HOUSTON, Texas – The No. 36 FIU women's tennis team extended its win streak to nine matches on Thursday, collecting its first true road win of the season at Houston, 4-0, to move to 13-3 overall on the season. The Panthers won the doubles point for the 11^th straight match, while seeing Salma Loudili, Yasmine Kabbaj and Oyinlomo Quadre clinch singles wins all in straight sets.
 
The nine-match streak matches its longest streak from last season, as a win over No. 64 USF on Saturday would mark FIU's longest streak since the 2020-21 season (12 wins).
 
The Panthers nabbed their 11^th straight doubles point as the advantage has proven lethal for FIU entering singles action, seeing Katerina Mandelikova and Salma Loudili extend their streak to eight matches at the No. 3 spot, while 56^th-ranked Yasmine Kabbaj and Oyinlomo Quadre added their third in a row to clinch.
 
Loudili and Mandelikova collected a 6-2 victory over UH's Maria Dzemeshkevich and Gabriela Cortes for their 12^th win of the year, as Kabbaj and Quadre replicated their result on Court Two with a 6-2 decision over Sonya Kovalenko and Elena Trencheva for their team-high 13^th doubles win.
 
Junior Salma Loudili added her team-high 11^th dual singles win to kick off the singles rout, dropping Trencheva in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, while Yasmine Kabbaj finished just moments later at No. 1 singles with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Dzemeshkevich to erupt for the 3-0 advantage with first-set leads on three of the four remaining courts.
 
Oyinlomo Quadre and Kamila Umarova both sat on the brink of winning each of their matches at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively, though, Quadre would go on to seal the deal in straight sets over Sophie Schouten, 6-4, 6-3, to clinch the victory while Umarova led over Kovalenko, 6-1, 5-3.
 
Quadre moves her streak in singles to eight matches upon the win while also notching her 10^th singles win overall this season.
 
UP NEXT
FIU faces No. 64 South Florida on Saturday, Apr. 1, for a neutral site matchup in Houston. First serve is slated for a 12 p.m. ET start. 
 
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