{"id":188416,"date":"2026-03-12T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188416\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:13:09","slug":"fgcu-to-face-fordham-in-the-x-invitational-in-miami-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188416\/","title":{"rendered":"FGCU to face Fordham in The X Invitational in Miami Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2013 FGCU will head to Miami on Thursday to experience a unique setting. The Eagles (6-9) are set to face Fordham (4-8) at the Biltmore Tennis Center as part of The X Invitational.<\/p>\n<p>The X Invitational is a multi-city tennis classic that provides teams the opportunity to compete and train in unforgettable settings and facilities, operating in San Diego and Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Fordham enters the match at 4-8 overall but has a 1-8 record away from home this season. The Rams are led this year by Dhanajay Karthik Athreya, who brings a 6-7 record after having won three of his past five matches.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles have a 6-9 mark but have won five of their last six contests. <a href=\"https:\/\/fgcuathletics.com\/sports\/mens-tennis\/roster\/stefan-correa\/10332\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10332\" target=\"_blank\">Stefan Correa<\/a> has been on a roll lately, having won five straight singles matches to push his record to 10-6 on the year.<\/p>\n<p>FGCU and Fordham will meet for the first time when the two programs take the courts at the Biltmore Tennis Center at 11 a.m. The Green &amp; Blue are 5-2 all-time against Atlantic 10 Conference programs with all seven prior matches taking place in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFor more information on the Eagles, follow FGCU Athletics on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fgcuathletics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FGCUEagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">X (Twitter)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FGCUAthletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and visit <a href=\"https:\/\/fgcuathletics.com\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FGCUathletics.com<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; FORT MYERS, Fla. \u2013 FGCU will head to Miami on Thursday to experience a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-188416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}