Recapping Another Title Season

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF women's tennis' ASUN dynasty added yet another chapter to its book this past season as the Ospreys went 18-7 and took home their 10th ASUN Tournament Championship in program history.

Below are some of those moments and more in a season that saw more team and individual records set.

A Second One for the Thumb
UNF became the first ASUN women's tennis program in conference history to reach double-digit conference titles, winning its 10th since 2010 after defeating Stetson, 4-2, in the finals at home April 22.

The Ospreys defeated Central Arkansas in the quarterfinals, swept Liberty in the semis and then took care of defending-champions, Stetson, in the finals to earn their seventh title in eight campaigns.

North Florida went 7-1 in league play, making it the 12th-straight year in which the Ospreys had just one loss in league play or less. As a result, North Florida also took home its seventh league-regular season crown, doing so in outright fashion.

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— UNF Athletics (@UNFOspreys) April 22, 2023

ASUN Record Book Rewriters
The Ospreys overwhelmed the ASUN postseason honors charts, taking home a combined ten all-conference honors, including four of the five available ASUN superlative awards.

ASUN Player of the Year - Kit Gulihur
ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year - Kit Gulihur
ASUN Doubles Pair of the Year - Kit Gulihur & Ana Paula Melilo
ASUN Coach of the Year - Catherine Dunagan

UNF also paced the conference in total all-conference honors, with Gulihur, Annabelle Davis, Isabel Oliveira and Jasmin Makela adding either all-conference or all-freshman recognition. With 2023's honors, the Ospreys upped their all-time ASUN All-Conference totals to a league record 49. The next closest in line is Stetson at 33.

Weekly honors also came in for UNF with Gulihur tallying three more, reaching eight over the past three seasons, good for a conference record.

North Florida also set a program record with three ASUN All-Academic honorees in the same season. Kendall Nash, Megan Forster and Gulihur all took home honors to set the record. Those weren't the only all-academic awards earned as Nash, Forster, Gulihur and Melilo were all recognized with College Sports Communicators Academic All-District recognition.

Make that ?? ASUN Coach of the Year awards for Coach Dunagan?

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— UNF Women's Tennis (@OspreyWTEN) April 12, 2023

National Looks
As a team North Florida finished 22nd in the nation in the ITA Mid-Major poll, while also cracking the rankings at No. 75 as the Ospreys headed to Gainesville for the Florida Regional to start off the NCAA Tournament.

Gulihur took home season-ending rankings, coming in at No. 86 in the ITA Singles Rankings. The UNF legend would appear in nine ITA Singles polls, while receiving six ITA Doubles Rankings with Melilo.

Ospreys in the final polls ??

Kit - 86th (singles)
Mid-Major Poll - 22nd#SWOOP // @ITA_Tennis pic.twitter.com/HFIX6SzDOt
— UNF Women's Tennis (@OspreyWTEN) June 1, 2023

Gulihur's historical career included more firsts in UNF history:

First-ever back-to-back NCAA Elite 90 honoree
First-ever CSC Academic All-American of the Year honoree
Gulihur's Elite 90 honor was earned by being the student-athlete with the highest GPA competing in the NCAA Championships.
The Osprey earned a second-straight trip to the NCAA Singles Championships, coming up just short in three frames against the No. 4 ranked singles player in the nation.

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After becoming the first student-athlete in UNF history to earn the NCAA #Elite90 honors - Kit made it back-to-back awards this year??

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— UNF Women's Tennis (@OspreyWTEN) May 22, 2023

Other Notes

114-68 combined singles record as a team
UNF also put up great work in the classroom with a 3.806 team GPA
58-30 combined doubles record as a squad
Makela clinches the ASUN Championship
North Florida wins on its home court for the third time since 2018
Gulihur goes on a 22-match singles winning streak after the first match of the regular season
North Florida posts a 9-2 home record
UNF makes 10th appearance in the NCAA Championships
Gulihur makes a second-straight appearance in the NCAA Singles Championships, just the first-ever Osprey in the program's DI era to do so
UNF women's tennis dominated the UNF Ozzies awards with Gulihur taking home three honors and Melilo being donned with a pair

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— UNF Women's Tennis (@OspreyWTEN) May 18, 2023

Players Mentioned

Annabelle Davis

Megan Forster

Kit Gulihur

Jasmin Makela

Kendall Nash

Isabel Oliveira

Ana Paula Melilo

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