MIAMI (Jan. 23, 2015) – The FIU women's tennis team will kick off the 2015 spring season, hosting the Liberty Flames on Sunday, Jan. 25, at the FIU Tennis Courts. First serve is set for noon.
FIU is coming off a fall campaign where the team compiled a record of 55-28 (.663) in singles action and 20-14 (.588) in doubles play. Leading the way is freshman
Nerma Caluk, who has registered a team-best singles record of 13-6 this fall. Three other Panthers have notched 10-or-more wins this fall - junior
Kaitlin Brozovich (10-5), sophomore
Nina Nagode (10-4) and junior
Carlotta Orlando (11-6).
Sunday will mark the first-ever meeting between FIU and Liberty.
Admission to the match is free to the public.
Fans are encouraged to follow the Panthers on Facebook (
Facebook.com/FIUWTennis) for all the latest FIU women's tennis news. Follow all of FIU's 18 athletic teams on Google+ (FIU Athletics), Twitter (@FIUAthletics), Facebook (
Facebook.com/FIUSports), YouTube (FIUPanthers), and Instagram (FIUathletics).
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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/.
