FORT MYERS, Fla. – FGCU's women's tennis team makes its long-awaited entrance into this year's Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament on Thursday at Noon where the third-seeded Eagles will face No. 6 seed Stetson at the FGCU Tennis Complex.
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The ASUN's championship event, which began Tuesday, provides a bye to the quarterfinals for the top seven seeds in the women's bracket. Live stats for Thursday's quarterfinal match are
available here.
FGCU (14-7) will face a Stetson team that finished the regular season with a 13-6 record, highlighted by a 10-match winning streak. That red-hot streak, however, cooled off as the regular season wrapped up, as the Hatters dropped a 4-2 decision at the College of Charleston and then lost 6-1 at home to North Florida.
The Eagles placed three players on the All-ASUN Teams this year with
Nora Svensson earning first team honors,
June Bjork claiming second team accolades and
Sabrina Jaramillo being named the league's Freshman of the Year, as well as All-Freshman Team honors. This marked the second consecutive year FGCU has had a player named Freshman of the Year and the 14
th consecutive year the Eagles have placed someone on the all-conference teams.
Stetson brings a challenging lineup to Fort Myers, led by Katsiaryna Tuliakova who garnered first team All-ASUN accolades while Pilar Astigarraga Harper was named to the second team. Yuki Mizuguchi also received second team honors as well as All-Freshman Team accolades.
If you are looking to the past for any indication on how this match might play out, you best look elsewhere. FGCU is 13-13 all-time in ASUN Tournament play and has a 4-4 record in the tournament when facing Stetson. Get closer with the numbers and it's still an even draw. When FGCU faces the Hatters in the quarterfinals, the series is even at 1-1 and when the Eagles face Stetson at home in postseason play, that series is tied at 1-1.
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