ORLANDO, Fla. (Jan. 18, 2016) – The FIU women's tennis team took four of six singles matches versus Conference USA foe North Texas during the final day of the UCF Quad Tournament on Monday afternoon from the UCF Tennis Complex.
With the four victories on Monday, FIU finished the weekend with 10 total singles wins, including multiple victories by freshman
Maryna Veksler, redshirt freshman
Andrea Lazaro, junior
Nina Nagode and sophomore
Nerma Caluk.
Veksler defeated UNT's Nastya Shestakova, 6-4, 6-0, Lazaro downed Agustina Valenzuela, 7-6 (5), 7-5, Nagode defeated Laura Arciniegas, 6-4, 6-2 and Caluk (No. 69) topped Tamuna Kutubidze, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4). Junior
Carlotta Orlando and senior
Kaitlin Brozovich both suffered losses on the day. Orlando lost to Alexis Thoma, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5, and Brozovich fell to Minying Liang, 6-3, 6-3.
FIU also faced the Rice Owls in doubles action on the final day, dropping all three matches.
FIU will travel to Ft. Myers, Fla., to take on the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles on Saturday, Jan. 23 in the team's first dual match of the season. First serve is set for 1 p.m. ET.
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