BOCA RATON, Fla. (April 9, 2014) – The FIU women's tennis team (11-6) closed out the 2014 regular season with a 4-0 win over the Florida Atlantic Owls (10-10) on Wednesday afternoon.
 
FIU jumped out to a 1-0 lead after winning the doubles portion of the match as the duo of sophomore Carlotta Orlando and senior Giulietta Boha defeated Kandis Legall and Natalia Tomaszewicz, 8-4, and the tandem of sophomore Aleksandra Trifunovic and freshman Nina Nagode defeated Catalina Ene and Lyndsey Boos, 8-5.
 
The Panthers won three-straight singles matches to claim the 4-0 win. Orlando defeated Legall, 6-2, 6-2, Boha defeated Tomaszewicz, 6-2, 6-0, and Trifunovic clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Boos.
 
FIU will next travel to Norfolk, Va., for the 2014 Conference USA Tennis Championships, beginning April 16. 
   
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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 Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu