WINSTON-SALEM, NC. (May, 23 2018) – FIU senior Andrea Lazaro defeated No.40 Melissa Lord from Stanford, 6-4, 6-1, in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Championship on Wednesday afternoon.
Lazaro, currently ranked at No.13 in the latest Oracle/ITA National singles rankings, won her 28th singles match of the season and is the first Panther in FIU history to advance to the NCAA second round in the individual draw. In the second round on Thursday, she will play against Duke's Meible Chi. Chi came out victorious in her first round match, winning 6-3, 6-4 against Oklahoma's Lily Miryazaki.