On the final day of the 2016 Bedford Cup, the Florida International University women's tennis team claimed a total of four flight championships (two singles and two doubles) on October 2 at the University of South Florida (USF) Varsity Tennis Courts in Tampa.
Freshman Ulyana Grib and junior Mina Markovic each won their flights with Grib defeating USF's Brook Lashway, 6-0, 6-1, and Markovic downing North Florida's Quetzali Vazquez, 6-4, 6-4. Two other Panthers made it to their flight's championship contest, falling in the title match. Sophomore Andrea Lazaro fell to Miami's Estela Perez-Somarriba, 6-4, 6-2, and sophomore Maryna Veksler dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision to UM's Ana Madcur.
In doubles action, FIU claimed two flight crowns with senior Nina Nagode and Lazaro topping USF's Vera Bessonova and Olga Martinez, 8-5, while Grib and Veksler took an 6-4 win over sophomore Gabriela Ferreira and Markovic in an all-Panther final.
Overall the Panthers earned 12 singles victories and eight doubles wins.
Next up for the Panthers is the 2016 ITA Southeast Regionals in Gainesville which begins on Oct. 20, and runs through Oct. 24.