GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 21, 2016) – Highlighted by
Andrea Lazaro's 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 win over No. 21 Caroline Brinson (Georgia), the FIU women's tennis team claimed a total of nine victories during Day Two of the 2016 ITA Southeast Regional Championships in Gainesville, Florida.
Joining Lazaro in the main draws round of 24 on Saturday are
Maryna Veksler, who defeated Georgia State's Daniela Ramirez (7-6 [4], 6-3),
Ulyana Grib, who defeated Mercer's Grace Korta (6-2, 6-0), and
Mina Markovic, who downed Mercer's Katia Stavroulaki (5-7, 6-4, 7-5). Lazaro's win improved the Barcelona, Spain, native to 5-2 and 1-1 versus nationally-ranked opponents this fall. Markovic remained perfect this season, winning her seventh-straight, while Grib improved to 6-1 with her sixth-straight victory.
In doubles action, FIU earned five victories as two teams advanced to the semifinals on Saturday. Grib and Veksler began the day defeating Miami's tandem of Yolimar Ogando and Maci Epstein, 8-5, and followed that up with an 8-1 victory over the No.57-ranked duo of Gabriella Castanada and Julia Mikulski (Florida State).
Nina Nagode and Lazaro won a pair of matches, defeating North Florida's Quetzali Vazquez and Luise Intert, 8-5, and Georgia's Eleni Christofi and Kennedy Schaffer, 8-0. Markovic and
Gabriela Ferreira topped USF's Juliana Cardoso and Jessica Cortes Chaves, 8-2, before falling to the No. 37-ranked team of Spencer Liang and Anna Danilina (Florida), 8-6.
Day-three action will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday with two rounds of singles play (main and backdraw) as well as one round of doubles competition.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.
About FIU:
Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
