University of North Florida
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Women's Tennis Cruises Past South Alabama To Remain Undefeated, 5-0
4/4/2026 6:00:00 PM | Women's Tennis
FORT MYERS, Fla. – North Florida Women's Tennis improved to 21-0 when it defeated South Alabama, 5-0, in a neutral site match at FGCU Tennis Complex on Saturday.
Senior Laurie Barendse and graduate student Isabel Oliveira opened doubles action with a dominant win at the one line, 6-2. Senior Jasmin Makela and sophomore Gabby Goyins secured the doubles point for North Florida and dropped just one game en route to a win at three, 6-1.
North Florida wasted little time adding to their lead on the singles courts. Oliveira put North Florida ahead, 2-0, with a win at the two line, 6-4, 6-3. Sophomore Aryana Bartlett extended UNF's lead to 3-0 in the match with a two-set win at three, 6-2, 6-3.
Barendse carried her momentum into singles action in come-from-behind fashion. Trailing 5-3 in the first set, Barendse fought back to earn a 7-5 first-set win at one.
Graduate student Anslee Long notched a tightly contested first-set win at six, 7-6. Barendse and Long had simultaneous match points and secured the sweep for the Ospreys with a pair of two-set victories on courts one and six.
DOUBLES
1.    Laurie Barendse/Isabel Oliveira (UNF) def. Jana Rovira/Rio Maeda (USA), 6-2
2.    Anslee Long/Aryana Bartlett (UNF) vs. Kenza Elakili/Manal Ennaciri (USA), uf
3.    Jasmin Makela/Gabby Goyins (UNF) def. Ava Rath/Jade Marie
SINGLES
1.    Laurie Barendse (UNF) def. Rio Maeda (USA), 7-5, 6-4
2.    Isabel Oliveira (UNF) def. Cristina Tchanichev (USA), 6-4, 6-3
3.    Aryana Bartlett (UNF) def. Manal Ennaciri (USA), 6-2, 6-3
4.    May Fadida (UNF) vs. Jana Rovira (USA), 3-6, 6-3, 1-1 uf
5.    Gabby Goyins (UNF) vs. Jade Marie (USA), 4-6, 6-0 uf
6.    Anslee Long (UNF) def. Kenza Elakili (USA) 7-6, 6-2MATCH NOTES
•     North Florida (21-0), South Alabama (10-4)
UP NEXT
North Florida travels to DeLand, Fla., for its regular-season finale at Stetson on Friday, April 10 at 1 p.m. ET.
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