MIAMI (Feb. 16, 2017) – The FIU women's tennis team (4-1) returns home to host the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders on Saturday, Feb. 18. First serve is set for 1:00 p.m. from the FIU Tennis Courts.
Admission is free to the public.
The Panthers come into Saturday's match having won two-straight and are 1-0 at home in 2017, winning their home-opener over San Jose State, 6-1, back on Jan. 23.
The Blue Raiders, who play Florida Atlantic on Friday, Feb. 17, enter the week with a 4-5 record having won two of their last four outings. This will mark the first regular-season meeting between the two teams since 2010. FIU has downed the Blue Raiders in nine-straight matches, dating back to 2003, including a 4-0 win in the 2016 Conference USA Tennis Championships in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (April 22).
Three Panthers have reached double-digits in wins this season, led by
Maryna Veksler, who comes into this weekend's action with an 11-3 mark. Joining Veksler are
Andrea Lazaro and
Mina Markovic, who have totaled 10 wins each. Lazaro (10-3) is currently ranked No. 29 in the latest Oracle/ITA Women's National Singles Rankings. Lazaro has registered an overall career mark of 34-12 and a 21-1 record in dual matches. Nine of her 10 victories this season have come in straight sets
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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/.
