{"id":188888,"date":"2026-03-12T16:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188888\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:35:07","slug":"tennis-heads-to-florida-for-matchups-against-lipscomb-no-72-north-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/188888\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis Heads to Florida for Matchups Against Lipscomb, No. 72 North Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 The App State tennis team hits the road for Florida to take on Lipscomb at 3 p.m. Friday, followed by a ranked\u00a0matchup against No. 72 North Florida at 11 a.m. Sunday. Both matches will be played in Jacksonville on North Florida’s campus.<\/p>\n

Last Time Out

\nThe Mountaineers (5-7) split two matches in the High Country, defeating Davidson 5-2 but falling 4-3 to VCU. It was the fourth match this season decided in the final set of a singles match with the score tied 3-3.<\/p>\n

Scouting the Mountaineers

\nEighth-ranked and two-time Sun Belt Women’s Tennis Player of the Week Savannah Dada-Mascoll<\/a> leads the Mountaineers with a 10-1 record at the No. 1 spot. She won both matches in Boone to extend her winning streak to 10. Her only singles loss came in the season opener against then-No. 23 Ange Oby Kajuru (now ranked No. 7). Since that loss, Dada-Mascoll has dropped only two sets, the most recent coming in the first set against UT Arlington.<\/p>\n

Twelve matches into the season, freshmen Sreenidhi Balaji<\/a> and Allegra Hodson<\/a> are both over .500 in singles. Balaji is on a three-match winning streak and is undefeated at No. 6 with a 4-0 record. The freshman duo has won five straight in doubles, holding a 5-2 record.<\/p>\n

Third-year head coach Hannah Fetters<\/a> has 96 career wins, leaving her four shy of the 100-win milestone. She returns six players from last year’s roster: Dada-Mascoll, Ruby Broadbent<\/a>, Alexi Cleveland<\/a>, Naledi Manyube<\/a>, Taya Powell<\/a> and Isabela Romanichen<\/a>. The squad also welcomed newcomers Balaji and Hodson.<\/p>\n

Scouting the Bisons

\nLipscomb (6-5) is coming off a 13-7 season in 2025, which ended with a loss to Stetson in the second round of the ASUN Championship. The Bisons return seven players from last year’s squad and added one freshman and one transfer for 2026. Lipscomb enters the matchup following a 5-2 loss to No. 72 North Florida.<\/p>\n

Lipscomb is led by head coach Jamie Aid, who is in her 13th season.<\/p>\n

Scouting the Ospreys

\nNo. 55 North Florida (14-0) enters Sunday’s matchup undefeated after a win over Lipscomb on Tuesday. The Ospreys have three wins this season over Sun Belt opponents: Georgia Southern (Jan. 19), Troy (Jan. 24), and Georgia State (Feb. 15). \n<\/p>\n

North Florida’s lineup features four players with at least 10 singles victories, led by sophomore Gabby Goyins.\u00a0Goyins\u00a0is currently a\u00a0perfect 13-0 this season with wins at the No. 4 and No. 5 spots. Senior Laurie Barendse holds a 10-3 record, playing exclusively at the No. 1 position.<\/p>\n

The Ospreys return seven players and added one freshman to the 2026 roster. They are led by head coach Catherine Dunagan, who is in her sixth season.<\/p>\n

Up Next
\nThe Mountaineers return to the High Country to open their conference slate against Marshall on March 21. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the App State Tennis Courts at the Appalachian 105 Complex, weather permitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links Live Stats (North Florida) JACKSONVILLE, Fla.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-188888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188888","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=188888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}