MIAMI (Feb. 26, 2015) – The FIU women's tennis team (2-5) returns home to host a pair of matches this weekend, welcoming the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles on Saturday, Feb. 28, and the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats on Sunday, March 1.
Saturday's match with FGCU will begin at 2 p.m. ET and Sunday's contest versus the Wildcats will start at noon from the FIU Tennis Courts. Admission to all FIU tennis matches is free to the public.
The Panthers are looking to snap a five-match losing streak as FIU has been on the road since Feb. 6. With a 2-0 record at home, FIU owns a 2-1 mark versus the Eagles all-time. The last meeting between the two schools resulted in 4-3 win for the Panthers on Feb. 1, 2014.
Five Panthers have registered double-digit victories in singles play this season. Freshman
Nerma Caluk has a team-best 16 singles wins, while junior
Carlotta Orlando has notched 15. Sophomore
Nina Nagode has garnered 14 singles wins while junior
Kaitlin Brozovich and senior
Yana Koroleva have 12 each.
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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/.
