MIAMI (Jan. 24, 2017) – The FIU women's tennis team (1-0) got its spring season off to a good start with a 6-1 win over San Jose State (1-1) on Tuesday afternoon from the FIU Tennis Courts.
The win marked the fourth-straight, season-opening victory for the Panthers, who have won eight of their last nine dual matches, dating back to last season.
FIU took the doubles point for a 1-0 lead. The duo of
Andrea Lazaro and
Nina Nagode defeated SJSU's Sybille Gauvain and Marie Klocker, 6-0, while the team of
Maryna Veksler and
Ulyana Grib topped Marie Dans and Gaelle Rey, 6-1.
Veksler extended FIU's lead to 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Klocker at the No. 2 position and Lazaro made it 3-0 winning a 6-4, 6-4 decision over Gauvain at the No. 1 spot.
Ulyana Grib clinched the match, defeating Rey, 6-2, 6-0.
Mina Markovic (6-4, 6-4 win over Tamara Culibrk) and
Gabriela Ferreira (7-6 [2], 6-3 win over Miyo Kobayashi) extended the Panther lead to 6-0 before San Jose State got on the board with the final point of the match as Nagode fell to Dans, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
FIU will travel to Gainesville, Florida, to face the USF Bulls on Saturday, Jan. 28, as part of the ITA Kickoff Weekend. First serve with the Bulls is slated for 2:00 p.m.
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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/.
