MIAMI/BOCA RATON, Fla. (March 17, 2025) – The No. 73 ETSU women's tennis team will continue a five-match road swing with a pair of matches in Florida this week. ETSU will face No. 63 FIU on Tuesday at Noon before traveling to No. 29 FAU on Thursday at 11 a.m. Live stats will be available for following for Thursday's match against FAU HERE.
 
ETSU will play its first match in 11 days on Tuesday. In their last match, the Bucs fell on the road to No. 64 Charlotte, 4-0. Prior to the loss to the 49ers, ETSU had won five matches in a row and seven of its last eight contests. The Bucs are 7-5 overall this spring and have faced a tough schedule with all five of their losses coming against teams that are currently ranked in the ITA National Poll.
 
FIU has won its last six matches and has an overall record of 8-2 in 2025. The Golden Panthers' only two losses came against nationally ranked Florida and UCF earlier this season. Individually, FIU has a pair of players in the ITA National Singles Rankings in No. 75 Ekaterina Khayrutdinova and No. 91 Oyinlomo Quadre.
 
FAU, meanwhile, is one of the last remaining undefeated teams in the country with a 9-0 record. The Owls need just two more victories to match their best start in the history of their program (11-0 in 2024). Five of FAU's nine wins have been shutouts in 2025.
 
ETSU has never defeated FIU in five all-time matchups. Tuesday will mark the fifth straight season that the Bucs and Golden Panthers have met. As for FAU, the Bucs have won the previous two meetings by scores of 4-2 and 5-2. The last time these two programs met was back in 2011.
 
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