FORT MYERS, Fla. - Florida Gulf Coast University's women's tennis team pushed its home win streak to three after defeating Kennesaw State University Saturday with a 5-2 victory at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

The Eagles (10-8) pushed their Atlantic Sun Conference record to 5-2 and now sits in third place in the league while KSU (8-6) fell to 4-2 in conference action and fourth place.
 
"The ladies competed hard today and showed a lot of fight," said FGCU head women's tennis coach Courtney Vernon. "The seniors led this team, and they are doing a wonderful job showing the way."

The Owls won the doubles point to get the morning started but the Eagles slowly regained control of the match. Ida Ferding evened the score with a 6-3, 7-5 win on court No. 5 before Fanny Norin gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead with a 6-4, 6-3 victory on No. 1.

FGCU took the lead up to 3-1 as Amelia Kopel rallied through three sets and prevailed with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 win.

The Green & Blue didn't allow KSU any time to recover as Isabella Colmenares came from dropping the first set 6-4 to win 6-4, 1-6 and clinch the match for the Eagles.

Paloma Goldsmith won her first set 6-4 but fell 7-5, 6-4 for the Owls to close the gap to 4-2. Jordana Ossa wrapped up the match and pushed through three sets after falling in the first to win the final two sets by a score of 7-6 (4), 6-1.
 
FGCU will now hit the road to take on Eastern Kentucky University (9-14, 2-4 ASUN) in Richmond, Kentucky next Sunday at 10 a.m.
 
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