FORT MYERS, Fla. – FGCU women's tennis is headed to Coral Gables, ready to compete in the 2026 Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) Southeast Regional Championships at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. Weather permitting, qualifying rounds begin Thursday morning, with main draw rounds beginning Friday.

The Eagles head to the University of Miami tennis facility with a program-record four singles main draw selections and four singles qualifying round entries.

Currently scheduled to begin on Thursday at 7:45 a.m., Africa Burillo Berezak will face Georgia Southern's Natalie Crawford with the winner advancing to face FIU's Bittoria Baccino at 11 a.m. At the same time, Anjali Kotecha will battle FIU's Mia Sarcev with the winner advancing to face Georgia Tech's Seri Nayuki.

The 2026 Atlantic Sun Conference Freshman of the Year, Sabrina Jaramillo, will square off against Georgia State's Sara Montano Parada with the winner moving on to face Miami's Berrak Kocak. Then at 8:45 a.m., Cecilie Maeland will face Georgia Southern's Angelina Mihajlovic with the winner advancing to face Florida State's Nicole Okhtenburg.

Action in the main draw is scheduled to begin Friday at 7:45 a.m. when Bedford Cup singles champion Nora Svensson will open play against Miami's Raquel Gonzalez. At 10 a.m., Maria Vargas will face Florida's Nikola Daubnerova. Bedford Cup singles runner-up June Bjork doesn't begin play until 12:30 p.m. against a qualifier, while Ashley Matz will face Miami's Michaela Laki at 2 p.m.

Final doubles match times and dates are still to be determined. All dates and times – for singles and doubles – are subject to change as the outer effects of Hurricane Isias could bring rain to the Coral Gables area over the next few days.

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