GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Women’s Tennis Team opens its 2026 home schedule this Friday, Feb. 13 with matches against Troy at 10 a.m. EST and Louisiana at 4 p.m. at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex.
 

The seven-time national champion Gators are ranked 24th in the nation heading into the weekend following early-season victories over Charleston Southern and Ole Miss, and a close 4-3 loss to No. 11 N.C. State.
 
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association released its most recent individual rankings on Feb. 4, and five different Gators are among the top 125 in the nation—Gabia Paskauskas (No. 20), Valery Gynina (No. 48), Xinyi Ning (No. 88), Nikola Daubnerova (No. 99) and Lucie Pawlak (No. 105). Daubernova and Nong are also ranked No. 22 in the country as a doubles team.
 
Troy is 3-1 on the season, and takes on Florida A&M Thursday before making its way to Gainesville. The Trojans’ wins have come in 7-0 sweeps over Alabama A&M and Bethel, a 4-3 decision over Stetson, and 4-3 loss to North Florida. Troy went 13-10 a year ago, including 6-5 in the Sun Belt Conference.
 
Louisiana opened its 2026 dual match schedule with wins over Louisiana Christian and Southern, before falling to North Alabama and Tulane. The Ragin’ Cajuns were 9-10 last season, with a 2-8 record in the Sun Belt.
 
TEAM RECORDS

Rank	Team	W-L	Notes
No. 24	Florida	2-1	Lone loss to No. 11 N.C. State
	Troy	3-1	Match Thurs. at Florida A&M. Won three straight
	Louisiana	2-2	Lost two straight heading into the weekend

 
HISTORY
Florida is 4-0 against Troy, although the teams have not squared off against one another since 2012.
 
This is the first meeting between the Gators and Louisiana

GATORS LAST TIME OUT

The Florida Women’s Tennis Team (2-1) went toe-to-toe with the No. 11 team in the country, and nearly pulled off the win on the road, Tuesday, Jan. 27, but host N.C. State (5-0) won the final three singles matches of the day en route to a 4-3 victory.

 

WHAT’S NEXT?

The Gators host Auburn at the Alfred A. Ring Tennis Complex on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. in the team’s first official SEC match of the season. Florida topped Ole Miss 4-2 on Jan. 26 as part of the ITA Kickoff Weekend, but that match is not a part of the official SEC schedule.

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