MIAMI (March 31, 2017) – The No. 30-ranked FIU women's tennis team (17-1) hosts the UCF Knights (12-6) on Saturday, April 1, at the FIU Tennis Courts.
The match is free to the public as first serve is set for noon.
Saturday will mark Senior Day for the Panthers.
Nina Nagode, who will be playing in the final home contest of her career, will be honored prior to the start of the match.
FIU has won 15-straight and are coming off a 4-0 win over Temple on Saturday, March 25. The shutout was the 11th of the season for FIU. The 15-game winning streak for FIU is tied for the third-longest winning streak in school history and is the longest since the 2001 season (18-straight).
The Knights come into Saturday's match with a 12-6 record and are coming off a 6-1 win over Milwaukee on Tuesday, March 21. The last meeting between FIU and UCF resulted in a 4-3 win for the Panthers on April 1 of last season.
FIU is led by
Maryna Veksler and reigning C-USA Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week
Ulyana Grib, who both come into this weekend's action with a team-best 20 wins. Joining Veksler and Girb are
Andrea Lazaro (19-4),
Mina Markovic (16-4), who have totaled 15 wins or more each. Lazaro is currently ranked No. 41 in the latest Oracle/ITA Women's National Singles Rankings. The native of Barcelona, Spain, has registered an overall career mark of 43-13 and a 30-2 career record in dual matches.
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Facebook.com/FIUWTennis) for all the latest FIU women's tennis news. Follow all of FIU's 18 athletic teams on Twitter (@FIUAthletics), Facebook (
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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/.
