CORAL GABLES, Fla. (Oct. 11, 2018) —The FIU women's tennis team joins nine squads traveling to Coral Gables for the Bedford Cup, set to begin on Oct. 12-14.
 
The event which serves as the annual fall Florida state championship will take place at the University of Miami, Neil Schiff Tennis Center and will feature Miami, Stetson, Florida Atlantic, Bethune-Cookman, UCF, Florida A&M, FGCU, North Florida and USF.
 
Action beings Friday Oct. 12^th at 8 a.m. and will extend through Sunday. Draws for all five Bedford Cup flights can be found HERE, while live stats for all three days of the tournament will be available HERE.
 
Friday's line up will resemble the following; one round of doubles action, with all 11 matches taking place at 8 a.m. After that, there will be two rounds of singles matches, with the final contest scheduled for 5 p.m.
 
"There is going to be tough competition this weekend," said head coach Katerina Petrovic. "I am looking forward to seeing junior Maria Turillo and freshman Mariia Solynshkina in action."
 
The Bedford Cups marks as a debut for Solynshkina and Turillo as Panthers. 
 
The freshman duo Basak Akbas, and Kamila Umarova will also represent FIU in singles play. Kicking off her senior campaign, Gabriella Ferreira will take the court for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
 
For doubles action, Umarova is paired with veteran Maryna Veksler who ranked as a Top 10 doubles player in 2017-18 after having an impressive junior campaign, which included a bid to play to the NCAA doubles tournament. Solynshkina will share the court with fellow freshman Akbas. The dynamic duo of Ferreira and Turillo will be paired together for the weekend.
 
"Basak and Mariia are very excited about playing together and I am just as excited to watch how it turns out," said Petrovic.
 
UP NEXT
The women's tennis team will return back home on Nov. 9, 2018 for the FIU Invitational.
 
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FRIDAY SCHEDULE
Doubles No. 1 Flight – Main Draw Round of 16
8 a.m.: Basak Akbas/Mariia Solnishkyna (FIU) vs. Ana Madcur/Daniella Roldan (UM)
 
Doubles No. 1 Flight- Quarterfinals
8 a.m.: [2] Kamila Umarova/Maryna Veksler vs. TBD
 
Doubles No. 2 Flight – Main Draw Round of 16
8 a.m.: Gabriela Ferreira/Maria Turillo (FIU) vs. Bridget Forster/Patricia Villar (FGCU)
 
Singles No. 1 Flight – Main Draw Round of 32
9:30 a.m.: Sandra Bozinovic (FIU) vs. Haleigh Porter (FAMU)– winner plays at 1 p.m.., loser plays at 2:30 p.m.
10 a.m.: [3] Kamila Umarova  (FIU) vs. Danielle Roldan (UM) – winner plays again at 1 p.m., loser plays at 2:30 p.m.
 
Singles No. 2 Flight- Round of 16
11:30 a.m.: Basak Akbas (FIU) vs. Vickey Geurinkx (STET) – winner plays at 4 p.m., loser plays at 4:30 p.m.
 
Singles No. 3 Flight – Round of 16
12 p.m.: Maria Turillo (FIU) vs. Adrienne Clayton (FAMU) – winner plays at 3 p.m., loser plays at 5 p.m.
1 p.m.: [4] Gabriella Ferreira (FIU) vs. Alexe Viaud (STET) – winner plays at 4 p.m., loser plays at 5 p.m.
 
Singles No. 3 Flight- Quarterfinal round
4 p.m.: [3] Mariia Solynshkina vs. TBD