MIAMI (Feb. 23, 2017) – The FIU women's tennis team (5-1) welcomes in-state rival Florida Gulf Coast (4-2) to the FIU Tennis Courts on Friday, Feb. 24, as the Panthers look for their fourth-straight victory.
First serve is set for 1:00 p.m. and admission is free to the public.
The Panthers come into Friday's match ranked No. 38 in the latest Oracle/ITA Division Rankings. FIU is coming off a 7-0 win over Conference USA foe Middle Tennessee last Saturday and enters Friday's match with a 2-0 record at home.
The Eagles have won three of their last four, but suffered a 6-1 loss at UCF last Friday, Feb. 17. FIU has won three-straight over FCGU, including a 4-0 victory last season (Jan. 23, 2016) in Fort Myers.
Four Panthers have reached double-digits in wins this season, led by
Maryna Veksler, who comes into this weekend's action with a 12-3 mark. Joining Veksler are
Andrea Lazaro and
Mina Markovic, who have totaled 11 wins each. Lazaro (11-3) is currently ranked No. 34 in the latest Oracle/ITA Women's National Singles Rankings. Lazaro has registered an overall career mark of 35-12 and a 22-1 record in dual matches. Ten of her 11 victories this season have come in straight sets. Rounding out the double-digit victories is
Ulyana Grib, who owns a 10-3 mark overall (4-1 in dual matches).
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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/.
