2021-22 FIU WOMEN'S TENNIS SCHEDULE
MIAMI (Sept. 28, 2021) – The FIU women's tennis team will host a total of eight home dates and battle three opponents that qualified for the 2021 NCAA Championship as part of its 2021-22 season schedule, which was officially announced on Tuesday.
The Panthers, who posted a 12-2 record last season and qualified for the NCAA Division I Championship for the 10
th time in program history, will get the season underway this weekend as it travels to Tampa for the Bedford Cup, which is slated for Oct. 1-3. They will follow with a trip to the ITA Regionals on Oct. 14-17 in Orlando.
"We are excited after having one of the best finishes in program history this past season with a final ranking of No. 38 nationally," FIU head coach
Katarina Petrovic said. "Our schedule is definitely much stronger this year with numerous top-25 opponents, so we will be tested. I am very excited for this young team as will get a chance to compete against the best in a country."
FIU, which recorded a perfect 5-0 mark at its home court last season, will host the FIU Invitational the weekend of Oct. 29-31 where it will face Purdue, USF and FAU.
Overall, the Panthers will play a total of eight home events including UCF (Feb. 21) and a five-game homestretch in March that will include matches versus Boston University (March 8), Butler (March 10), East Tennessee State (March 17), Houston (March 27) and Brown (March 28).
The spring season gets underway with a trip to Tallahassee, Fla., where the Panthers will square off against Florida (Jan. 28). The weekend event will also feature games against potential opponents Florida State and Illinois.
The Panthers travels to the Big Apple in early February for a pair of matches against 2021 NCAA qualifier Long Island University (Feb. 4) and Columbia (Feb. 5).
FIU then heads to Jacksonville, Fla., for meetings with North Florida (Feb. 18) and Georgia Southern (Feb. 19), before returning home to face another 2021 NCAA participant, UCF on Feb. 21.
The final two road trips of the regular season have the Panthers heading to Denton, Texas, for matches against North Texas (Feb. 25) and Marshall (Feb. 26), and Tampa for clashes with USF (April 1) and Rice (April 2).
FIU's senior day is scheduled for Friday, April 8 against FAU. Each of the Panthers home dual matches are slated for noon (12 p.m.) starts.
The Conference USA Championship is scheduled for April 22-25 in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
The Panthers return a total of five letterwinners from last season's squad that advanced to the 2021 NCAA Championship for the 10
th time in program history and finished the season ranked No. 38 out of 264 NCAA Division I programs nationally.
2021-22 FIU Women's Tennis Schedule
| OCTOBER |
| 1-3 at Bedford Cup Tampa, Fla. |
| 14-17 at ITA Regionals Orlando, Fla. |
| 29-31 FIU Invitational Miami, Fla. |
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| JANUARY |
| 28 vs. Florida Tallahassee, Fla. |
| 29-30 vs. Florida State/Illinois Tallahassee, Fla. |
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| FEBRUARY |
| 4 vs. Long Island University New York, N.Y. |
| 5 vs. Columbia New York, N.Y. |
| 18 at North Florida Jacksonville, Fla. |
| 19 vs. Georgia Southern Jacksonville, Fla. |
| 21 UCF Miami, Fla. |
| 25 at North Texas Denton, Texas |
| 26 vs. Marshall Denton, Texas |
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| MARCH |
| 8 Boston University Miami, Fla. |
| 10 Butler Miami, Fla. |
| 17 East Tennessee State Miami, Fla. |
| 27 Houston Miami, Fla. |
| 28 Brown Miami, Fla. |
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| APRIL |
| 1 USF Tampa, Fla. |
| 2 Rice Tampa, Fla. |
| 8 FAU Miami, Fla. |
| 22-25 C-USA Championship Murfreesboro, Tenn. |