MIAMI (Feb. 26, 2016) – The No. 62-ranked FIU women's tennis team (6-1) won its fifth-straight in convincing fashion, defeating the Eastern Michigan Eagles (2-10), 7-0, on Friday afternoon from the FIU Tennis Courts.
The win marked the first home win of the season for the Panthers, who are off to their best start since the 2001 season. That year, the Panthers finished 23-3 with a final ITA ranking of No. 24.
FIU opened the afternoon, taking the doubles point as senior Carlotta Orlando and redshirt freshman Andrea Lazaro defeated Ani Gogvadze and Renu Sharma, 6-2, and sophomore Nerma Caluk and senior Kaitlin Brozovich topped Anna Veleva and Alejandra Barcelo, 6-0.