Women's Tennis Hosts App State, Troy

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Fresh off a victory at FGCU to open ASUN play, UNF gets back to work in non-conference action against Appalachian State on Tuesday followed by Troy on Sunday.

Tuesday, March 5 | Appalachian State | 5 p.m. | UNF Tennis Complex

Sunday, March 10 | Troy | 11 a.m. | UNF Tennis Complex

Last Time Out

North Florida took down FGCU on its home court, 4-3, to open up ASUN action.
Sophomore Constanza Gorches grabbed the match point with a 6-1, 7-6 victory in the No. 6 position.
UNF opened the match with the doubles point as No. 3 Ana Paula Melilo and Valentina Mariotto dropped just one game. The Ospreys clinched the point with Rafaela Gomez and Gorches.

Spread the Wins

Four different players have at least three victories. Melilo is 6-4 thus far to lead the team in wins. Both Mariotto and Lucia Montano have four victories.
UNF is 22-28 in singles. The Ospreys are 17-11 in doubles action.
Gomez and Gorches are a team-best 7-2 as a duo, while Montana and Florencia Rossi are 5-3.

Against Our Opponents

The Ospreys are 2-0 against Appalachian State with both wins coming during the Division II era in 1999 & 2000.
North Florida took down the Mountaineers 6-3 in both matches.
UNF is 6-3 all-time against the Trojans including winning six straight.
The Ospreys went to Troy last season and picked up a 5-2 win. In the last five meetings, UNF have given up just eight points to the Trojans.

App State Mountaineers

2019 Record: 4-2
2018 Record: 11-11, 0-4 Sun Belt (Fell in Sun Belt Quarterfinals)
Heidi Swope owns a team-best 5-1 mark. She is one of four players with at least three singles wins.
In doubles play, Sandra Anglesjö and Teodora Sevo are undefeated with a 4-0 mark at the No. 2 spot.
The North Florida match begins a four-game road swing for the Mountaineers.

Troy Trojans

2019 Record: 4-4
2018 Record: 9-11, 4-2 Sun Belt (Fell in Sun Belt Semifinals)
Troy has been off since February 28 when it lost to Samford, 4-3.
Pei Ju Hsieh has a 7-1 mark in the No. 5 position to lead all players. She has won six straight matches.
Maria Casas Blas is 5-2 in dual action playing in the No. 6 spot.
As a duo, Hsieh and Chunxi Guo are the Trojans best pair with an 8-0 mark in the No. 2 position.

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Players Mentioned

Rafaela Gomez

Constanza Gorches

Valentina Mariotto

Ana Paula Melilo

Florencia Rossi

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