MIAMI (March 12, 2017) – For the second-straight match and the seventh time this season, the FIU women's tennis team (12-1) shut out its opponent as the Panthers rolled past the VCU Rams, 4-0, on Sunday afternoon from the FIU Tennis Courts.
The No. 26
th-ranked Panthers claimed their 10
th-straight victory and third over a nationally-ranked team this season.
In doubles action, the pair of
Maryna Veksler and
Ulyana Grib defeated Nourmea Witmus and Darya Berezhnaya, 6-1, followed by the duo of
Mina Markovic and
Gabriela Ferreira topping Magda Auberts and Gabriela Araujo, 6-2.
Taking the doubles point, FIU opened singles play with a 6-1, 6-0 victory for Grib over Araujo. The win pushed the FIU lead to 2-0 and was the 15
th victory of the season for the first-year Panther. Markovic won her third singles match of the week with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Aubets to give the Panthers a 3-0 advantage. Markovic also earned her 15
th singles win of the season.
Joining Grib and Markovic at the 15-win plateau on the year was No. 28
Andrea Lazaro, who clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Janina Bruan. The native of Barcelona, Spain, improved to 9-1 at the number-one position this season and increased her career mark in dual matches to 26-2.
The 10-match winning streak matches the season-best from a year ago and is the longest winning streak since the 2009 season, during which the Panthers won 13-straight.
Improving to 7-0 at home in 2017, the Panthers will next host Georgia Southern on Wednesday, March 15. First serve is set for 1:00 p.m. ET.
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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/.
