JACKSONVILLE. Fla. – North Florida Women’s Tennis improved to 4-0 on the season in thrilling come-from-behind fashion, defeating South Florida, 4-3, at USF Varsity Tennis Complex on Saturday afternoon. 

The Ospreys fought hard in doubles action to open the match and ultimately dropped the first point to South Florida.

Down 3-0 in the match amid singles play, freshman May Fadida showed relentless effort to cut USF’s lead to 3-1 behind a 7-6, 6-3 win on court three. Graduate Anslee Long cut North Florida’s deficit to 3-2 with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory on court five.

Seniors Laurie Barendse and Gabby Goyins delivered a pair of clutch wins on courts one and four to help reach the eventual final margin. Barendse saved two team match points in her victory, down 6-5, 40-30 in the third set.


DOUBLES


Sienna Leeson / Margherita Marcon (USF) def. Fadida / Bartlett (UNF), 4-6
Josefine Falster / Charlotte Ruud (USF) def. Makela / Goyins (UNF), 3-6
Francesca Miglio / Melisa Senli def. Laurie Barendse / Anslee Long (UNF), 3-5 uf


SINGLES


Laurie Barendse (UNF) def. Sienna Leeson (USF), 2-6, 7-5, 7-6
Melisa Senli (USF) def. Aryana Bartlett (UNF), 7-5, 6-2
May Fadida (UNF) def. Margherita Marcon (USF), 7-6, 6-3
Gabby Goyins (UNF) def. Francesca Miglio (USF), 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
Anslee Long (UNF) def. Josephine Falster (USF), 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Drukerova (USF) def. Jasmin Makela (UNF), 6-2, 7-5


MATCH NOTES


North Florida (3-1), Georgia Southern (1-3)
Goyins improved to 4-0 in singles action this season.
Fadida is now 3-1 in singles play in 2026.

UP NEXT

North Florida hosts a doubleheader against Charleston Southern and Florida A&M on Friday, Feb. 13, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. ET at UNF Tennis Complex.