FORT MYERS, Fla. – Despite the original field being diminished by the effects of Hurricane Matthew, the FGCU women's tennis team made the most of their opportunity to host a trio of teams including in-state rival UCF, Big Ten opponent Minnesota and ASUN-foe Stetson at the FGCU Tennis Complex this weekend.

"The ladies have made some great progress already this fall," said FGCU head coach Courtney Vernon. "They are committing to the plan and are learning to trust themselves on the court. I'm excited to see how they grow and what they choose to experience this year. They're looking forward to competing again at the ITA Regionals in Gainesville."

In singles play, FGCU posted a 13-3 overall record in the three days of competition with nine of those wins coming in straight sets. The Eagles went a perfect 4-0 in singles matches vs. UCF after earning the program's first win against the Knights a season ago. Additionally, the Green and Blue went 5-2 in matches against Power-Five opponent Minnesota and 4-1 against Stetson, who they defeated in the ASUN semifinals last season.

In doubles competition, FGCU saw more of the same success as the Eagles were victorious in 10 of 15 matches throughout the weekend. The Green and Blue were led by 2016 ASUN All-Conference tandem Julia Ascúa (Santa Fe, Argentina/Domingo G. Silva) and Julianna Curtis (Tampa, Fla./Allendale Academy), who went a perfect 5-0 as a pair this weekend with three of those matches being decided by four or more points.

Complete results from this weekend are included below.

SINGLES RESULTS
Friday, Oct. 7
Tina Kreinis (MINN) def. Julia Ascúa (FGCU): 6-1, 6-7, 10-3
Breana Stampfli (FGCU) def. Mehvish Safdar (MINN): 6-0, 6-2
Bridget Forster (FGCU) def. Annemarie Emme (MINN): 6-4, 3-6, 10-6
Camila Vargas Gomez (MINN) def. Laura Falceto Font (FGCU): 6-3, 6-4
Julianna Curtis (FGCU) def. Maja Vujic (MINN): 6-3, 6-2
Sara Kelly (FGCU) def. Karyna Bihel (MINN): 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
Sophia Blanno (FGCU) def. Kalyssa Hall (MINN): 6-4, 6-2

Saturday, Oct. 8
Julia Ascúa (FGCU) def. Monica Matias (UCF): 7-6, 1-6, 10-3
Breana Stampfli (FGCU) def. Natalia Serrano (UCF): 6-3, 6-3
Bridget Forster (FGCU) def. Cortney Cesarini (UCF): 6-4, 6-2
Julianna Curtis (FGCU) def. Claudia May (UCF): 6-2, 6-1

Sunday, Oct. 9
Arijana Korac (STET) def. Sophia Blanno (FGCU): 2-6, 7-6, 10-4
Sara Kelly (FGCU) def. Maja Salibasic (STET): 3-6, 6-4, 10-6
Bridget Forster (FGCU) def. Katherine Stokes (STET): 6-0, 4-0
Laura Falceto Font (FGCU) def. Brittany Hill (STET): 6-1, 6-2
Julianna Curtis (FGCU) def. Cammy Frei (MINN): 6-0, 6-3

DOUBLES RESULTS
Friday, Oct. 7
Ascúa/Curtis (FGCU) def. Kreinis/Emme (MINN): 7-6
Safdar/Ryba (MINN) def. Stampfli/Forster (FGCU): 6-2
Falceto Font/Kelly (FGCU) def. Bihel/Vujic (MINN): 6-4
Ascúa/Curtis (FGCU) def. Matias/Serrano (UCF): 6-4
Cesarini/Granstrom (UCF) def. Stampfli/Forster (FGCU): 6-3

Saturday, Oct. 8
Ascúa/Curtis (FGCU) def. Korac/Salibasic (STET): 6-2
Stampfli/Forster (FGCU) def. Renault/Ferding (STET): 6-2
Kelly/Falceto Font (FGCU) def. Hill/Stokes (STET): 6-2
Ascúa/Curtis (FGCU) def. Matias/Cesarini (UCF): 6-1
Serrano/May (UCF) def. Stampfli/Forster (FGCU): 7-6
Vargas Gomez/Frei (MINN) def. Blanno/Kelly (FGCU): 6-2
Ascúa/Curtis (FGCU) def. Frei/Hall (MINN): 6-2

Sunday, Oct. 9
Ascúa/Forster (FGCU) def. Safdar/Kreinis (MINN): 7-6
Curtis/Stampfli (FGCU) def. Emme/Bihel (MINN): 6-1
Ryba/Vargas Gomez (MINN) def. Falceto Font/Kelly (FGCU): 6-2

UP NEXT
The Eagles travel to Gainesville, Fla., for the ITA Southeast Regional from Thursday, Oct. 20 through Sunday, Oct. 23.

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HEAD COACH COURTNEY VERNON
FGCU's women's tennis team is led by reining ASUN Co-Coach of the Year Courtney Vernon, whose third season under the helm saw the Eagles finish in a program-best second place in the regular season conference standings and advance to their second consecutive Atlantic Sun Championship Final. She has mentored her student-athletes into earning a total of 29 ASUN All-Conference honors, including the 2014 and 2016 A-Sun Freshman of the Year and 2016 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Vernon has led the Green and Blue to a 36-29 overall record (.554) and 15-5 conference record (.750) in her three years at FGCU.
 
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