MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The No. 2 seed FIU women's tennis team came up short in a 4-1 defeat against No. 3 seed Charlotte in the semifinal round of the 2022 Conference USA Women's Tennis Championship on Saturday afternoon on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University.
The loss marked just the second for the Panthers in over two months and the first against a conference opponent this season. FIU now stands at 17-4, while Charlotte advances to Sunday's Conference USA Championship match.
The match opened with a heated doubles battle between the teams as Andreea Velcea and Kristina Miletic paired up to post a 6-4 win over Charlotte's tandem of Ruxi Schech and Kaavya Sawhney in the No.