MIAMI (Oct. 27, 2016) – The FIU women's tennis team hosts the 2016 Panther Invitational this weekend from the FIU Tennis Courts. The three-day tournament will run Oct. 28-30 and will feature student-athletes from FIU, Florida Gulf Coast, Illinois State, USF and Stetson.
Admission is free to the public.
The tournament will consist of four singles draws and two doubles flights.
Action will being on Friday, Oct. 28 with two rounds doubles play beginning at 9:30 a.m. Singles action is set to begin at noon.
This weekend will mark the final fall tournament for the Panthers, which have totaled 37 singles wins and 18 doubles victories in three tournaments. FIU is led by junior
Mina Markovic, who has notched a 7-1 mark, while sophomore
Maryna Veksler has notched a 7-3 record this season. Veksler advanced to the quarterfinals of last weekend's ITA Southeast Regionals. In doubles action, the duo of Veksler and
Ulyana Grib have gone 6-1 this fall for a team-best 85.7 percent winning percentage. Also claiming six wins this season is the tandem of sophomore
Andrea Lazaro and senior
Nina Nagode, who come into this weekend's action with a 6-2 mark.
Fans are encouraged to follow the Panthers on Facebook (
Facebook.com/FIUWTennis) for all the latest FIU women's tennis news. Follow all of FIU's 18 athletic teams on Twitter (@FIUAthletics), Facebook (
Facebook.com/FIUSports), YouTube (FIUPanthers), and Instagram (FIUathletics).
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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/.
