10th-Ranked W. Tennis to Welcome UNF Saturday
CORAL GABLES, Fla. –The 10th-ranked University of Miami women’s tennis team will look toremain undefeated this season on Saturday as they take on the University ofNorth Florida at 2 p.m. at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
The Hurricanes (4-0) have faced three ranked opponents sofar this season and won two of them 7-0. The Canes also won the Miami SpringInvite title. Miami has seen extremely strong performances from freshmen KelseyLaurente (No. 51), Clementina Riobueno and Deborah Suarez. Their records are6-1, 6-1 and 7-1, respectively.
Also leading the Canes are sophomore Lina Lileikite (No. 57)and freshman Stephanie Wagner (No. 92). Both are coming off of tough losses toplayers from Arizona State last Saturday and are looking to regain theirmomentum.
UNF is currently 1-0 this season, defeating Bethune-Cookman7-0 last Saturday. Senior Lorena Aviles played an undefeated weekend for theOspreys and won the first Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week award ofthe 2013 season.
Several Ospreys have close ties to Miami. Senior MelanieAguirre grew up in Miami, attending John A. Ferguson High School and head coachAudra Cohen had a storied tennis career as a Miami Hurricane. She won theuniversity’s first ever NCAA women’s singles championship in 2007.
In last year’s meeting between the two teams,also in Coral Gables, the Canes walked away with a 7-0 win.
