Box Score TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The FGCU women's tennis team (3-3) suffered a 4-0 loss Saturday afternoon to 20th-ranked FSU (6-1).

"Today we were challenged by Florida State," said head coach Courtney Vernon. "They are a tough team but so are we. The main area that we will continue to focus on is sticking to our plan by fighting for every ball no matter what. We'll grow a lot from today and we can't wait to get back to work."

In doubles competition, FSU claimed the top two courts but the tandem of Patricia Villar (Logrono, Spain/Bachillerato Santa Maria/Louisiana Monroe) and Sara Kelly (Naples, Fla./Florida Virtual) came away victorious on court No. 3 with a 7-5 decision. Villar and Kelly now move to 2-0 this season in doubles play.

Trailing 1-0 going into singles, the Eagles would fall to the Seminoles on courts No. 5, No. 3 and No. 1. On court No. 2, Kelly was looking to come back after dropping her first set to No. 49-ranked Carla Touly but the match would go unfinished in the second set tied at 4-4.

Up Next  
FGCU will continue to play on the road, facing Houston next on Feb. 15.  

Singles competition
1. #103 Ana Oparenovic (FS) def. Maja Ornberg (FGCU) 6-3, 6-2
2. #49 Carla Touly (FS) vs. Sara Kelly (FGCU) 6-3, 4-4, unfinished
3. Petra Hule (FS) def. Julia Ascúa (FGCU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Nandini Das (FS) vs. Sofia Perez (FGCU) 6-1, 5-3, unfinished
5. Ariana Rahmanparast (FS) def. Laura Falceto-Font (FGCU) 6-0, 6-2
6. Andrea Garcia (FS) vs. Patricia Villar (FGCU) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Andrea Garcia/Julia Mikulski (FS) def. Maja Ornberg/Julia Ascua (FGCU) 6-2
2. Carla Touly/Ariana Rahmanparast (FS) def. Madison Gallegos/Sofia Perez (FGCU) 6-2
3. Sara Kelly/Patricia Villar (FGCU) def. Petra Hule/Ana Oparenovic (FS) 7-5

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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 led the Eagles to back-to-back ASUN regular-season crowns in her fifth season in 2018. 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 64-45 overall record (.592) and 27-5 conference record (.827) in her six years at FGCU.