HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (March 5, 2016) – The No. 48-ranked FIU women's tennis team (9-1) won its eighth-straight match with a 6-1 victory over the VCU Rams (3-7) on Saturday from the Huntington Tennis Club in Huntington, W.Va.
The Panthers took the first point of the match, claiming two doubles decisions as freshman
Maryna Veksler and junior
Nina Nagode defeated Olga Barshcheuskaya and Sofia Segerfors, 6-1, and sophomore
Nerma Caluk and senior
Kaitlin Brozovich downed Yana Morar and Magda Aubets, 6-2.
The Panthers proceeded to win five of six singles contests, to win the match 6-1. Caluk clinched the match for FIU with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Morar. The win was the eighth-straight for the second-year Panther. Also picking up wins for FIU were senior
Carlotta Orlando (6-2, 6-2 over Darya Berezhnaya), redshirt freshman
Andrea Lazaro (1-6, 6-2, 6-1 over Jania Braun), Brozovich (6-2, 7-5 over Segerfors) and Veksler (6-1, 6-1 over Barshcheuskaya).
The win improves FIU to 7-0 in matches away from the FIU Tennis Courts and extends the team's winning streak to the program's longest since claiming nine-straight during the 2011 season.
FIU will return home to host Butler on Tuesday, March 8. First serve is set for noon.
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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/.
