BOCA RATON, Fla. (March 22, 2012) --- The FIU women's tennis team (5-12) defeated the Florida Atlantic Owls (9-5), 5-2, on Wednesday, March 21, at Patch Reef Park in Boca Raton, Fla.
The Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the contest, winning the doubles portion as sophomore Giulietta Boha and freshman Karyn Guttormsen defeated the pair of Taylor Briggs and Justine Humair, 8-2, and seniors Lisa Johnson and Christine Seredni downed FAU's Catalina Ene and Natasha Phillips, 8-5.
FIU earned the victory, taking four singles matches to make the score 5-2. Freshman Sarah McLean defeated Natasha Basma, 6-0, 6-2, for her sixth victory of the season. Johnson downed Ene, 6-2, 7-5. It marked the San Diego, Calif., native's second-straight singles win. Guttormsen won a 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, match with Cassie Bergeson. The victory was her team-best eighth of the spring. Seredni defeated Erika Mrazkova, 6-1, 6-3, for her third singles win in dual matches this year.
The win snapped a two-match, losing skid and gave the Panthers their first road victory of the season. It also improved FIU to 25-1 all-time versus the Owls.
The Panthers will next host Brown on Friday, March 30. The match is slated for 1:00 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
FIU Panthers vs Florida Atlantic
Mar 21, 2012 at Boca Raton, Fla.
FIU Panthers 5, Florida Atlantic 2
Singles competition
1. Humair, Justine (FAU) def. Maisak, Rita (FIU) 6-2, 6-4
2. McLean, Sarah (FIU) def. Basma, Natasha (FAU) 6-0, 6-2
3. Johnson, Lisa (FIU) def. Ene, Catalina (FAU) 6-2, 7-5
4. Guttormsen, Karyn (FIU) def. Bergeson, Cassie (FAU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
5. Seredni, Christine (FIU) def. Mrazkova, Erika (FAU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Phillips, Natasha (FAU) def. Boha, Giulietta (FIU) retired
Doubles competition
1. Basma, Natasha/Tomaszewicz, Natalia (FAU) def. Maisak, Rita/McLean, Sarah (FIU) 8-6
2. Boha, Giulietta/Guttormsen, Karyn (FIU) def. Briggs, Taylor/Humair, Justine (FAU) 8-2
3. Johnson, Lisa/Seredni, Christine (FIU) def. Ene, Catalina/Phillips, Natasha (FAU) 8-5
FIU Panthers 5-12
Florida Atlantic 9-5
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