Women’s Tennis Welcomes Savannah State, UCONN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Now on a five-match win streak, North Florida women's tennis looks to extend it as it hosts Savannah State and UCONN on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

Friday, March 15 | Savannah State | 11 a.m. | UNF Tennis Complex
Sunday, March 17 | UCONN | 12 p.m. | UNF Tennis Complex

Last Time Out

The Ospreys brought out the brooms with a clean sweep against the Trojans (4-0) on Sunday, March 10.
UNF took the doubles point thanks to Rafaela Gomez and Constanza Gorches (6-1) win, and Valentina Mariotto and Ana Paula Melilo (6-2) victory. UNF is now 22-11 on the season in doubles play.
Strong performances from Lucia Montano and Ana Paula Melilo helped the Ospreys win their first three singles matches to push UNF to a 7-2 home record this season.

Fresh Faces

Melilo has the best singles record on the team with a 15-9 overall mark.
Gorches, who joined the Ospreys from Clemson, and her doubles teammate Gomez, have been thriving in doubles play. Together the pair has put together a 12-3 team-high record for UNF.
Freshman Sean Lodzki has also seen her fair share of time on the court with a 3-4 singles record as well as a 1-0 mark in doubles.

Against Our Opponents

The Ospreys are 3-0 against Savannah State with two wins coming over the past three seasons and a Division ll win over the Tigers back in 2000.
North Florida took down the Tigers 7-0 and 4-0 in 2017 and 2018.
This will be the first meeting between the Ospreys and the Huskies.
UCONN is 0-3 on the road and looking for its first road win at the UNF Tennis complex on Sunday.

Savannah State Tigers

2019 Record: 0-1
2018 Record: 3-16, 1-4 MEAC Conference
The match was rescheduled from Feb. 12 to Friday, March 15.
Savannah State has four returning players and two newcomers compiling their 2019 roster.

UCONN Huskies

2019 Record: 3-7
2018 Record: 10-11, 0-5 American Conference
UCONN lost three in a row before winning its last match against Temple (4-3) for the first conference win on the season.
Freshman Julieanne Bou has a 13-8 record playing at the No. 2/3 position to lead all players.
Gillian Perrotta and Bou lead the way for the Huskies in doubles with a record of 15-8 and 2-0 in the American Athletic Conference at the No.1 spto.
So far this season, the Huskies have wins against Quinnipiac, Detroit Mercy and Temple, while also falling short against Lipscomb, Michigan State and Memphis.

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Players Mentioned

Rafaela Gomez

Constanza Gorches

Sean Lodzki

Valentina Mariotto

Lucia Montano

Ana Paula Melilo

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