PENSACOLA, Fla. – UWF Tennis prepare for their first home matches of the 2018 season on Saturday at 1pm. The No. 1 UWF Men's Tennis will take on No. 22 ranked AUM Men's Tennis. The No. 5 Women's Tennisl will face an unranked AUM Women's Team who are currently 3-2.
No. 1 UWF Men's Tennis is 7-1 and 4-0 in the GSC ahead of Saturday's matchup with AUM. No. 5 UWF Women's Tennis is unbeaten with an 8-0 overall record with a 4-0 record in the GSC.
UWF have several top ranked players for both men's and women's programs. For the women No. 11 Paula Coyos, No. 31 Valeria Mantilla, and No. 36 Diana Vlad will be in action on Saturday. Newcomer Ines Nicault has also had several strong performances and was recently recognized as GSC Player of the Week for her consistent doubles and singles play. Heather Mixon remains unbeaten in singles, adding consistent performances for the Argonauts.
For the men No.7 Serdar Bojadjiev, No. 23 Alfonso Castellano, and No. 40 Nicolas Lecoutre will be in action on Saturday versus the No. 7 in the region AUM.
AUM has two nationally ranked players including No. 29 ranked Matias Destefanis and No. 50 Eban Straker-Meads.
Matches will begin at 1pm CT at the Ralph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex at UWF.