#4 Liberty Upsets #1 FGCU, #2 Stetson Topples #3 UNF to Reach #ASUNWTEN Championship Final
#4 Liberty Upsets #1 FGCU, #2 Stetson Topples #3 UNF to Reach #ASUNWTEN Championship Final
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - The ASUN Conference Women's Tennis Championship Final is cemented after the Saturday morning semifinal round on the courts of the FGCU Tennis Complex. #4 Liberty upset tournament host and top-seeded FGCU while #2 Stetson upended #3 North Florida to knock off the six-time defending champions.
Liberty reaches the program's first championship final match after avenging its defeat at the hands of the Eagles in the 2021 Championship Semifinals. The Hatters came back from down 3-1 to defeat UNF and reach its first championship match since 2018.
The Flames and Hatters meet on a postseason court for the first time Sunday morning as the two programs are set to play in the championship final at 10 AM ET in Fort Myers. The match will be streamed live on ESPN+.
North Florida falls to 14-9 on the season while FGCU finished 14-7 as their run in the ASUN Championship comes to a close.
What You Need to Know from Today's Wins
• #2 Stetson 4, #3 North Florida 3
- Stetson reached its 10th championship final match after storming back from a 3-1 deficit to North Florida; Noa Cohen outlasted Anslee Long, 0-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) to clinch the win on Court 5
- UNF clinched the Doubles point with victories by Kit Gulihur/Ana Paula Melilo (No. 1) and Summer Yardley/Annabelle Davis (No. 3) while earning Singles wins from Gulihur (No. 1) and Kendall Nash on Court 6
- The Hatters benefitted from solo victories by Anais Gabriel (7-6 (9-7), 6-1), Cheri Darley (6-3, 6-3) and Alanna DiFrancesco (6-1, 5-7, 6-0) on Court 2-4, setting up Cohen's three-set tie-breaking victory
• #4 Liberty 4, #1 FGCU 0
- Liberty caught fire early with the Doubles point win as Maria Juliana Parra Romero/Kalani Soli (6-2) and Tiffany Nguyen/Micaela Ode Mitre (6-1) won on Courts 1 and 3, respectively
- Parra Romero clinched the match for the second-straight day after outlasting the Eagles' Emma Bardet, 7-6 (7-4) 6-1, on Court 1
- Nguyen claimed the Flames' second point with a 6-0, 6-2 win on Court 6 while Alexandra Almborg earned a 6-3, 6-2 victory on Court 4
Upcoming ASUN Women's Tennis Championship Schedule
Sunday, April 24 - ASUN Championship
#2 Stetson vs. #4 Liberty - 10 AM ET (ESPN+)
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