MIAMI (March 15, 2011) - Junior Christine Seredni's straight-set victory over the Mean Green's Paula Dinuta sealed the FIU women's tennis team's, 6-1, win over North Texas on Tuesday, March 15, at the FIU Tennis Courts.
Up 3-0 in the match, Seredni made quick work of Dinuta, 6-2, 6-3, for her ninth singles victory of the 2011 season.
The Panthers (8-5) earned their first point of the match, taking 2-of-3 in doubles play. The duo of Liset Brito and Maria Spenceley gave FIU a 1-0 advantage, defeating Irina Parschiv and Barbora Vykydalova, 8-4. The Mean Green drew even with FIU, taking the second doubles match as Seredni and freshman Giulietta Boha fell to Madura Ranganathan and Nadia Lee, 8-6. The team of Lisa Johnson and Rita Maisak improved to 7-3 on the year with an 8-5 victory over Amy Joubert and Paula Dinuta to clinch the doubles point.
With a 1-0 lead, Brito (No. 81) picked up her 10th win of the season and her seventh-consecutive, straight-set victory, downing Parschiv, 6-0, 6-1. The win was the 57th of her career (No. 6 all-time at FIU) and gave the Panthers a 2-0 lead. Johnson earned FIU its third point of the match with a, 6-0, 6-3, win over Vykydalova. The victory was her third-straight. The Panthers wrapped up the win with Seredni's victory, 4-0.
The Mean Green got on the board as Joubert downed Boha, 6-4, 6-2. The Panthers closed out the match with two-straight victories as Maisak defeated Lee, 7-6 (3), 6-2, and Spenceley won 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 over Ranganathan. For Spenceley, the win was her seventh-straight in singles competition.
The victory marked the seventh-straight for the nationally ranked Panthers and improved FIU to 7-0 at home in 2011.
The Panthers will host the South Alabama Jaguars on Friday, March 18. The match is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET
Tennis Match Results
North Texas vs FIU Panthers
Mar 15, 2011 at Miami, Fla.
#61 FIU Panthers 6, North Texas 1
Singles competition
1. #81 Brito, Liset (FIU) def. Irina Parschiv (NT) 6-0, 6-1
2. Johnson, Lisa (FIU) def. Barbora Vykydalova (NT) 6-0, 6-3
3. Seredni, Christine (FIU) def. Paula Dinuta (NT) 6-2, 6-3
4. Spenceley, Maria (FIU) def. Madura Ranganathan (NT) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
5. Maisak, Rita (FIU) def. Nadia Lee (NT) 7-6 (10-3), 6-2
6. Amy Joubert (NT) def. Boha, Giulietta (FIU) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Brito, Liset/Spenceley, Maria (FIU) def. Irina Parschiv/Barbora Vykydalova (NT) 8-4
2. Madura Ranganathan/Nadia Lee (NT) def. Seredni, Christine/Boha, Giulietta (FIU) 8-6
3. Johnson, Lisa/Maisak, Rita (FIU) def. Amy Joubert/Paula Dinuta (NT) 8-5
Match Notes:
North Texas 3-9
FIU Panthers 8-5; National ranking #61
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,2,3,6,5,4)
