TAMPA, Florida (March 25, 2017) – The FIU women's tennis team (17-1) defeated Temple, 4-0, for the team's 15th-straight victory on Saturday, March 24, from the USF Varsity Tennis Courts in Tampa, Florida.
The Panthers, ranked No. 30 in the latest Oracle/ITA ranking, extended their winning streak with the team's 11
th shutout of the season. The 15-game winning streak for FIU is tied for the third-longest winning streak in school history and is the longest since the 2001 season (18-straight).
Wins in doubles action by
Ulyana Grib and
Maryna Veksler (6-1 over Alina Abdurakhimova and Anais Nussayme) and
Mina Markovic and
Gabriela Ferreira (6-0 over Mariana Bedon and Yana Khon) gave FIU a 1-0 lead.
Three-straight singles wins by the Panthers resulted in the team's 7-1 win away from the FIU Tennis Courts this season.
Andrea Lazaro (No. 41 in the latest Oracle/ITA Individual Rankings) defeated Abdurakhimova, 6-2, 6-1, for her 19
th win of the season. Veksler claimed win No. 20 with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Monet Stuckey-Willis and Grib wrapped up the scoring with her 20
th win of the season, topping Galina Chernykh, 6-0, 6-1.
FIU will return home to host UCF in the team's final home match of the season on Saturday, April 1. First serve is set for 1 p.m.
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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/.
