JACKSONVILLE. Fla. \u2013 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Ospreys fought hard in doubles action to open the match and ultimately dropped the first point to South Florida.<\/p>\n
Down 3-0 in the match amid singles play, freshman May Fadida<\/a> showed relentless effort to cut USF’s lead to 3-1 behind a 7-6, 6-3 win on court three. Graduate Anslee Long<\/a> cut North Florida’s deficit to 3-2 with a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 victory on court five.<\/p>\n Seniors Laurie Barendse<\/a> and Gabby Goyins<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n
UP NEXT<\/p>\n 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE. Fla. \u2013 North Florida Women’s Tennis improved to 4-0 on the season in thrilling come-from-behind fashion, defeating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-465164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDOUBLES<\/p>\n
\n\tSienna Leeson \/ Margherita Marcon (USF) def. Fadida \/ Bartlett (UNF), 4-6
\n\tJosefine Falster \/ Charlotte Ruud (USF) def. Makela \/ Goyins (UNF), 3-6
\n\tFrancesca Miglio \/ Melisa Senli def. Laurie Barendse<\/a> \/ Anslee Long<\/a> (UNF), 3-5 uf
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\nSINGLES<\/p>\n
\n\tLaurie Barendse<\/a> (UNF) def. Sienna Leeson (USF), 2-6, 7-5, 7-6
\n\tMelisa Senli (USF) def. Aryana Bartlett<\/a> (UNF), 7-5, 6-2
\n\tMay Fadida<\/a> (UNF) def. Margherita Marcon (USF), 7-6, 6-3
\n\tGabby Goyins<\/a> (UNF) def. Francesca Miglio (USF), 5-7, 6-3, 7-5
\n\tAnslee Long<\/a> (UNF) def. Josephine Falster (USF), 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
\n\tDrukerova (USF) def. Jasmin Makela<\/a> (UNF), 6-2, 7-5
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\nMATCH NOTES<\/p>\n
\n\tNorth Florida (3-1), Georgia Southern (1-3)
\n\tGoyins improved to 4-0 in singles action this season.
\n\tFadida is now 3-1 in singles play in 2026.
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