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FORT MYERS, Fla. – In what has now become a "split squad" weekend of competition, Florida Gulf Coast women's tennis is set to host the Bonita Bay Collegiate Open this weekend.

The Eagles will welcome UConn, Cincinnati and Memphis to Southwest Florida for the three-day tournament. The annual event, which is held at the Bonita Bay Club, is only open to club members.

This year's edition of the Bonita Bay Collegiate Open begins on Friday afternoon and continues through midday Sunday. Friday's action begins at 12:30 p.m., Saturday's events start at 4 p.m. and Sunday's final day of action for FGCU begins at 12:30 p.m.

Most of the Eagles will be competing at Bonita Bay while Nora Svensson represents FGCU and the Atlantic Sun Conference at the 2026 ITA Conference Masters Championships in Rome, Georgia. She is the first FGCU player to be selected for the prestigious event.

FGCU is coming off the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, where the Eagles doubles team of Svensson and June Bjork reached the quarterfinals for the first time in program history.

Cincinnati is coming off the MTSU Invitational where the Bearcats claimed 15 singles and nine doubles victories. The Big 12 members from the Queen City went 8-14 (1-12 Big 12) last season.

Memphis senior Leonie Moeller reached the semifinals of the American Conference Fall Championships in singles action last week, leading the way for the Tigers. Last season, Memphis finished the year 2-17 and fell to North Texas in the first round of the American Conference Championship, 4-1.

UConn's top two players – Chloe Lomans and Ela Platenikova – are headed to Rome, Georgia for the ITA Conference Masters Championships along with FGCU's Svensson. That doubles team recently advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA New England Regional Championships. Last season the Huskies finished the year 12-8 (4-3 BIG EAST) and claimed the No. 5 seed at BIG EAST Tournament, advancing as far as the semifinals before falling to No. 1 seed Xavier, 4-3.

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