ORLANDO, Fla. (April 3, 2015) – The FIU women's tennis team (10-7) fell to the UCF Knights (9-6), 4-2, on Friday afternoon from the UCF Tennis Complex.
FIU took a 1-0 lead, winning the doubles point to start the match. The duo of
Yana Koroleva and
Nina Nagode defeated Kennan Johnson and Caroline Eberhart, 7-6 (4) and the tandem of
Carlotta Orlando and
Valentina Briceno downed Clare Mendell and Sofia Baptista, 7-6 (4).
UCF tied the match at 1-all, as
Nerma Caluk lost to Johnson, 6-1, 6-0. Koroleva gave FIU a 2-1 lead with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Eberhart. However, the Knight rattled off three-straight points to take the match, 4-2, as
Valentina Briceno lost to Baptista, 6-1, 6-2, Orlando fell to Cortney Cesarini, 7-5, 6-2, and
Kaitlin Brozovich lost to Monica Matias, 6-2, 6-3.
The Panthers will player their final regular season match on Sunday, April 5, taking on UAB in Orlando. First serve is set for 10 a.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/.
