CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Florida Gulf Coast women's tennis continues to set a new standard as the Eagles program received a program-best four selections for the singles main draw competition. ITA's Southeast Regional Championships run Oct. 8-12 in Coral Gables.

The number of selections is greater than that of Florida State (3), No. 65 Georgia Tech (1), No. 49 North Florida (1), USF (1) and several others. FGCU ranks sixth in the 16-team region in singles main draw selections. Of the five teams with more selections than the Eagles, four were ranked in the top 50 of last year's national team rankings. No other Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) program in the Southeast Region received more than one.

Juniors June Bjork, Ashley Matz and Nora Svensson, and senior Maria Vargas all received main draw selections. Svensson will enter ITA Regionals with a 4-0 mark after becoming the first Eagle to win the singles championship at the annual Bedford Cup, facing teammate June Bjork (3-1) in the final. Matz went 2-1 at the Bedford Cup last week while Vargas, a Miami transfer, went 2-2.

In all, FGCU is one of six programs with a maximum 12 total entries. In addition to the four main draw selections, Africa Burillo Berezak, 2026 ASUN Freshman of the Year Sabrina Jaramillo, 2025 ASUN Freshman of the Year Anjali Kotecha and Cecilie Maeland are entered into the singles qualifying round. FGCU has four doubles teams entered as well, with pairings of Bjork/Svensson, Matz/Vargas, Kotecha/Maeland and Burillo Berezak/Jaramillo set to compete.

FGCU went 17-10 (.629) in singles at the Bedford Cup last week with a 5-4 (.556) mark in doubles action.
 
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