MIAMI (March 8, 2017) – With the match tied at 3-3, junior Mina Markovic rallied from 5-1 down in the third set to lead FIU to a 4-3 win over the Penn Quakers on Wednesday afternoon.
The win improved FIU to 10-1 overall and 4-0 at home this season. Ranked No. 26 in the latest Oracle/ITA Women's Tennis National Rankings, the Panthers picked up their eighth-straight win on Wednesday.
FIU took an early 1-0 lead, winning the doubles portion of the match as Ulyana Grib and Maryna Veksler defeated Ria Vaidya and Lina Qostal, 6-2, and Markovic and Gabriela Ferreira downed Marta Kowalska and Luba Vazhenina, 6-3.