FORT MYERS, Fla. – After finishing first and second in the conference a season ago, FGCU (13-4, 5-0 ASUN) and UNF (13-7, 5-0 ASUN) will once against battle for the ASUN Women's Tennis Regular Season Championship as the two teams are scheduled to square off Saturday at 3 p.m. at the FGCU Tennis Complex.
 
Following the doubles portion of Saturday's match, senior captain Breana Stampfli will be honored for her contributions and achievements during her career at FGCU. Stampfli (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago/St. Joseph's Convent) has been a four-year member of the Green and Blue and is one of the most decorated players in program history. She became the first Eagle to earn ASUN Freshman of the Year honors in 2014 and is a two-time ASUN All-Conference selection.

Admission to all FGCU home matches is free, and fans are encouraged to bring their own seating as bleacher space is limited. Information on each match and the season as a whole can be found at the marketing table set up in between courts one and seven.
 
MATCH HISTORY
The Eagles and Ospreys not only finished first and second in the ASUN regular season a year ago, but have also faced off in each of the last two ASUN Championship matches. In the two most recent regular season meetings, FGCU has dropped a pair of hard-fought matches, 4-3, and the Ospreys also claimed the last two tournament finals by respective scores of 4-1 and 4-2. In 12 all-time meetings, FGCU is yet to win a match against UNF.
 
SCOUTING THE OSPREYS
Winners of three straight ASUN regular season titles, UNF enters the regular season finale with a 13-7 overall record and 5-0 mark in conference play. Like the Eagles, the Ospreys have won six straight matches with a non-conference win against UNC Greensboro to go along with their five ASUN victories.
 
In singles play, the Ospreys are 74-32 overall and 27-3 against ASUN opponents as five members of the team have an unblemished record against conference foes. Rafaela Gomez owns a team-best 13 victories and has won six straight matches, primarily playing in the #2 and #3 singles. Six Ospreys have won double digit matches and four, including Gomez, are one win streaks of six or more matches.
 
Kinga Gartner and Michelle Valdez are a team-best 10-1 in #3 doubles and have won five straight matches while going undefeated in ASUN play. Luise Intert and Quetzali Vazquez have also been a formidable pair in the #1 position with a 10-3 overall mark and four conference wins.
 
ASUN SUCCESS
After returning to the FGCU Tennis Complex and earning a pair of conference wins against Kennesaw State and Lipscomb last week, FGCU extended its season-long win streak to six matches and is a perfect 5-0 in ASUN play. In four seasons under head coach Courtney Vernon, FGCU has reached new heights in conference play as the Eagles are 20-5 against ASUN opponents and have advanced to two straight ASUN Championship Finals. Dating back to the beginning of ASUN play a season ago, FGCU is 10-1 against conference opponents with its lone loss coming by the aforementioned 4-3 margin to UNF.
 
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
FGCU has been tough to beat at home this season as the Eagles are 9-1 at the familiar confines of the FGCU Tennis Complex. The Eagles started the season 3-0 in Fort Myers, highlighted by the team's first win against USF in program history to begin the dual season, and capped off a five-match homestand during March with a 4-1 record. The Green and Blue registered wins against defending Big East Tournament champion Xavier, Troy, Georgia Southern and George Washington with their lone loss of the season came at the hands of then #18 Duke. Including its most recent two wins against the Owls and Bisons, FGCU has won five straight home conference matches with its last loss coming to the Ospreys in 2015.

PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FGCU has turned in a single-season record with four ASUN Women's Tennis Player of the Week awards. Stampfli was the first to earn the recognition after securing the matching-clinching win against USF to start the dual season, marking the second time in her career she received the weekly award. Two weeks later, Laura Falceto Font (Zaragoza, Spain/El Pilar Maristas Zaragoza) took home the award for the first time in her career after clinching FGCU's comeback against Southern Miss. Maja Ornberg (Kil, Sweden/De la Gardiegymnasiet, Lidkoping) then earned the honor after going 4-0 in singles and doubles action in a pair of wins for the Eagles and securing FGCU's fourth straight win against FAU. Most recently, Julia Ascúa (Santa Fe, Argentina/Domingo G. Silva) took home the honor for the second time in her career after going 3-0 in singles and doubles action to start the five-match homestand in March.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
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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 ASUN Freshman of the Year and 2016 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Vernon has led the Green and Blue to a 49-33 overall record (.598) and 20-5 conference record (.800) in her three-plus years at FGCU.
 
SUPPORT THE CAUSE 
FGCU Athletics sponsors events throughout the year to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help raise awareness.