FORT MYERS, Fla. – Junior Salma Loudili recorded the clincher in No. 6 singles to lift the FIU women's tennis team to its first win of 2023 on Sunday morning, 4-3, in its season opener against Liberty (1-1) in Fort Myers, Fla. The Panthers won the doubles point prior to ringing three of the first four singles wins to clinch the match at 4-1 prior to the 4-3 result.
Senior Kristina Miletic and freshman Katerina Mandelikova opened the morning with the first doubles win at the No. 3 position for the Panthers, dropping Liberty's Tiffany Nguyen and Micaela Ode Mitre, 6-2, followed by Kamila Umarova and Ekaterina Khairutdinova earning a decisive 6-1 victory in No.