BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. and ROME, Ga. – In the final singles match of the day for FGCU, Eagles sophomore Africa Burillo Berezak faced match point against UConn's Abigail Elham. Elham had momentum and already had seven wins on the year, while Burillo Berezak was searching for her second.

She found it.

The FGCU sophomore rallied back from a 10-9 deficit in the tiebreak set and won three consecutive points for the 6-2, 3-6, 12-10 win over Elham to wrap up action Friday in the Bonita Bay Collegiate Open at the Bonita Bay Club. Burillo Berezak now moves to 2-3 on the year while Elham falls to 7-4.

Her victory capped off five impressive wins for the Eagles on the first day of the annual fall event.
 
In undramatic, dominating fashion, Sabrina Jaramillo cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 win over UConn's Victoria Matos (4-5) for her fourth win of the fall.

That notched the second win of the day for both Burillo Berezak and Jaramillo as the duo teamed up earlier for a 6-3 doubles win over UConn's Isabella Asenov and Caroline Hinshaw, tallying their first doubles win of the season. Asenov and Hinshaw fell to 4-5 on the year.

Cecilie Maeland also used a dramatic tiebreak set to claim a victory with her 6-2, 2-6, 10-7 win over UConn's Tamara Kuti, moving to 2-1 this year.

Ashley Matz and Maria Vargas found success early on, recording a 6-0 win over UConn's Kuti and Karolina Lincer.

Meanwhile, in action at the ITA Conference Masters Championships in Rome, Georgia, Nora Svensson fell in her Round of 16 singles match, 6-3, 6-2, to All-Big Ten First Team selection Reese Miller, ranked 50^th nationally.
FGCU resumes competition at the Bonita Bay Collegiate Open on Saturday, facing pairings from Cincinnati at 4 p.m.
 
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