DELAND, FL – The FGCU women's tennis team began fall play at the Stetson Invitational Friday and concluded Saturday afternoon at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.

The Eagles displayed dominance throughout the entire two-day event as they claimed a victory in each of their singles matches while also turning in stellar performances in doubles play.

On day one, Barry University (BU) got the best of the Green and Blue in doubles competition but the Eagles were able to put that aside and quickly bounced back against Stetson later on that day. In strong fashion, FGCU captured three of four doubles matches against the Hatters, claiming victories on courts two, three and four.

FGCU ended day one in singles action, coming out on top in each of the seven flights against Saint Leo (SLU) with only one match going into a tiebreaker.

Transitioning into day two, each of the 1-3 flights against SLU went into a tiebreaker as the Eagles eventually snagged each match while Sofia Perez (Alajuela, Costa Rica/Florida Virtual School) teamed up with Patricia Villar (Logrono, Spain/Bachillerato Santa Maria/Louisiana Monroe) to produce a 6-3 win.

The dominant effort continued into singles play against BU highlighted by three straight set-victories as Perez (3-6, 6-2 (10-8)) and Sara Kelly (Naples, Fla./Florida Virtual School) (6-3, 1-6 (11-9)) rallied to win.

FGCU continues its fall play on Oct. 12-14 when the team travels to Miami, FL for the Bedford Cup.

DAY ONE FULL RESULTS
BARRY vs FGCU (DOUBLES)
Verena Schmid/ Zuzanna Maciejewska def Maja Ornberg/Julia Ascúa 6-2
Eleonore Berrere/ Hannah Seizer def Bridget Forster/Sara Kelly 6-3
Carolin Schmidt/ Julie Razafindlanaly def Patricia Villar/Sofia Perez 6-0

Stetson vs FGCU (DOUBLES)
Brooke Milner/ Vicky Geurinckx def Maja Ornberg/Julia Ascúa 6-2
Bridget Forster/Sara Kelly def Lucy Renault Bridget/ Danel Ashirova 7-6 (4)
Patricia Villar/Sofia Perez def Danielle Peele/Alexe Viaud 6-1
Ariana Chan/Madison Gallegos def Oliva Talbert/Megan Horwitz 6-4

FGCU vs Saint Leo (SINGLES)
Maja Ornberg def Marta Vicens Miquel 6-4, 6-1
Julia Ascúa def Nina Furmaniak 6-4, 6-4
Madison Gallegos def Kristyna Jurkova 6-3, 1-6 (10-8)
Sofia Perez def Anna Marija Bukina 6-2, 6-0
Bridget Forster def Madeline Gauthier 6-3, 6-3
Sara Kelly def Natasia Jedrychowski 6-3, 6-3
Laura Falceto def Georgia Dobell 6-4, 6-0

DAY TWO FULL RESULTS
FGCU VS Saint Leo (DOUBLES)
Maja Ornberg/Julia Ascúa def Nina Furmaniak/ Kristyna Jurkova 7-6 (1)
Bridget Forster/Sara Kelly def Marta Vicens Miquel/ Anna Marija Bukina 7-6 (9)
Ariana Chan/Madison Gallegos def Georgia Dobel/ Madeleine Gauthier 7-6 (5)
Sofia Perez/Patricia Villar def Megan Horwitz/Anna Dogvopolyi 6-3

FGCU vs Barry (SINGLES)
Maja Ornberg vs Verena Schmid FGCU leading 6-4, 6-5
Julia Ascúa def Zuzanna Maciejewska 6-0, 6-1
Madison Gallegos def Carolin Schmidt 6-0, 6-4
Sofia Perez def Elenore Berrere 3-6, 6-2 (10-8)
Bridget Forster def Julia Razafindlanaly 6-2, 6-4
Sara Kelly def Hannah Seizer 6-3, 1-6 (11-9)

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HEAD COACH COURTNEY VERNON
FGCU's women's tennis team is led by three-time ASUN Coach of the Year Courtney Vernon, who in her fifth season saw the Eagles claim their second-straight ASUN regular season crown. She has mentored her student-athletes into earning 56 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 and the 2018 Player of the Year. Vernon has led the Green and Blue to a 61-42 overall record (.586) and 27-5 conference record (.827) in her five years at FGCU