| 4/12/2025 | No. 27 Women’s Tennis | Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla. – The No. 27 Florida Atlantic women’s tennis team concluded the 2024-25 regular season with a 4-1 victory over in-state foe No. 61 FIU on Saturday morning.The win propels FAU to 15-0 on the year, becoming the first FAU team in any sport to power through the regular season undefeated. The Owls are also the only remaining undefeated women’s tennis team in the country. Florida Atlantic pulled another first on Saturday, defeating FIU (12-4) for the first time since February 21, 2003, and for the second time in 27 meetings. Prior to the match, the Owls honored their two seniors who have been instrumental in the growth of the program in Millie-Mae Matthews and Lexi Silna. Since their arrival to Paradise the Owls have tallied a 49-34 dual match record and have solidified themselves as one of the nation’s top 30 teams. Silna concluded her final regular season with a record of 11-0 while Matthews is 8-1 on the year. The Owls ran the table in doubles play with come-from-behind wins on two of the three courts including a 3-0 deficit on court one for the 1-0 lead going into singles play. Malwina Rowinska made quick work with a 6-0, 6-2 win on court four for a 2-0 lead. The visiting FIU Panthers pulled within one at 2-1 by taking a three-set match on court three setting up the late match heroics from Panna Bartha and Silna. Bartha, who also battled back on singles court one with a 7-5, 7-6(7-5) win, set up her doubles partner, Silna for the match clinching point, which Silna collected giving FAU the 4-1 win. QUOTABLE Ricardo Gonzalez, FAU’s Director of Tennis “I am incredibly proud of this amazing team. We are united, with a group of selfless individuals competing together for a common goal. Achieving an undefeated season is never easy, but it takes a team like ours to make it happen.” Today, we pushed ourselves a little harder for our seniors, who have paved the way and demonstrated exceptional leadership throughout their journey. It has been inspiring to witness their growth over these four years. Lexi [Silna] and Millie [Millie-Mae Matthews] are two phenomenal young ladies, and I am excited to see what the future holds for them. Their prospects are exceptionally bright. “Now, our focus shifts to the conference championship. While this season has been remarkable, our team understands that there is still much work ahead. We will take a few days off to recharge both physically and mentally before the upcoming weekend.” RESULTS #61 FIU (12-4) at #27 Florida Atlantic (15-0) Date: 04/12/2025 Time: 11:00 AM Facility: Kimberly V. Strauss Site: Boca Raton, Fla Doubles #1 No. 87 Rowinska, Malwina / Smejkal, Lara [FAU] def. Ekate Khairutdinova / Oyinlomo Quadre [FIU] 6-3 #2 Gomez O’Hayon, Victoria / Matthews, Millie-Mae [FAU] def. Anja Draskovic / Valery Gynina [FIU] 6-3 #3 Bartha, Panna / Silna, Lexi [FAU] def. Dana Baidaulet / Katerina Madelikova [FIU] 6-4Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2 Singles #1 Bartha, Panna [FAU] def. Ekate Khairutdinova (79/-) [FIU] 7-5, 7-6(7-5) #2 Oyinlomo Quadre (99/-) [FIU] vs. Gomez O’Hayon, Victoria [FAU] 4-6, 6-2, 1-5, UF #3 Valery Gynina [FIU] def. Smejkal, Lara [FAU] 6-4, 0-6, 6-1 #4 Rowinska, Malwina [FAU] def. Katerina Madelikova [FIU] 6-0, 6-2 #5 Silna, Lexi [FAU] def. Petja Drame [FIU] 7-5, 6-2 #6 Aleksandra Simeva [FIU] def. Matthews, Millie-Mae [FAU] 3-6, 7-5, UF Order of Finish: 4, 3, 1, 5 PHOTO GALLERY Gallery: (4-12-2025) Final Match 2025 NEXT UP The Owls will next travel to the American Athletic Conference Championship slated for Thursday through Sunday, April 17-20 on the campus of the University of Memphis. |
