MIAMI (March 2, 2019) - The FIU women's tennis team picked up its fourth-straight win on Saturday, as the Panthers topped Yale, 4-3.

FIU is now 5-4 overall, with the Panthers winning five out of their last six matches. The Panthers continue their homestand on Sunday at 12 p.m., as FIU takes on North Texas.  

FIU jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Saturday, after the Panthers netted the doubles point over Yale. The duo of Kamila Umarova and Basak Akbas downed their foes, 6-3, before Maryna Veksler and Paulina Bakaite took a 6-0 decision on court three. The win for Umarova and Akbas was a ranked victory as the Panther tandem downed No. 52 ranked Samantha Martinelli and Jessie Gong.
 
Moving into singles action, Yale won on courts one, four and six, while Akbas and Bakaite took care of their Bulldog foes in straight sets to make the score 3-3. Akbas took her match, 6-4, 6-3, while Bakaite won, 7-6(2), 6-2.
 
After dropping her first set, Umarova bounced back to take down Yale's Caroline Dunleacy in three sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, as she clinched the thrilling victory for FIU at 4-3.

UP NEXT
FIU hosts Yale on Saturday, March 2 at 11 a.m., before diving back into C-USA play against North Texas on Sunday, March 3 at noon. 

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