ATLANTA (Feb. 20, 2016) – The FIU women's tennis team (5-1) downed the George Washington Colonials, 7-0, on Saturday morning to earn the team's fourth-straight win.
The win improved FIU to 5-0 away from the FIU Tennis Courts and moved the Panthers' record all-time versus the Colonials to 2-0. FIU's first win over GW was a 7-0 victory during the 2006 season.
With the 5-1 mark, FIU is off to its best start since the 2001 season. That year, the Panthers finished 23-3 with a final ITA ranking of No. 24.
The Panthers earned the first point of the day with a pair of doubles wins as freshman Maryna Veksler and junior Nina Nagode defeated Allison Hansen and Taylor Nederlander, 6-2.