MIAMI (Feb. 20, 2020) - The FIU women's tennis team will travel to West Virginia for a pair of conference matches against North Texas and Marshall on Feb. 22-23. 

FIU enters the weekend sporting a 3-2 record with wins over Iowa, Kansas City and Liberty this season. 

SCOUTING THE MEAN GREEN
The Mean Green enter the weekend 7-2 and riding a two-match win streak. Historically, FIU holds a 12-5 record over North Texas and are looking to bounce back from a 4-3 loss against the Mean Green at the Conference Championship last season. The two will go head-to-head on Saturday, Feb. 22. 

SCOUTING THE HERD
The Herd is currently 6-3 this season, following a win over Fordham on the road on Feb. 16. FIU leads the series all-time against the Herd, 5-1. The most recent match up took place on March 1, 2019 when FIU took down Marshall 6-1 at home. FIU and Marshall are scheduled to play on Sunday, Feb. 23. 

WHAT RETURNS
FIU is led by junior Sandra Bozinovic and the sophomore duo of Kamila Umarova and Basak Akbas. The veteran group led the Panthers to an 11-8 record last season and were 4-1 overall in conference play. FIU built a nine-match win streak during the year, on its way to a quarterfinal appearance at the C-USA Championships.

WHAT'S NEW
The Panthers welcome a crop of four newcomers this season. Marina Alcaide, a junior transfer from VCU, along with three new freshmen; Ashley Vielma, Francisca Vergara and Kristina Miletic are the newest additions to the 2019-20 roster. 

SOCIAL MEDIA
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