MIAMI (Feb. 24, 2017) – The FIU women's tennis team (6-1) defeated the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (4-3), 7-0, on Friday afternoon from the FIU Tennis Courts.
The win, FIU's fourth-straight, marked the second-consecutive contest and third of the season where the Panthers shut out the opposition.
Ranked No. 38 in the current Oracle/ITA Women's Tennis Rankings, FIU improved to 3-0 at home this season.
The Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead following doubles action as the duo of
Andrea Lazaro and
Nina Nagode defeated Julia Ascua and Julianna Curtis, 6-3, and the tandem of
Ulyana Grib and
Maryna Veksler downed Bridget Forster and Maja Ornberg, 6-1.
Lazaro gave FIU a 2-0 lead with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Orngerg. The victory for the No. 34-ranked player was her 12
th of the season and improved the native of Barcelona, Spain, to 23-1 in career dual matches. The Panthers added to their lead, 3-0, when Veksler defeated Ascua, 6-3, 6-2, and made the score 4-0 with the match-clinching point by
Nerma Caluk (6-2, 6-4 win over Sofia Perez).
FIU scored three more points with wins by Grib (6-2, 4-6, 10-3 over Sara Kelly), Nagode (6-4, 7-5 win over Laura Falceto Font) and
Mina Markovic (6-4, 6-7 [5], 10-8 win over Curtis).
The Panthers will return to action on Saturday, Feb. 25, hosting the Stetson Hatters. First serve from the FIU Tennis Courts is slated for 1:00 p.m.
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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/.
