MIAMI (Feb. 25, 2017) – The FIU women's tennis team (7-1) earned the program's 500
th win all-time with a 4-0 victory over the Stetson Hatters (0-7) on Saturday afternoon from the FIU Tennis Courts.
Saturday marked the team's third-straight shutout of an opponent and fifth-straight win. Ranked No. 38 in the latest Oracle/ITA Women's Tennis Rankings, Saturday was FIU's third-straight win over the Hatters and the eighth in the last nine meetings with the team from DeLand.
FIU got things started, taking the doubles point as
Maryna Veksler and
Mina Markovic defeated Sofia Ferding and Lucie Renault, 6-2, and
Gabriela Ferreira and
Ulyana Grib topped Alexe Viaud and Danielle Peele, 6-1.
In singles action, Veksler gave the Panthers a 2-0 lead with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Renault. A 6-0, 6-1 decision for Ferreira over Viaud extended the FIU lead to 3-0 before
Nerma Caluk clinched the match, defeating Peele, 6-1, 6-1.
The victory improved FIU to 4-0 at home this season and was the Panthers' seventh-straight win at the FIU Tennis Courts, dating back to last season.
The Panthers will next travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, to take on UNLV on Friday, March 3.
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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/.
