MIAMI (Jan. 20, 2017) – The FIU women's tennis team hosts San Jose State on Monday, Jan. 23, in the Panthers' home opener. First serve is set for 1:00 p.m. from the FIU tennis courts.
Admission is free to the public.
FIU is led by sophomore
Andrea Lazaro, who was ranked No. 54 in the nation by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in its first national rankings of the spring season. Lazaro finished this past fall with a 6-3 mark in singles action. The native of Barcelona, Spain, earned Second-Team All-Conference USA honors, recording a 24-9 overall record last season. This includes a 17-1 record at the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 positions in duels for a C-USA-best .944 winning percentage.
Last season, the women's tennis program had one of its most-successful seasons in 15 years. Under Head Coach
Katarina Petrovic, the Panthers won 17 matches and recorded a winning percentage of .850, which was the second-highest in school history. Advancing to the Conference USA Championship match as the No. 1 seed, FIU finished the year ranked No. 46 in the final Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings. Last season, five Panthers garnered a total of nine conference awards, including
Maryna Veksler, who was named Conference USA Freshman of the Year.
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 (
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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/.
