Women's Tennis Remains Undefeated; Edges NJIT

Saturday, March 30

Newark, N.J.

2:00 p.m.

University of North Florida

NJIT

Photo by: Todd Drexler

3/30/2019 8:55:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

NEWARK, N.J. - It came down to the final match for North Florida women's tennis and Constanza Gorches picked up the win to beat NJIT, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon.

Valentina Mariotto and Ana Paula Melilo grabbed the win in the No. 3 spot before NJIT (12-5, 1-2 ASUN) won in the No. 1 position. For the second straight match, it came down to the No. 2 position for the doubles point. Lucia Montano and Florencia Rossi pulled off the victory, 7-6 (7-4).

UNF (12-6, 3-0 ASUN) went up 3-0 with wins in the No. 3 spot from Melilo and No. 4 position from Mariotto. NJIT got their two points with wins in the No. 2 and 1 spots and then evened the match with the 6-4, 6-1 victory at the No. 6 match. It came down to Constanza Gorches in the No. 5 spot and she pulled out a 6-4, 6-1 victory to keep UNF undefeated in ASUN action.

Cobra's Comments
"NJIT is one of the toughest trips of the year as we go from playing outdoors to playing indoors in very hard, fast courts against a solid NJIT team. The girls rose to the challenge and we were able to come out on top. There are some spots we could have done better, but we will take the team win. We will get back to work for a couple days before hitting the road again for more tough matches. We are looking forward to the challenges ahead." -- Head coach Mariana Cobra

UNF 4, NJIT 3
March 30, 2019 | Newark, N.J. | Naimoli Center

Singles
1. Joleta Budiman (NJIT) def. Rafaela Gomez (UNF) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
2. Mouna Bouzgarrou (NJIT) def. Lucia Montano 7-6, 6-4
3. Ana Paula Melilo (UNF) def. Holly Matson (NJIT) 6-4, 6-2
4. Valentina Mariotto (UNF) def. Advaita Saravanan (NJIT) 6-4, 6-0
5. Constanza Gorches (UNF) def. Shamika Dhar (NJIT) 6-4, 6-1
6. Amanda Helminsky (NJIT) def. Florencia Rossi (UNF) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Joleta Budiman/Holly Matson (NJIT) def. Rafaela Gomez/Constanza Gorches (UNF) 6-1
2. Lucia Montano/Florencia Rossi (UNF) def. Rafaella Sampaio/Mouna Bouzgarrou (NJIT) 7-6 (4)
3. Valentina Mariotto/Ana Paula Melilo (UNF) def. Mayar Eltony/Amanda Helminsky (NJIT) 6-2

Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2 | Order of Finish: 3, 4, 2, 1, 6, 5

Notes:

In singles action, Melilo is on an eight-match win streak, while Gorches have won seven straight.
Melilo and Mariotto own a six-match win streak in the No. 3 spot, while Montano and Rossi have won eight consecutive No. 2 doubles matches.
The win in is the fifth straight win against the Highlanders.
North Florida has now had 12 or more wins since 2008-09.

Up Next:
North Florida travels to Kennesaw State and Liberty beginning on Thursday.