubles action, Rafaela Gomez and Constanza Gorches have paired up for a 6-2 mark in the No. 1 position and are currently on a three-match win streak.

Against Our Opponent

UNF has dropped its last two regular season matches against the Eagles.
In the 2016 and 2017 ASUN Championship match, North Florida took down the Eagles to win the automatic NCAA bid.
Five of the last seven meetings have been 4-3 matches.
The Ospreys are 5-1 in Fort Myers.

ASUN Openers

The last time the two teams met in the ASUN opener, UNF grabbed a 5-2 win in Fort Myers
UNF is 13-1 in ASUN openers with the lone loss coming in 2006 against Stetson.
North Florida and FGCU have met twice before in the opening match of conference play.

FGCU Eagles

2019 Record: 4-3
2018 Record: 10-8. 6-0 ASUN
The Eagles have been off since February 15 when they picked up a 4-3 win against Houston.
FGCU received its first-ever ITA ranking of No. 50 when the rankings came out on Tuesday.
Head-to-Head: UNF leads the all-time series, 13-2

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Players Mentioned

Rafaela Gomez

Constanza Gorches

Ana Paula Melilo

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