Women's Tennis Announces 2021 Schedule

JACKSONVILLE - Head women's tennis coach Catherine Dunagan announces the 2021 North Florida women's tennis schedule set to open Jan. 22 at home vs. Flagler.

"I'm extremely excited to have our team back and get started," said head coach Dunagan. "We have some great opportunities against top programs in the country. We will have some early tests but we know it will prepare us for conference play and our year-end goals."

THE SCHEDULE

North Florida plays five nationally-ranked teams from the 2020 ITA Division I women's rankings. The Ospreys host No. 42 Auburn (Jan. 24) and No. 43 Furman (March 10). In February UNF travels to No. 2 Florida State and No. 50 Florida International, before going on the road to No. 20 UCF March 13.

The Ospreys kick off the conference schedule hosting FGCU (March 19), before traveling to Stetson (March 20) and Kennesaw State (March 27). North Florida returns home for two days to host Stetson and Kennesaw State April 2 and 3. The squad closes out the regular season with an away match at FGCU (April 10).

The conference office split the member institutions into two divisions, North and South, to limit travel due to COVID restrictions. UNF was placed in the South division along with Kennesaw State, Stetson and FGCU.

The ASUN championship tournament was also changed with the quarterfinals taking place within the divisions. The Ospreys host the semifinals and finals of the 2021 ASUN Championship April 23-24.

GET TO KNOW THE OSPREYS

UNF finished last season, 10-1, with their only loss at No.24 Florida before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ospreys are the five-time defending ASUN Tournament Champions after downing FGCU, 4-3, in the title match in 2019.

The Ospreys return eight letter winners, losing only one from last year's squad. Freshmen Annabelle Davis and Isabel Oliveira join the squad this year along with junior transfer Catherine Gulihur from Oklahoma State.

2020 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

UNF finished the season with a 10-1 overall record, recording the 14th winning season in 15 years at the Division I level.
UNF opened the season 5-0 and through the first eleven matches was 10-1, the program's best start through eleven matches since the 2009-10 season.
The Ospreys went 7-0 at home, extending their home win streak to 16.
UNF went 101-57 in singles play and 47-27 in doubles play during the fall and spring seasons.
North Florida notched a .746 winning percentage in singles and a .679 winning percentage in doubles in the spring.
North Florida held a .800 winning record in the one slot in doubles.
North Florida claimed two ASUN Player of the Week honors.

2020 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Lucia Montano was ranked No. 99 in the ITA Singles Rankings Feb. 18, and No. 98 March 4.
Montano earned her fourth ASUN Player of the Week award after upsetting No. 52 McCartney Kessler at Florida and earned her fifth award after sweeping opponents against Penn State and Navy.
Ana Paula Melilo and Montano went 7-2 in No. 1 doubles.
Melilo went 7-3 at the two slot in singles and defeated Yu Fujioka of South Alabama in straight sets to help the Ospreys beat the Jaguars for the first time since 2009-10.
At the three slot Constanza Gorches went 6-2, clinching the win for the Ospreys against Navy (16-3).
Valentina Mariotto clinched the match point at the four slot for North Florida against FAU, this was the first time the Ospreys defeated the Owls since 2009.
Kendall Nash(6-2) and Sean Lodzki (6-3) held strong in the five and six slots respectively.
Mid-year transfer Summer Yardley went 3-1 in singles play.

FULL SCHEDULE

Jan. 22 - FLAGLER
Jan. 24 - AUBURN
Jan. 31 - at Georgia Southern
Feb. 6 - USF
Feb. 12 - at Florida State
Feb. 14 - at FAMU
Feb. 20 - at Florida International
Feb. 21 - at Florida Atlantic
Feb. 24 - at USF
Feb. 27 - at Wofford
Feb. 28 - at Presbyterian
March 6 - FLORIDA ATLANTIC
March 7 - SOUTH ALABAMA
March 10 -FURMAN
March 13 - UCF
March 19 - FGCU*
March 21 - at Stetson*
March 27 - at Kennesaw State*
April 1 - STETSON*
April 3 - KENNESAW STATE*
April 10 - at FGCU*
April 17 - ASUN Quarterfinals
April 23 - ASUN Semifinals
April 24 - ASUN Finals

HOME GAMES are listed bold and caps.
*Denotes conference match

THE SCHEDULE

GET TO KNOW THE OSPREYS

2020 TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2020 INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

FULL SCHEDULE

Players Mentioned

Constanza Gorches

Kit Gulihur

Sean Lodzki

Isabel Oliveira

Ana Paula Melilo

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