MIAMI (March 10, 2015) – The FIU women's tennis team (5-5) knocked off Conference USA foe Southern Miss (7-5), 5-2, on Tuesday afternoon from the FIU Tennis Courts.
FIU took an early 1-0 lead, as the duo of senior
Yana Koroleva and sophomore
Nina Nagode defeated Carolin Drescher and Alex Kitchen, 6-3, while junior
Carlotta Orlando and
Kaitlin Brozovich topped Elena Roca and Kathrin Waidner, 6-3.
The Panthers tacked on four more points to take a 5-0 lead, with singles wins by Orlando (6-1, 6-3 over Cludia Castella), Koroleva (6-3, 6-2 over Drescher), sophomore
Valentia Briceno (6-4, 6-3 over Roca), and Nagode (6-3, 6-0 over Karina Gurgenyan).
The Eagles claimed two points as freshman
Nerma Caluk fell to Lisa Schneider, 7-6 (5), 6-2, and Brozovich fell to Alex Kitchen, 6-3, 7-5.
The Panthers will next host WKU on Thursday, March 12. First serve is set for 1 p.m.
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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/.
