Women’s Tennis Earns Third-Straight Sweep With Win Over Georgia State, 7-0

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – North Florida Women’s Tennis remained unbeaten to open the season when it defeated Georgia State, 7-0, at UNF Tennis Complex on Sunday. 
 
North Florida improves to 7-0 to start its season, which extends its best start since it started 8-0 to open the 2007 season. 
 
North Florida raced out to early leads on the one and two lines in doubles action. Senior Laurie Barendse and graduate student Isabel Oliveira led 3-1 at one and graduate student Anslee Long and sophomore Gabby Goyins led 5-1 at two. Long and Goyins secured their court, 6-2, while freshman May Fadida and sophomore Aryana Bartlett clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win at three. 
 
The Ospreys secured first-set wins on all six singles courts. Long dominated on court six, 6-2, 6-1, while Fadida added another impressive win, 6-0, 6-3, on court four. Fadida has now posted five singles win on the season, all of which have come in straight sets. 
 
Barendse clinched the match for the Ospreys with a 6-4, 6-4 win on court one, while was quickly followed with a win by Oliveira on court two, 6-3, 6-3. Goyins remained unbeaten with her seventh singles win of the season, 6-3, 6-3, on court five. Bartlett secured the sweep on court three, 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6). 
 
NORTH FLORIDA 4, GEORGIA STATE 0
DOUBLES
1.           Laurie Barendse/Isabel Oliveira (UNF) vs. Maria Paredes/Zeynep Erbakan (GSU), 5-4 (uf)
2.           Anslee Long/Gabby Goyins (UNF) def. Sara Radojevic/Sveva Bernardi (GSU). 6-2
3.           May Fadida/Aryana Bartlett (UNF) def. Lamiss Haouas/Defne Erbakan (GSU), 6-4
 
SINGLES
1.           Laurie Barendse (UNF) def. Maria Paredes (GSU), 6-4, 6-4
2.           Isabel Oliveira (UNF) def. Sara Radojevic (GSU), 6-3, 6-3
3.           Aryana Bartlett (UNF) def. Zeynep Erbakan (GSU), 1-0 (10-6)
4.           May Fadida (UNF) def. Sveva Bernardi (GSU), 6-0, 6-3
5.           Gabby Goyins (UNF) def. Lamiss Haouas (GSU), 6-3, 6-3
6.           Anslee Long (UNF) def. Mia Petrovic (GSU), 6-2, 6-1
 
MATCH NOTES
•            North Florida (7-0), Georgia State (2-5)
•            Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,4,1,2)
 
UP NEXT
North Florida hits the road next week to take on Presbyterian on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. ET before a doubleheader on Sunday, Feb. 21 with Davidson at 10 a.m. ET and conference foe Queens (NC) at 3 p.m. ET.