Women’s Tennis Extends Winning Streak to Seven With Huge Win at Liberty

Thursday, April 14

Lynchburg, Va.

11 a.m.

University of North Florida

Liberty

Nash added a team point with a win at six singles.

Photo by: KJ Jugar

Women’s Tennis Extends Winning Streak to Seven With Huge Win at Liberty

4/14/2022 4:12:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

Ospreys Move Closer to Securing a Bye in ASUN Championship

LYNCHBURG, Va. - North Florida women's tennis is peaking at the right time and Thursday that upward trend continued as the Ospreys (13-8, 7-1 ASUN) won their seventh-straight match thanks to a wire-to-wire, 6-1, win against Liberty (17-6, 6-2 ASUN) April 14.

UNF is on its longest winning streak since last season, improving to 13-8 on the year and 7-1 in league play. The Ospreys haven't lost a match since March 20, putting North Florida in a position to finish no worse than third place in the ASUN Conference.

North Florida keeps pace with Stetson and FGCU in the ASUN standings, as all three teams improved to 7-1 with one match remaining on the season.

UNF 6, LIB 1
Thursday, April 14 | Liberty Tennis Center | Lynchburg, Va.

How it Happened
Summer Yardley and Annabelle Davis were huge in securing the doubles point. Down 5-4 at the third slot, the duo won three-straight games to give UNF a point and the momentum.

The Ospreys didn't let up, racing ahead to one-set leads at four of the six singles courts. Anslee Long was the first to finish, brushing off a loss in doubles to give UNF a 2-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Micaela Ode Mitre.

Annabelle Davis and Kit Gulihur finished within a few minutes of each other, giving UNF a 3-0 lead with dominant singles wins. Gulihur turned out to be the clincher, winning 6-0, 6-2 at the number one singles slot for her 20th win of the 2021-22 year.

Kendall Nash and Summer Yardley added insurance points for UNF, winning all three tiebreakers in which the duo played.

Singles competition
1. #36 Kit Gulihur (UNF) def. M. Juliana P. Romero (LIBERTYW) 6-0, 6-2
2. Summer Yardley (UNF) def. Kalani Soli (LIBERTYW) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6)
3. Annabelle Davis (UNF) def. Eloise Saraty (LIBERTYW) 6-3, 6-3
4. Esther Lovato (LIBERTYW) def. Isabel Oliveira (UNF) 6-3, 6-4
5. Anslee Long (UNF) def. Micaela Ode Mitre (LIBERTYW) 6-3, 6-2
6. Kendall Nash (UNF) def. Tiffany Nguyen (LIBERTYW) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-3)

Doubles Competition
1. #29 Kit Gulihur/Ana Paula Melilo (UNF) def. M. Juliana P. Romero/Kalani Soli (LIBERTYW) 6-2
2. Willa Rogers/Eloise Saraty (LIBERTYW) def. Isabel Oliveira/Anslee Long (UNF) 6-1
3. Summer Yardley/Annabelle Davis (UNF) def. Tiffany Nguyen/Micaela Ode Mitre (LIBERTYW) 7-5

Match Notes
North Florida 13-8, 7-1 ASUN
Liberty 17-6, 6-2 ASUN
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,3,1,4,6,2)
Official: R Sanders/S Lunsford T-3:05

Other Notes

UNF is guaranteed to be no lower than the three seed in the ASUN Championship and can be as high as the top seed.
North Florida is 7-1, as is Stetson and FGCU with one match remaining in regular season play.
The Ospreys hold the tiebreaker against Liberty and are ahead by a match in the win column.
UNF won its first-ever match against Liberty. The Ospreys fell, 4-3, to the Flames in Lynchburg in 2019.
Annabelle Davis and Kit Gulihur both reached 20 wins on the year if you take into account their fall totals.
North Florida is on a seven-match winning streak

Up Next
UNF concludes the regular season at Bellarmine Saturday.