Florida International University senior Andrea Lazaro recently defeated Duke's Samantha Harris 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to take the title at the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Tennis Championships at the Indian Wells Tennis Facility in Indian Wells, California. Ranked No. 29 in the preseason Oracle/ITA National Rankings, Lazaro won her 13th match of the fall with her latest victory, ending the season with a 13-3 singles record.   The...

The 2017 Corey for St. Jude benefit golf tournament was held on October 23 at Shula’s Golf Club.The event raised $50,000 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. In 15 years, the event has raised over $617,000 for the hospital and has sold out the last four years as demand continues to grow.Golfers were treated to lunch from Shula’s Steak House prior to the tournament, and enjoyed food and beverages from...

The regular season champion St. Thomas University women’s volleyball team had a busy night collecting awards at The Sun Conference Championship Awards Banquet held at the Fernandez Family Center.Senior outside hitter Whitney Battoe won The Sun Conference Player of the Year Award for the second time in her career and was also named First-Team All-Conference. Battoe, who was also the 2015 Sun Conference Player of the Year, hit .294...

The Mater Lakes Academy swim team competed for the third time in the FHSAA Swimming and Diving State Championships on November 3 at the Sailfish Splashpark Aquatic Athletics Center in Stuart.Five swimmers qualified at the Regional Meets the weekend prior in order to compete in the state championships: Gabriela Fernandez, junior, Michael Fernandez, junior, Brandon Moran, junior, Juan Pineda, sophomore, and Augustin Rodriguez, seventh...

The No. 8 ranked Florida International University men's soccer team (11-0-4, 6-0-2 C-USA), was well represented on the postseason All-Conference USA team with seven players earning honors, highlighted by junior forward Santiago Patino being named Offensive Player of the Year, Player of the Year and the C-USA Golden Boot Award recipient. In addition, first-year head coach Kevin Nylen was tabbed the C-USA Coach of the Year. Patino,...