Rose Eliminated in first round of NCAA Singles by old nemeses
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FIU's Anneliese Rose never has to play Vanderbilt's Julie
Ditty again in women's tennis singles, it will be too soon.
In a replay of the No. 1 singles match of the NCAA Team Championship Tournament two weekends ago in Nashville, the No. 15-ranked Ditty and No. 59 Rose met again, this time for the Individual Championships being played in Stone Mountain, Ga.
Despite severe weather conditions that caused the match to be delayed for more than a day and forced the use of indoor courts, the Vanderbilt senior prevailed over the younger Rose, 6-2, 6-4.
Ditty moves on, but this time, assumes the underdog role when she plays Aarthi Venkatesan of Georgia, a seven-seed in the tournament.
For Rose, her season ends, but not before putting FIU women's tennis on the map and ranked among the nation's elite. FIU finished the season with a 23-3 record which included a 4-0 shutout of Penn State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The Golden Panthers were 11-3 against ranked foes in 2001 and had that same record versus schools receiving invitations to this year's NCAA Tournament.
All six FIU singles regulars have recorded 20-or-more overall wins this year, led at the top by the junior Rose (Boynton Beach/Atlantic HS) who ranked as high as No. 59 in the WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
More of the same should be expected next year with the return of five letterwinners, four of whom recorded more than 20 singles wins this past year.
FIU Women's Tennis falls in Regional finals
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ended No. 25-ranked FIU's best women's tennis season ever by
shutting out the Golden Panthers, 4-0, in the championship match
of the regionals of the NCAA Championships in Nashville, Tenn.
The Commodores advance to the Round of 16 for the fifth time
in their seven NCAA appearances.
No. 6 Vanderbilt got off to a quick start by winning the doubles point. Julie Ditty and Kate Burson led the way, defeating Mariana Faustinelli and Anneliese Rose, 8-1, at the No. 1 position. The nation's No. 17-ranked doubles team of Sarah Riske and Aleke Tsoubanos clinched the point, winning at No. 2 by an 8-1 decision.
Vanderbilt continued their dominance in the singles matches. Ditty, the No. 15-ranked singles player in Division I, quickly disposed of No. 59 Rose in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Burson followed shortly behind, defeating Faustinelli, 6-0, 6-2. The victory marked Burson's 75th of her career. Kelly Schmandt clinched the match for the Commodores, winning 6-0, 6-1, over Maria Montoya at No. 6.
The three remaining matches were abandoned.
Vanderbilt, who defeated its last eight regional opponents with shutout victories, faces the winner of today's matchup between Fresno State and UCLA on Thursday, May 17, in Stone Mountain, Ga.
Singles
1. Julie Ditty (VU) def. Anneliese Rose (FIU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Sarah Riske (VU) vs. Mari Toro (FIU) 6-2, 3-3 ab.
3. Jenny Miller (VU) vs. Alexandra Guzman (FIU) 2-6, 3-2 ab.
4. Kate Burson (VU) def. Mariana Faustinelli (FIU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Aleke Tsoubanos (VU) def. Cristina Campana (FIU) 5-7, 2-1
ab.
6. Kelly Schmandt (VU) def. Maria Montoya (FIU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
1. Ditty/Burson (VU) def. Faustinelli/Rose (FIU) 8-1
2. Riske/Tsoubanos (VU) def. Guzman/Campana (FIU) 8-1
3. Miller/Rose (VU) vs. Toro/Montoya (FIU) 4-2 ab.
FIU defeats Penn State to move on at NCAA Women's Tennis Regional
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then captured three singles matches in straight sets to beat
Penn State (15-10), 4-0, in the opening round of the 2001 NCAA
Division I Tennis Championships at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
Tenn.
The Golden Panthers set a new school record with their 23rd win of the season, against just two defeats.
FIU won at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions in doubles to take the point. At No. 2, Alexandra Guzman and Cristina Campana won their 19th match of the spring season with a 9-7 victory over Penn State's Judy Wang and Janelle Perez.
In singles, Mari Toro, Mariana Faustinelli and Campana all won their matches in straight sets to secure the win for the Golden Panthers. Toro raised her spring singles record to 20-5, with the 6-3, 6-4 win over All-Big 10 selection Rebecca Ho.
FIU moves on to Sunday's 1:00 p.m. (ET) regional final against host Vanderbilt (22-4), the No. 6-ranked team in the nation, who beat Murray State, 4-0, in the other first round match. The winner of Sunday's match will advance to the Round of 16 in Stone Mountain, Ga.
Singles
1. Anneliese Rose (FIU) vs. Pilar Montgomery (PSU), 6-4, 5-4,
DNF
2. Mari Toro (FIU) def. Rebecca Ho, 6-3, 6-4
3. Alexandra Guzman (FIU) vs. Judy Wang (PSU), 2-6, 5-6, DNF
4. Mariana Faustinelli (FIU) def. Janelle Perez (PSU), 7-6 (13),
6-2
5. Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Kristen Nowicki (PSU), 6-2, 7-5
6. Maria Montoya (FIU) vs. Leigh Ann Merryman (PSU), 4-6, 4-4,
DNF
Doubles
1. Montgomery/Ho (PSU) def. Faustinelli/Rose (FIU), 8-5
2. Guzman/Campana (FIU) def. Wang/Perez (PSU), 9-7
3. Toro/Montoya (FIU) def. Merryman/Teresa Whiteside (PSU), 8-2
Golden Panthers prepare to meet Penn State in NCAA Tourney opener
pair of first-time entrants in the postseason will square off
Saturday at 10:00 a.m. when No. 25 FIU and No. 46 Penn State
meet in the opening round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Championships
at Vanderbilt's Brownlee O. Curry Tennis Center in Nashville,
Tenn.
Host Vanderbilt (21-4), ranked No. 6 in Division I, plays Ohio Valley Conference champion Murray State (17-11) in the other first-round match scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday's two winners meet Sunday at noon for the regional championship.
Postseason action is nothing new for FIU Head Coach Ronni Bernstein, a four-year collegiate All-American and 1986 NCAA National doubles champion from the University of Miami. But the Golden Panthers athletes will be experiencing their first taste of postseason competition after 25 years of fielding the sport.
Yet, playing top-ranked opponents won't be anything new to this team. FIU (22-2) is 10-2 against ranked foes in 2001 and 10-2 versus schools receiving invitations to this year's NCAA Tournament. The Golden Panther and Penn State programs have never met before.
All six FIU singles regulars have recorded 20-or-more overall wins this year, led at the top by junior Anneliese Rose (Boynton Beach/Atlantic HS). Rose is ranked No. 59 in the latest WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis Rankings and was selected to participate in Stone Mountain, Ga. next week as one of the 64 individual competitors at the NCAA Championships.
Talented freshman Mari Toro (Miami/Coral Park) holds down the No. 2 singles position. She was FIU's only Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week this past season and posted a 23-8 record. Toro has been ranked as high as No. 89 in the CTR.
Penn State is coming off its most successful season in years, after posting a 15-9 overall mark and a best-ever 5-5 record in Big Ten action. The Lady Lions are led by All-Big Ten selections Pilar Montgomery and Rebecca Ho. Montgomery went 29-10 at No. 1 singles while Ho was 25-12 at No. 2. The duo teamed up to post a 23-11 mark at No. 1 doubles as well.
The winner of this regional advances to the NCAA "Sweet 16" on May 17 hosted by Georgia State University. This region's winner will face the winner of the regional at Fresno State featuring FSU, Georgia Tech, UCLA and Cal State Northridge.
FIU Women’s Tennis selected for NCAA postseason play
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the first time in the history of the FIU women’s tennis
program, the Golden Panthers have received an invitation to compete
in the NCAA Division I Championships.
No. 25-ranked FIU (22-2) will travel to Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, May 12 at 10:00 a.m., for first round play against No. 46-ranked Penn State (15-9). No. 6-ranked and host Vanderbilt (21-4) plays Ohio Valley Conference champ Murray (KY) State (17-11) in the other half of the bracket. The championship match is scheduled for noon on Sunday, May 13.
"I’m so proud of our team and all they have accomplished this season," said FIU Head Coach Ronni Bernstein. "It’s interesting that the NCAA sent us out of the region. It will be nice to see a different part of the country and play against other programs. I’m anxious to get started and see what happens."
In addition to the team honor, Golden Panther junior Anneliese Rose (Boynton Beach, Fla./Atlantic HS) was selection as one of 64 players nationally to battle for the individual singles championship, May 21-26, in Stone Mountain, Ga. The Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranked Rose as the No. 59 singles player in the country last week.
The Golden Panthers completed their finest season ever in 2000 which included school records for most wins in a season and most consecutive victories (18). The program received one of 33 at-large bids to the 64-team NCAA Tournament after finishing second to the University of South Alabama at the Sun Belt Conference Championships earlier this month.
Penn State registered its best conference finish in school history when the Lady Lions reached the semifinals of the Big Ten Championships.
This will mark the first meeting ever between FIU and Penn State in women’s tennis.
FIU falls to South Alabama, 4-1, in Sun Belt Conference women's tennis finals
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23-ranked FIU women's tennis team (22-2) lost to host and No.
19-ranked South Alabama (20-5), 4-1, in the finals of the Sun
Belt Conference Championships Sunday in Mobile, Ala.
The Jaguars claimed their tenth consecutive Sun Belt tennis crown and assured themselves an automatic bid into next month's NCAA Tournament, May 12-13 at various college campuses. The loss snapped an 18-game win streak for FIU who must now hope for an at-large NCAA Tournament bid when invitations are extended on May 2.
Sunday, USA jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a pair of 8-3 doubles victories, then went up, 2-0, at the featured match of the day at No. 2 singles, when No. 53 nationally-ranked Martina Ondrejkova beat FIU's No. 89-ranked Mari Toro by scores of 6-4, 6-0.
The Golden Panthers closed to within 2-1, when Alexandra Guzman beat Iva Puflerova, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 3 singles. But USA won at No. 5 where Josien Boverhof bested Mei Ly, 6-4, 6-2, then clinched the match at No. 4 with USA's Nienke Scheltens defeating Marianna Faustinelli, 6-4, 6-4.
USA's Scheltens was selected as the Tournament MVP while Jaguars Head Coach Joey Scrivano was named SBC Coach of the Year for guiding USA to what will be its third-straight NCAA appearance.
FIU moves on to SBC Tourney championship after beating ULL, 4-0
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the third time in as many years, the FIU women’s tennis
team reached the finals of the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
The No. 23-ranked Golden Panthers (22-1) advanced to the championship
round Saturday with a 4-0 semi-final win over No. 69-ranked Louisiana-Lafayette
(14-5).
FIU, who has not allowed a match point over two days of SBC Tournament play, swept through doubles, which included an 8-3 victory by Alexandra Gunman and Cristina Campana, raising their record to 18-4 on the season.
In singles, FIU won at No. 2-3-4, clinching the match and ending the competition. At No. 2, freshman Mari Toro, the No. 89-ranked female in Division I, defeated ULL’s Vinca Rampen, 6-3, 6-3.
The win was the 18th in a row for the Golden Panthers and 76th in the head coaching career of Ronnie Bernstein who becomes the winningest coach in the history of the FIU women’s program.
FIU will now meet No. 19-ranked and host South Alabama (19-5) for the SBC title and NCAA Tournament automatic bid Sunday at 11:00 a.m. (ET). USA defeated Middle Tennessee, 4-0, to advance.
The Golden Panthers and Jaguars have met for the championship in each of the last two years, with USA coming out on top both times.
FIU shuts out UALR, 7-0, in Sun Belt Conference tourney opening-round play
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FIU women’s tennis team (21-1) won its school-record 17th
straight match, with a 7-0 shutout of Arkansas-Little Rock (9-12)
in the opening round of the Sun Belt Conference Championship
in Mobile, Ala.
The No. 2 seeded Golden Panthers were led by their all-conference singles player and No. 63 nationally-ranked Anneliese Rose who beat UALR’s Kelly Bucewicz, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 1 singles.
Freshman Mari Toro, who made her first appearance of the season in the national rankings this week at No. 89, dominated Layla Tohme, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 2.
FIU’s No. 1 all-conference doubles team of Rose and Mariana Faustinelli came away with an 8-5 win over UALR’s Bucewicz and Vanesa Nieto.
The only scare of the match came at No. 6 singles where freshman Mei Ly lost her first set, 5-7, to Nieto, before fighting back and winning the match with scores of 6-4, 10-5.
The Golden Panthers move on to the SBC tourney semifinals Saturday at 10:30 a.m. against No. 6 seed and 54th-ranked Louisiana-Lafayette (14-4), a 4-1 upset winner over No. 3 New Mexico State Friday afternoon.
Middle Tennessee (9-11) meets host and No. 19-ranked South Alabama (18-5) in the other semifinal match. Saturday’s two winners meet Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. for the tournament championship.
FIU 7, UALR 0
Singles: No. 1, Anneliese Rose (FIU) def. Kelly
Bucewicz (UALR), 6-2, 6-3; No. 2,Mari Toro (FIU) def. Layla Tohme,
6-0, 6-0; No. 3,Alejandra Guzman (FIU) def. Cecilia Poveda, 6-0,
6-2; No. 4, Mariana Faustinelli (FIU) def. Montserat Flores (UALR),
6-0, 7-6; No. 5,Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Julieta Lillo (UALR),
6-4, 6-2; No. 6, Mei Ly (FIU) def. Vanessa Nieto, 5-7, 6-4, 10-5.
Doubles: No. 1, Rose/Faustinelli (FIU) def. Bucewicz/Nieto
(UALR), 8-5; No. 2, Guzman/Campana (FIU) def. Tohme/Lopez (UALR),
DNF; No. 3, Toro/Montoya (FIU) def. Flores/Poveda (UALR), 8-3.
FIU wins 20th match of season with 6-1 victory over Arkansas State
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the second consecutive season, the FIU women's tennis team recorded
20 wins when the Golden Panthers beat Arkansas State, 6-1, in
a match played Sunday in Denver, Co.
FIU won the double's point by sweeping doubles play then won five-of-six singles matches. At No. 2, the Golden Panthers No. 54-ranked Anneliese Rose defeated ASU's Magui Cibils, 6-1, 7-6.
The win was the 15th in a row for the No. 21-ranked Golden Panthers who ended their regular season with a 20-1 record, the best ever in the 25 year history of the program.
Late Saturday, FIU beat the Air Force Academy, 5-2. Again, the Golden Panthers swept doubles, then picked up four of the six singles points. Sophomore Mari Toro won her 16th-straight singles match with a 6-3, 6-0 decision over Kristel Chuntraruk at No. 2.
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FIU opens weekend western tour with 6-1 win over Denver
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No. 21-ranked Florida International University women's tennis
team (18-1) won for the 14th-straight time Friday afternoon with
a 6-1 victory over host University of Denver (4-11).
The Golden Panthers took all three doubles matches, which included an 8-2 victory at the No. 2 position for Alexandra Guzman and Cristina Campana who won for the 15th time in 19 attempts this season.
FIU took five of six singles matches with sophomore Mari Toro winning for the 15th consecutive time at No. 2, 6-1, 6-3, over Dita Koehloffelova.
FIU's only loss of the day came at No. 1 singles where the Golden Panther's No. 54-ranked Anneliese Rose was upset by unranked Martina Pospisilova in a three-set tiebreaker, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6).
Florida International 6, Denver 1
Friday, April 6, 2001
Denver, Co.
Singles: No. 1, Martina Pospisilova (UD) def. Anneliese Rose (FIU), 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6); No. 2, Mari Tori (FIU) def. Dita Kochloffelova (UD), 6-1, 6-3; No. 3, Alexandra Guzman (FIU) def. Rozssi Thomas (UD), 6-0, 6-3; No. 4, Mariana Faustinelli (FIU) def. Jill Dithmer (UD), 6-3, 6-1; No. 5, Mei Ly (FIU) def. Anne Donley (UD), 6-1, 6-1; No. 6, Nazly Elsawaf (FIU) def. Julie Tuchfarber (UD), 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: No. 1, Rose/Faustinelli (FIU) def. Pospisilova/Kochloffelova, 8-4; No. 2, Guzman/Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Thomas/Niki Armbrust (UD), 8-2; No. 3, Toro/Maria Montoya (FIU) def. Donley/Tuchfarber, 8-2.
FIU ends home schedule with 4-3 win over Auburn
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No. 19 FIU women’s tennis team (17-1) won for the 13th straight
time with a 4-3 home finale victory over Auburn Tuesday at the
University Park courts.
The Golden Panthers won all of their points by taking four of six singles matches. At No. 1, Anneliese Rose (Boynton Beach/Atlantic HS), Division I’s No. 53-ranked singles player, won her 13th-straight match by beating Auburn’s Carolina Maurer, 6-3, 6-1. FIU Freshman Mari Toro (Miami/Coral Park) won for the 14th consecutive time with a 6-0, 6-2 decision over Katia Illarionova, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 2 singles.
Florida International 4, Auburn 3
Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Miami, Fla.
Singles: No. 1, Anneliese Rose (FIU) def. Carolina Maurer (AU), 6-3, 6-1; No. 2, Mari Toro (FIU) def. Katia Illarionova (AU), 6-0, 6-2; No. 3, Carolina Ramirez (AU) def. Alexandra Guzman (FIU), 6-4, 6-1; No. 4, Mariana Faustinelli (FIU) def. Summa Edwards (AU), 6-3, 6-2; No. 5, Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Liz Sauerborn (AU), 6-3, 6-2; No. 6, Martina Janska (AU) def. Mei Ly (FIU), 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles: No. 1, Maurer/Illarionova (AU) def. Rose/Toro (FIU), 8-6; No. 2, Guzman/Campana (FIU) def. Sauerborn/Janska (AU), 8-5; No. 3, Ramirez/Edwards (AU) def. Faustinelli/Maria Montoya (FIU), 8-5.
Miami Coral Park’s Mari Toro named SBC Player of the
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"Team effort" helps
FIU tennis move to No. 19 nationally
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no one was more surprised than Head Coach Ronni
Bernstein that her Florida International University women’s
tennis team had moved up from No. 33 in last week’s Intercollegiate
Tennis Association (ITA) national rankings to a program-best
No. 19 rating (the program got as high as No. 25 last season).
Or then again, maybe she wasn’t.
"I knew that we would move up but I was sort of surprised that we had that kind of a jump," said Bernstein. "But the beauty of this year’s team is that everyone on the roster has contributed. Different matches have brought out different heroes from (single’s positions) one through six. It’s an honor to be recognized for their achievements."
The Golden Panthers are off to their best start ever in intercollegiate women’s tennis and, along the way, have taken on all comers. En route to its 16-1 record, FIU enjoyed it first-ever victories over the University of Miami, University of South Florida and Florida State. But perhaps the most eye-catching win of the year came just last week at home against SEC power and No. 28-ranked Kentucky.
FIU found itself down early, losing the opening doubles’ point by dropping all three matches in close fashion. But in singles, the team battled back against ranked opponents, and the Golden Panthers stepped up to claim a 4-3 match win.
The deciding point came in a No. 1 singles match that took 3 hours and 10 minutes to complete. FIU’s Anneliese Rose (Boynton Beach, FL/Atlantic HS), ranked No. 54 in Division I, came back after dropping the first set and beat Kentucky’s Carolina Moyorga, ranked No. 77 in the nation, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Another reason for the Golden Panthers success this season has been the play of freshman Mari Toro (Miami, FL/Coral Park HS) who has now won her last 13 straight singles matches, mostly playing out of the No. 2 position.
Yesterday, Toro was named as the Sun Belt Conference’s Player of the Week after winning all three singles matches she played last week. Last Wednesday, at No. 1 singles, she beat Virginia’s Jeannette Clusky, 6-2, 6-2. The next day, back at her normal No. 2 position, she upset No. 79-ranked Brooke Skeen of Kentucky, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.
FIU’s moving up 14 spots in the national polls was no stroke of magic, but rather the work of the computer. For the first time this season, the ITA removed the subjectivity of coaches’ recommendations and fed the computer raw win-and-loss data to mathematically rank the top teams in the nation.
Household names like Stanford, Duke, Georgia, Vanderbilt and Florida top the poll released late yesterday. At No. 19, FIU is the next-highest ranked Florida school.
Despite the high ranking, an NCAA Tournament bid isn’t a shoe-in. The Golden Panthers can, however, determine their own destiny by winning the Sun Belt Conference Championship, April 20-22, in Mobile, Ala. and claiming the league’s automatic bid. But that’s won’t be an easy task.
Besides FIU, host South Alabama is ranked No. 20 in the nation, and Louisiana-Lafayette (No. 62) and Middle Tennessee (No. 64) also have their eyes on the prize.
"I think if we continue to play well there’s a shot at an at large bid to the (NCAA) Tournament, but to win our conference and claim the automatic bid, that has been our goal all year," said Bernstein. "I’m hoping we can go into Mobile and take care of things ourselves so we’re not at the mercy of a committee."
The Golden Panthers roster this season looks more like a United Nations directory. With Rose and Toro at the top, Ecuador’s Alexandra Guzman and Cristina Campana have held down the No. 3 and 5 singles spots respectively. Argentina’s Mariana Faustinelli has played the majority of time at No. 4 singles and freshman Mei Ly from Miami and Coral Gables High School has played the bulk of No. 6 singles.
Women's tennis captures 12th-straight victory with 4-3 upset over Kentucky
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its third match in as many days, the 33rd-ranked FIU women’s
tennis team raised its season record to 16-1 with a 4-3 upset
victory over No. 28 Kentucky, Thursday afternoon at University
Park.
FIU found itself down early, losing the opening doubles’ point by dropping all three matches in close fashion. The Golden Panthers Alexandra Guzman and Cristina Campana lost 8-6 at No. 2 doubles to the 25th-ranked UK team of Brooke Skeen and Lauren Rookledge.
But it was singles wins against ranked opponents that spelled the difference and gave FIU its 12th-straight match victory.
After straight-sets victories by FIU’s Mariana Faustinelli and Campana at No. 4 and 5 respectively, it came down two the top two positions playing against the Wildcats’ Carolina Moyorga, ranked No. 77 in the nation at No. 1, and Skeen, 79th ranked at No. 2.
At No. 2, Golden Panthers freshman Mari Toro lost the first set 1-6, before rallying, 6-3, 6-1 for the match victory. For the unranked Toro, it was her 13th-straight singles victory, raising her spring record to 14-3.
With the contest tied, 3-3, it then came down to a No. 1 singles struggle between FIU’s No. 54-ranked Anneliese Rose and Moyorga. In a match that took 3 hours and 10 minutes to complete, Rose came back from one set down to win her 16th match of the year, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
The win was the 70th in the career of FIU Head Coach Ronni Bernstein, all of which have been accomplished with the Golden Panthers.
FIU continues to roll with 6-1 win over University of Virginia
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33rd-ranked FIU women's tennis team (15-1) celebrated moving
up in the ITA national poll two spots Wednesday afternoon by
beating the University of Virginia, 6-1, in a home match at University
Park.
In No. 1 singles, Anneliese Rose (Boynton Beach, FL/Atlantic HS), currently ranked No. 54 in the nation, won for the 11th straight time by beating UVA's Amy O'Donnell, 6-4, 6-3. Freshman Mari Toro (Miami/Coral Park) did Rose one better by winning her 12th consecutive match with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles over Henriette Williams.
The Golden Panthers won two-of-three doubles matches to pick up the doubles' point. Alexandra Guzman and Cristina Campana raised their doubles record to 13-3 this spring with an 8-1 win over Christine Kim and O'Donnell at No. 2.
FIU's 15-1 record is the program's best start ever.
No. 35 Women's Tennis shuts out Richmond, 7-0
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No. 35-ranked Golden Panthers won their 10th straight match with
the shutout over Richmond Tuesday afternoon at University Park.
Freshman Mari Toro (Miami/Coral Park HS) played her first match of the season at the No. 1 singles position and beat Jeannette Cluskey, 6-2, 6-2. The No. 1 doubles team of Toro and Anneliese Rose beat Richmond's Cluskey and Jodi Kenoyer, 8-4. Overall, the Golden Panthers lost only two sets in sweeping all six singles and three doubles matches.
FIU, who raised its season record to 14-1, has won all but two points over its last three matches.
FIU battles UNLV and elements in 6-1 victory
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singles match, en route to a 6-1 victory in Las Vegas.
Not affected by the cold and windy conditions, the Golden Panthers swept doubles play for one team point. In singles, FIU won the top two matches in tight fashion. Anneliese Rose, ranked No. 71 nationally, slipped by Pauline Janus, 7-6, 7-6, at the top spot and Mariana Faustinelli upset 39th-ranked Agnieszka Abram, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 at No. 2.
UNLV's lone point came at the No. 4 singles spot.
FIU 6, UNLV 1--Singles: No. 1 Anneliese Rose (FIU) def. Paulina Janus (UNLV), 7-6, 7-6; No. 2 Mariana Faustinelli (FIU) def. Agnieszka Abram (UNLV), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6; No. 3 Alexandra Guzman (FIU) def. Marianne Bakken (UNLV), 6-0, 6-3; No. 4 Urska Radanovic (UNLV) def. Mari Toro (FIU), 6-2, 6-4; No. 5 Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Amy Hadziosmanovic (UNLV), 6-2, 7-6; No. 6 Mei Ly (FIU) def. Britta Gabl (UNLV), 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.
Doubles: No. 1 Rose/Faustinelli (FIU) def. Janus/Bakken (UNLV), 8-3; No. 2 Guzman/Campana (FIU) def. Abram/Hadziosmanovic (UNLV), 8-1; No. 3 Toro/Ly (FIU) def. Radanovic/Gabl (UNLV), 9-8.
No. 42-ranked FIU upsets No. 41 Miami, 5-2
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(2-0) won four of six singles matches and No. 1 doubles as the
Golden Panthers upset Miami (2-1), 5-2, in a battle of top 50
women's tennis programs in Coral Gables. It was the first win
ever by a Golden Panthers women's tennis squad against Miami,
after the Hurricanes had won the first nine matches of the all-time
series.
Marcy Hora beat FIU's Mariana Faustinelli, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 in No. 1 singles, but the Golden Panthers went on to win four of the next five singles positions. The Golden Panthers Anneliese Rose led the way at No. 2 singles with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 win over Alanna Broderick.
With the score, 4-2, after singles, FIU won the match when Faustinelli and Rose beat Broderick and Inga deVilliers, 8-6, in No. 1 doubles.
FIU 5, Miami 2 - Singles: No. 1, Marcy Hora (UM) def. Mariana Faustinelli (FIU), 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1; No. 2, Anneliese Rose (FIU) def. Alanna Broderick, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; No. 3, Katia Bogomolova (UM) def. Mari Toro (FIU), 6-4, 6-4; No. 4, Alexandra Guzman (FIU) def. Sihem Bennacer (UM), 6-2, 6-2; No. 5, Cristina Campana (FIU) def. Lauren Scoglione (UM), 6-4, 6-3; No. 6, Mei Ly (FIU) def. Abby Smith (UM), 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles: No. 1, Faustinelli and Rose (FIU) def. Broderick and deVilliers (UM), 8-6; No. 2, Campana and Guzman (FIU) def. Bogomolova and Hora (UM), 9-8 (3); No. 3, Scaglione and Bennacer (UM), 8-4.
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