IRVING, Texas (April 17, 2015) – The FIU women's tennis team (13-7) defeated the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (19-4), 4-3, on Friday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Conference USA Tennis Championships.
The Blue Raiders took a 1-0 lead, winning the doubles points as freshman
Nerma Caluk and junior
Kaitlin Brozovich fell to Brittany Huxley and Nayara Moraes, 8-2, and junior
Carlotta Orlando and sophomore
Valentina Briceno lost to Jesse Grace and Sarah Sediri, 8-3.
FIU tied the match when senior
Yana Koroleva defeated Tiffany William, 6-4, 6-1, at the No. 1 position. Middle Tennessee regained the lead, 2-1, as Briceno fell to Sediri, 6-2, 6-1. The Panthers tied the match when Orlando downed Darya Shulzhanok, 6-4, 7-6 (6). The Blue Raiders took a 3-2 lead as Huxley defeated Caluk, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1. Sophomore
Nina Nagode won 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-1 and Brozovich defeated Nayara Moraes, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 to give FIU the victory.
FIU will next on the No. 1-seeded Rice Owls on Saturday in the tournament semifinals. The match is slated for 11 a.m. ET.
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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/.
