BOCA RATON, Fla. – The No. 38 FIU women's tennis team added a league victory to conclude the regular season slate on Friday evening, dropping C-USA rival FAU, 6-1, at the Kimberly V. Strauss Tennis Center in Boca Raton, Fla. The Panthers clinched the match decisively at 4-0, though, the match would be played out to its 6-1 finish.
 
FIU concludes the regular season at 15-4 and 3-1 in the Conference USA, while FAU drops to 8-13 and 0-2 in league action.
 
FIU's 15 wins mark the fifth occurrence the Panthers have tallied 15 or more wins in a season under head coach Katarina Petrovic.
 
The Panthers opened with the advantage through doubles action, as Salma Loudili and Katarina Mandelikova handled business first for FIU in No. 3 doubles, 6-2, over FAU's Filip and McGinnis, though, No. 71 Ekaterina Khairutdinova and Kamila Umarova dropped their matchup at No. 1 doubles, 3-6.
 
The stud freshmen tandem of Mandelikova and Loudili move to 13 wins at the No. 3 position, holding a 13-4 mark on the year.
 
Yasmine Kabbaj and Oyinlomo Quadre would be the deciders for the point, seeing the duo corral their team-high 15^th dual win of the season, 6-3, over O'Hayon and Matthews.
 
The Panthers then blitzed FAU in singles play, dialing the first three wins convincingly in straight sets prior to playing the remaining singles matches out upon the win.
 
Kabbaj got things started at No. 1 singles, dropping Kudelova, 6-2, 6-3, prior to Mandelikova coming away over Matthews at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-1, for a 3-0 margin.
 
Kamila Umarova sealed the deal at No. 4 singles with a dominant 6-1, 6-1, performance over McGinnis, though, the match would continue en route to FIU's fourth straight singles victory – courtesy of Oyinlomo Quadre with her 10^th straight win at No. 3 singles, 6-4, 6-3, over O'Hayon.
 
Salma Loudili came out on top in a three-set clash with FAU's Galmiche in No. 6 singles, however, pulling away late 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, to push the match to a 6-0. Unfortunately, Khairutdinova would be the lone Panthers to come up on the losing end of singles, falling in a super tiebreaker to FAU's Filip, 3-6, 6-2, 0-10.
 
Loudili and Quadre, a pair of FIU newcomers, lead the Panthers with 12 dual singles wins apiece, followed by Yasmine Kabbaj (9) and Katerina Mandelikova (7).  
 
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No. 38 FIU awaits seeding for the 2023 Conference USA Women's Tennis Championships to be hosted by North Texas on Thursday, April 20-23, in Denton, Texas.

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