MIAMI (March 14, 2016) – The No. 57-ranked FIU women's tennis team (11-1) will host the No. 38-ranked Columbia Lions (8-3) on Tuesday, March 15. First serve from the FIU Tennis Courts is set for 12 p.m.
Admission to Friday's match is free to the public.
FIU has won four-straight at home and 10-straight overall.
The Panthers are coming off a 4-0 win over UTEP on Friday and will look to improve to 5-1 at home this year with a win over Columbia.
Tuesday's match will be the seventh meeting all-time between the two teams with the series tied at 3-3. The last meeting between the Panthers and Lions resulted in a 4-0 win for Columbia on March 22, 2014, in Miami, Fla.
All six Panthers come into Tuesday's match with 10-or-more singles wins. Leading the way for FIU is freshman
Maryna Veksler, who has posted a team-best 24-5 mark. Redshirt freshman
Andrea Lazaro, the reigning C-USA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week, comes into the Columbia match having won 12-straight and is a perfect 11-0 in dual matches. Lazaro is 18-8 in singles action this season. Sophomore
Nerma Caluk has won 10-straight singles matches, while senior
Carlotta Orlando has been victorious in nine-straight. Orlando is 17-8 on the year, while Caluk is 23-4. Also notching double-digit wins are junior
Nina Nagode (17-10) and senior
Kaitlin Brozovich (13-8).
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