MIAMI (March 12, 2015) – The FIU women's tennis team improved to 6-5 on the year with a dominating 7-0 win over Conference USA foe WKU (5-6) on Thursday afternoon from the FIU Tennis Courts.
The win marked the fourth-straight for the Panthers as FIU improves to 6-0 at home. The win also marked the 10
th-straight for the Panthers at home, dating back to last season.
FIU took the doubles point, following wins by the duo of juniors
Carlotta Orlando and
Kaitlin Brozovich (6-1 over Gabby Crofford and Madeline Phillips) and the tandem of senior
Yana Koroleva and sophomore
Nina Nagode (6-2 over Emilia Granstrom and Andrea Christopoulou).
The Panthers proceeded to sweep the singles portion of the contest, taking all six matches. Freshman
Nerma Caluk got things started with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Elpida Malamou. Brozovich made the score 3-0, downing Emily Przystawski, 6-1, 6-1. Sophomore
Valentina Briceno picked up her third-straight singles win, topping Crofford, 6-0, 6-3, clinching the match for the Panthers.
FIU added three more points as Koroleva defeated Granstrom, 6-3, 6-1, Orlando defeated Tereza Hejlova, 6-2, 7-6 (5), and Nagode defeated Christopoulou, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
With the win, FIU improves to 1-0 all-time versus the Lady Toppers.
The Panthers will host the Boston Terriers on Saturday, March 14. First serve is set for noon.
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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/.
