JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida men's tennis (5-8) concludes their seven-match homestand facing off against a couple of Atlantic Sun foes this weekend at the UNF Tennis Complex.

The Ospreys take on Lipscomb (6-9) on Friday before playing North Alabama (10-5) to wrap up the weekend's two-match set. The Ospreys are a combined 20-0 against these two teams in program history with 15 of the wins coming against Lipscomb.

GAME DETAILS

Date: Friday, Mar. 22
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: UNF Tennis Complex, Jacksonville, Fla.
Opponent: Lipscomb Bison

About the Opponent – Lipscomb (6-9)

• Bison are 0-2 in conference play and 1-6 on the road so far this season.
• Shared two common non-conference opponents with the Ospreys in Chattanooga and Jacksonville State, who the Bison lost to, 5-2 and 6-1, respectively.
• Doubles duo of Matheus Lima and Henrique Ushizima are riding an active four-match winning streak in doubles.
• Also in doubles, the partnership of Sebastian Dominguez and Krzysztof Wetoszka are on an active three-match doubles win streak and hold a record of 9-2 on the season.
• Senior Carlos Salas Tulla is undefeated (5-0) when playing on court five in singles this season.
• Last season, the Bison went 2-7 in conference play before taking on Stetson in the first round of the conference tournament, where they lost 4-1.

GAME DETAILS

Date: Sunday, Mar. 24
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: UNF Tennis Complex, Jacksonville, Fla.
Opponent: North Alabama Lions

About the Opponent – North Alabama (10-5)

• Lions are 1-1 in conference play and 4-4 on the road this season.
• Have shared two non-conference opponents in common with the Ospreys this season with Chattanooga and Jacksonville State.
• UNA beat Chattanooga, 5-2, but lost to Jacksonville State, 6-1.
• The doubles pairing of Nazar Fedoryshyn and Federico Scotuzzi are 7-2 in doubles, while playing to a 5-1 record on line two this season.
• Freshman Birtan Duran is 11-3 in singles on the year, while winning nine of his last ten and remains undefeated (5-0) when playing on court five.
• Izan Orgilies, the freshman from Alicante, Spain, is 9-5 on the season in singles, while going 5-0 in play from court four and riding an active four-match winning streak.
• Last season, the Lions went 4-4 in ASUN play before entering the postseason, where they beat Queens, 4-1, in the first round, before losing to UNF, 4-0, in the quarterfinals.

NORTH FLORIDA NOTES

• Sophomore Andreas Scott has an active three-match win streak in singles this season.
• With a win on Friday, it will tie his career-high mark at four straight, and with a win on Friday and Sunday, it would set a new career-high at five.
• The doubles duo of Breno Marques and Scott are also on an active career-high five-match doubles win streak and hold an impressive record of 10-2 in 2024.
• The Ospreys have won three straight matches and look to push the mark to five straight for the first time since they won six straight matches during the 2022 season.
• UNF has only allowed two points in their program history against the Lions, which came from an Ospreys, 6-2, home win back in 1999.