BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University women's tennis team (8-13) celebrated their seniors on Friday evening, and it was the seniors who shined versus FIU, ranked No. 38 nationally.
Senior
Martina Kudelova, who played her program career high 109th match, teamed with freshman
Carla Galmiche to captured court one double by a 6-3 score. Their doubles win evened the best two-out-of-three doubles score at 1-1, but FIU captured a close court two match and clinched the doubles point.
FIU made quick work of clinching three singles courts to secure the match victory, but senior
Katerina Filip, playing in her final home FAU match, prevented the shutout with a 6-3, 2-6, 10-8 win on court two.
04/07/2023 at Boca Raton, Fla. (Kimberly V. Strauss)
FIU 6, Florida Atlantic 1
Singles competition
1. Yasmine Kabbaj (FIU) def. Kudelova, Martina (FAU-W) 6-2, 6-3
2. Filip, Katerina (FAU-W) def. Ekate Khairutdinova (FIU) 6-3, 2-6, 10-8
3. Oyinlomo Quadre (FIU) def. Gomez O'Hayon, Vic. (FAU-W) 6-4, 6-3
4. Kamila Umarova (FIU) def. McGinnis, Amber (FAU-W) 6-1, 6-1
5. Katerina Mandelikova (FIU) def. Matthews, Millie-Mae (FAU-W) 6-3, 6-1
6. Salma Loudili (FIU) def. Galmiche, Carla (FAU-W) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Galmiche, Carla/Kudelova, Martina (FAU-W) def. Ekate Khairutdinova/Kamila Umarova (FIU) 6-3
2. Yasmine Kabbaj/Oyinlomo Quadre (FIU) def. Gomez O'Hayon, Vic./Matthews, Millie-Mae (FAU-W) 6-3
3. Salma Loudili/Katerina Mandelikova (FIU) def. Filip, Katerina/McGinnis, Amber (FAU-W) 6-2
Match Notes:
FIU 15-4 | Florida Atlantic 8-13
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,5,4,3,6,2)
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FAU will next travel to the Conference USA Championship, scheduled to be played on April 21-23 at North Texas.
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