DeLAND, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2016) – The FIU women's tennis team (3-1) claimed its second-straight 7-0 victory, defeating Bethune-Cookman on Sunday afternoon from the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.
FIU took a 1-0 lead after winning the doubles portion of the match. Senior
Carlotta Orlando and redshirt freshman
Andrea Lazaro defeated Hilary Hanton and Karen Romero, 6-1, while sophomore
Nerma Caluk and senior
Kaitlin Brozovich downed Ancia Ifill and Alejandra Vidal, 6-2.
In singles play, freshman
Maryna Veksler defeated Mina Matsuba, 6-1, 6-2, and junior
Nina Nagode defeated Matea Roki, 6-1, 6-1. Orlando topped Hanton, 6-0, 6-1; Lazaro defeated Ifill, 6-3, 6-1; Caluk downed Romero, 6-2, 6-0 and Brozovich won over Vidal, 6-1, 6-2, as FIU earned all six singles' points.
With the win, FIU improves to 4-0 all-time versus the Wildcats.
FIU will next travel to Atlanta, Ga., to take on Georgia State on Friday, Feb. 19. First serve is set for 4 p.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/.
