After a great showing in the Milwaukee Classic, four Panthers got a chance to measure themselves against elite competition. Freshmen Tina Mohorcic and Nina Nagode, sophomore Carlotta Orlando and senior Giulietta Boha made the trip to Athens, Ga. on Oct. 19-20 to compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournament. While the two freshmen and […]
The first fall tournament for the Panthers tennis team can be characterized as successful. In the Milwaukee Tennis Classic back on Sept. 13 through Sept. 15, FIU was victorious in 11 singles matches and picked up five doubles victories. “We played better than I thought, and these girls did well in supporting each other in […]
Steven Rowell/Contributing Writer The latest tennis team win could not have come at a better time for the Panthers. A 5-2 win against Florida Atlantic University that snapped the team’s longest losing streak in 30 years was crucial in gaining momentum right before heading to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. “It makes us very optimistic […]
Steve Rowell/Contributing Writer With the loss to Brown University on March 29th at the FIU tennis courts, the misery continued as the Panthers now find themselves in a season high seven- game losing streak. Before the season, senior Rita Maisak, and junior Giulietta Boha said they had expected greater things this season compared to last […]
Steven Rowell/ Contributing Writer As if the foreign players on the FIU tennis team didn’t already have to worry about the culture shock when coming to Miami, they also had to deal with a radical change in the courts they played on. In Europe, where six of the nine tennis players hail from, courts tend […]
Steven Rowell/ Contributing Writer The Green Wave of Tulane University came into FIU ranked No.39 in the country on March 26th. For the FIU tennis team, Tulane felt more like a tsunami , as the Green Wave blanked the Panthers 4-0 dropping FIU to their sixth straight loss, equaling their longest losing streak of the […]
Steven Rowell/ contributing writer Throughout the season, one of the constant messages tennis Head Coach Katarina Petrovic drills into her team is that every player needs to give 100 percent effort out on the court. On Sunday, March 17 that wasn’t the case against Winthrop as the Panthers fell 5-2 and to 2-11 on the […]
Steven Rowell/Contributing Writer Despite the dark cloud of a season the FIU tennis team is having with a 2-10 record through March 15, there has been a ray of sunshine from freshman Carlotta Orlando. The Italy native has a team leading seven singles victories this season with a record of 8-3 and two of those three […]
Steven Rowell/ contributing writer FIU tennis Head Coach Katarina Petrovic had a shake-up in her doubles line-up in hopes of getting better doubles results from her FIU tennis team. But while the lineup was different, the results were still the same. For the third straight match the Panthers failed to cash in on a doubles […]
Steven Rowell/contributing writer Despite seeing her tennis team lose its sixth consecutive match on Feb. 22, Head Coach Katarina Petrovic knew her team was close. She felt the energy the team had on Feb. 22 in the Florida State loss was exactly what it needed going into Sunday’s match against conference foe Arkansas State. It […]
Steven Rowell/contributing writer The players on the tennis team put the “international” in Florida International University. Out of the nine players on the roster, all but two players hail from outside the United States, marking it as the most international team in FIU. Two walk-on freshmen, Michelle Sabado and Natalie Navarro, make up the domestic […]
