FGCU WTEN vs UNF Recap

The No. 50 FGCU women's tennis team (4-4, 0-1 A-SUN) dropped a hard-fought 4-3 match in its conference opener to UNF (5-6, 1-0 A-SUN) Saturday evening at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

"Congratulations to UNF today, they played a tough match and gave us a tough battle starting with doubles," head coach Courtney Vernon said. "We are going to grow a lot from tonight, that's number one. We have things we need to keep working on so we will learn from tonight's experience and continue to grow."

Beginning with doubles play, UNF was able to claim a 1-0 lead heading into singles. The Ospreys collected the first win on court No. 3 (6-1) and shortly after claimed the top court with a 6-4 decision.

FGCU was quickly able to erase the 1-0 deficit to tie the match as junior Bridget Forster collected a 6-2, 6-2 win on court No. 5. UNF went on to register the next two wins on court No. 2 and No. 3. Senior Julia Ascúa was able to come back from a first set 6-3 loss and produce a 6-2 win in the second but was edged in her final set 7-5.

The Ospreys claimed another close triumph on court No. 6 (6-1, 7-6) as junior Maja Ornberg fought back from a 7-5 loss in her second set to take the third set 1-0 in a 10-5 tiebreaker. Junior Sofia Perez snagged FGCU's final singles win on court No. 4, defeating her counterpart in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5.

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FGCU will remain at home taking on Furman at 10 am Wednesday, Mar. 6.