FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU women's tennis team (2-3) fell at home 6-1 to Georgia State (6-4) Saturday afternoon as the Eagles hosted their third home dual of the spring.

"Georgia State competed hard against us today," said head coach Courtney Vernon. "We just ran out of time but with that, we learned and will continue to learn from another opportunity. We will continue to trust the process."

The Eagles claimed one of the three doubles matches to hang around, but in singles play, the Panthers claimed five matches to pull away with the 6-1 final.

It was a tough day for singles as FGCU tried to hang around in close matches with GSU. The Green and Blue dropped two tie-breaker sets as the visitors would gain more traction. The lone victory of the afternoon was claimed by Patricia Villar (Logrono, Spain/Bachillerato Santa Maria/Louisiana Monroe), who was playing in the No. 6 spot.

Villar captured her first set over GSU's Anastasia Grosheva 6-4, but would fall in the second set, 4-6 before bouncing back to take the final set 10-6. Overall, the junior now moves to 2-1 in dual play this season.

In doubles play, the tandem of Julia Ascúa (Santa Fe, Argentina/Domingo G. Silva) and Maja Ornberg (Kil, Sweden/De la Gardiegymnasiet, Lidkoping) garnered FGCU's win with a final 6-4 decision. It is the fourth win between the pairing this season in doubles action.

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FGCU will face a quick turnaround as the Eagles square off against the #18 Tennessee Volunteers this Sunday at 10 a.m.
 
COMPLETE RESULTS
DOUBLES RESULTS
1. Julia Ascúa /Maja Ornberg (FGCU) def. Kristin Rehse/Damira Muminovic (GSU) 6-4
2. Arina Taluyenko/Elizabet Danailova (GSU) def. Sofia Perez/Bridget Forster (FGCU) 6-1
3. Daniela Ramirez/Anastasia Grosheva (GSU) def. Laura Falceto Font/Patricia Villar (FGCU) 6-3
SINGLES RESULTS
1. Kristin Rehse (GSU) def. Julia Ascúa (FGCU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Elizabet Danailova (GSU) def. Maja Ornberg (FGCU) 0-6, 7-6 (8-6), 11-9
3. Daniela Ramirez (GSU) def. Laura Falceto Font (FGCU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Arina Taluyenko (GSU) def. Sofia Perez (FGCU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Damira Muminovic (GSU) def. Bridget Forster (FGCU) 7-6 (10-8), 6-4
6. Patricia Villar (FGCU) def. Anastasia Grosheva (GSU) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
7. Julianna Curtis (FGCU) def. Lara Vovk (GSU) 6-7, 6-1, 13-11
 
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HEAD COACH COURTNEY VERNON
FGCU's women's tennis team is led by two-time ASUN Coach of the Year Courtney Vernon, whose fourth season under the helm saw the Eagles claim their first ASUN Championship in program history. She has mentored her student-athletes into earning 43 ASUN All-Conference and All-Academic honors, including the 2014, 2016 and 2017 ASUN Freshman of the Year as well as the 2016 and 2017 Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Vernon has led the Green and Blue to a 53-37 overall record (.600) and 21-5 conference record (.808) in her four years at FGCU.