This was FIU over Miami, Barcelona over Madrid and senior over sophomore.
FIU tennis star Andrea Lazaro — a senior from Barcelona — defeated University of Miami sophomore Estela Perez-Somarriba of Madrid in three sets 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 on Friday at Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
With that win, Lazaro became the first FIU tennis player ever to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Perez-Somarriba, who is ranked third in the nation, finished her season with a 39-8 record, the sixth most wins by a Hurricanes player. After reaching the NCAA semifinals in 2017, Perez-Somarriba was the 2018 ACC Player of the Year.