HOUSTON (April 18, 2015) – The FIU women's tennis team (13-8) fell to the No. 30-ranked Rice Owls (15-8), 4-1, in the Conference USA Tennis Championship Semifinals on Saturday afternoon.
Rice took a 1-0 lead winning the doubles portion of the match as junior
Carlotta Orlando and sophomore
Valentina Briceno lost to Solomiya Zinko and Savannah Durkin, 8-1, and the team of freshman
Nerma Caluk and junior
Kaitlin Brozovich fell to Alison Ho and Lindsey Hodge, 8-2.
The Owls extended their lead to 3-0 with two-straight singles wins. Briceno dropped a 6-3, 6-1, decision to Zinko and Brozovich lost to Durkin, 7-5, 6-1. FIU got on the board as senior
Yana Koroleva defeated the No. 21-ranked Natalie Beazant, 6-2, 6-4, at the No. 1 spot. Rice clinched the match with a 7-5, 6-4 loss by Orlando to Katherine Ip at the No. 2 position.
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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/.
