Women's Tennis Improves To 20-0 With Road Win Over FGCU, 4-3

Friday, April 3

Fort Myers, Fla. / FGCU Tennis Complex

10 a.m.

University of North Florida

Florida Gulf Coast

Women's Tennis Improves To 20-0 With Road Win Over FGCU, 4-3

4/3/2026 3:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis

Box Score

FORT MYERS, Fla. – North Florida Women's Tennis remained the only undefeated Division I team in the nation and improved to 20-0 when it defeated FGCU, 4-3, at FGCU Tennis Complex on Friday.

Senior Laurie Barendse and graduate student Isabel Oliveira earned the first of two doubles wins for North Florida with a 6-3 victory at the one line. Graduate student Anslee Long and sophomore Aryana Bartlett secured the doubles point with a 6-4 win at the two to give North Florida a 1-0 lead in the match.

In singles, Barendse turned in a two-set victory at one, 6-0, 7-5, to give North Florida a 2-1 advantage. Oliveira added UNF's second straight two-set singles victory with a 6-4, 6-3 win at the two line.

FGCU secured wins on courts five and six to tie the match, 3-3.

Bartlett earned a first-set win at three but was forced to play a third. Due to an injury at three, FGCU was forced to retire with the third set tied, 5-5. Due to that retirement, North Florida won the match, 4-3.

DOUBLES

1. Laurie Barendse/Isabel Oliveira (UNF) def. Nora Svensson/June Bjork (FGCU), 6-3

2. Anslee Long/Aryana Bartlett (UNF) def. Cecilie Maeland/Anjali Kotecha (FGCU), 6-4

3. Gabby Goyins/Jasmin Makela (UNF) vs. Afr Burillo Berezak/Ashley Matz (FGCU), 5-4

SINGLES

1. Laurie Barendse (UNF) def. Nora Svensson (FGCU), 6-0, 7-5

2. Isabel Oliveira (UNF) def. June Bjork (FGCU), 6-4, 6-3

3. Aryana Bartlett (UNF) def. Ashley Matz (FGCU), 7 (10)-6 (8), 5-7, 5-(5) wr

4. Sabrina Jaramillo (FGCU) def. May Fadida (UNF), 6-2, 6-3

5. Cecilie Maeland (FGCU) def. Gabby Goyins (UNF), 6-4, 6-4

6. Anjali Kotecha (FGCU) def. Anslee Long (UNF), 7 (7)-6 (3), 6-3

MATCH NOTES

• North Florida (20-0), FGCU (14-6-1)

UP NEXT
North Florida remains at FGCU Tennis Complex for its neutral site match against South Alabama on Saturday, April 4 at 10 a.m. ET in Fort Myers, Fla.