UH tennis dropped a second straight match on the road in Florida, this time falling at the hand of No. 40 Florida International in a 4-1 defeat.
The afternoon kicked off with doubles play and the Cougars got off to a slow start after sophomore Laura Slisane and freshman Maria Dzemeshkevich were immediately defeated 6-1 by the Panther team of sophomore Andreea Velcea and junior Kristina Miletic.
FIU secured the point on the day after UH’s team of senior Sophie Gerits and freshman Elena Trencheva were defeated by the Panther team of freshman Yasmine Kabbaj and senior Basak Akbas in a tight 7-5 battle.