Friday, March 15, 2002

FIU knocks off Syracuse, 6-1

he No. 28-ranked FIU tennis team made it five-straight wins with a 6-1 home victory over Syracuse (5-9), Friday afternoon on the University Park courts in Miami.

The Golden Panthers (11-3) swept the doubles point, winning all three matches, led at No. 1 by Anneliese Rose and Cristana Campana, the nation's No. 25-ranked duo, who defeated the Orangewomen's Masha Kabanova and Shervin Saedinia, 8-3.

FIU took the top-five singles matches with Rose beating Kabanova at No. 1, 6-1, 6-3. The Golden Panthers Mei Ly needed a tie breaker to defeat her opponent at No. 2, Daniella Kaluskova, 6-3, 6-7 (11-9).

Syracuse salvaged the point at No. 6 singles where Marion Charlier beat Nazly Elsawaf, 6-4, 6-1.

The Golden Panthers take the weekend off before hosting the University of Denver next Tuesday, March 19 at 2:00 p.m.

Final Score: Florida International 6 Syracuse 1

SINGLES:
No. 1 Anneliese Rose (FIU) def. Masha Kabanova (SU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 Mei Ly (FIU) def. Daniella Kaluskova (SU) 6-3, 6-17 (11-9)
No. 3 Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Shervin Saedinia (SU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Marina Raic (FIU) def. Christina Holte (SU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 Maria Montoya (FIU) def. Zani Suttle (SU) 6-1, 6-20
No. 6 Marion Charlier (SU) def. Nazly Elsawaf (FIU) 6-4, 6-1

DOUBLES:
No. 1 Campana/Rose (FIU) def. Kabanova/Saedinia (SU) 8-3
No. 2 Montoya/Raic (FIU) def. Suttle/Holte (SU) 8-2
No. 3 Rosenberg/Ly (FIU) def. Holte/Schlosser (SU) 8-2