MIAMI (Jan. 28, 2016) – The FIU women's tennis team (1-0) hosts the Troy Trojans (1-1) on Friday, Jan. 29, in the Panthers' home opener. First serve is set for 2:30 p.m. from the FIU Tennis Courts.
Admission to Friday's match is free to the public.
The Panthers opened the season with a 4-0 sweep at Florida Gulf Coast last Saturday. Sophomore
Nerma Caluk (No. 69), junior
Nina Nagode and redshirt freshman
Andrea Lazaro each collected singles victories, while the duos of Nagode and freshman
Maryna Veksler and Lazaro and senior
Carlotta Orlando claimed the doubles point versus the Eagles.
It marked the third-straight, season-opening victory for the Panthers and improved FIU to 4-1 all-time versus FGCU.
Friday's contest will mark the 10
th meeting all-time between FIU and Troy with the Panthers owning an 8-1 edge in the series history with the Trojans. The last meeting between the two squads was during the 2012 Sun Belt Tournament as FIU defeated Troy, 4-3, in the opening round on April 20 in Denton, Texas.
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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/.
