LOS ANGELES (Jan. 28, 2019) - The Women's tennis team participated in the ITA Kick-Off Weekend at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. FIU faced the LMU Tigers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers, and ended the weekend 1-8 overall. 

The Panthers picked up a point on day two against Minnesota. Freshman Basak Akbas took down the Golden Gophers's Caitlyn Merzbacher, 6-3, 6-3.

Weekend Results: 
Day one - Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019
LMU VS. FIU, 4-0 
Singles competition
1. V. Miroshnichenko (LMU) def. Kamila Umarova (FIU) 6-4, 6-1 2.
2. Maryna Veksler (FIU) vs. Eva Marie Voracek (LMU) 6-3, 5-2, unfinished
3. Sandra Bozinovic (FIU) vs. Siobhan Anderson (LMU) 6-1, 2-6, 3-3, unfinished
4. Elvira Juravliova (LMU) def. Basak Akbas (FIU) 6-2, 6-3
5. Paulina Bakaite (FIU) vs. Camila Tumosa (LMU) 4-6, 6-1, unfinished
6. Lillian Gabrielsen (LMU) def. Mariia Solnyshkina (FIU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. V. Miroshnichenko/Eva Marie Voracek (LMU) def. Kamila Umarova/Maryna Veksler (FIU) 6-4
2. Siobhan Anderson/Lillian Gabrielsen (LMU) def. Basak Akbas/Paulina Bakaite (FIU) 6-3
3. Sandra Bozinovic/Mariia Solnyshkina (FIU) vs. Camila Tumosa/Yesica de Lucas (LMU) 5-5, unfinished 

Day two- Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 
MINNESOTA VS. FIU, 4-1 
Singles competition
1. Kamila Umarova (FIU) vs. #95 Tina Kreinis (MINN) 6-4, 4-5, unfinished
2. Tiffany Huber (MINN) def. Maryna Veksler (FIU) 6-4, 7-5
3. Bita Mancera (MINN) def. Sandra Bozinovic (FIU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Basak Akbas (FIU) def. Caitlyn Merzbacher (MINN) 6-3, 6-3
5. Paulina Bakaite (FIU) vs. Cammy Frei (MINN) 1-6, 6-3, 2-4, unfinished
6. River Hart (MINN) def. Maria Turrillo (FIU) 6-3, 6-0 Doubles competition

Doubles competition 
1. Cammy Frei/Caitlyn Merzbacher (MINN) def. Sandra Bozinovic/Paulina Bakaite (FIU) 6-2
2. Kamila Umarova/Basak Akbas (FIU) vs. Tiffany Huber/Tina Kreinis (MINN) 3-4, unfinished
3. Bita Mancera/River Hart (MINN) def. Maria Turrillo/Maryna Veksler (FIU) 6-3

UP NEXT
The Panthers travel to New York to face Columbia and Seton Hall on Feb. 2-3.

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