MIAMI — The North Texas tennis team lost 4-0 on Sunday to Florida International in Miami. The loss ends UNT's three-match winning-streak.

It is just the team's second loss in its last eight matches and first league loss.

"Part of being a champion minded team is dealing with with adversity and being able to perform out of our comfort zone," said head coach Sujay Lama. "We did not do that today."

North Texas (8-5) ended its doubles-point winning streak on Sunday, They lost at the No. 2 and No. 3 spot in the lineup.

Its No. 1 doubles team and the No. 26 nationally ranked team of Maria Kononova and Tamuna Kutubidze had their match go unfinished as FIU clinched the doubles point before it could conclude. Kononova and Kutubidze remain 6-0 on the year. Sunday was their first doubles match that went unfinished. 

In singles, the middle of the lineup fell to the Panthers who are the defending C-USA champions.

The Mean Green lost at No. 2, No. 3 and No.4 in that order all in straight sets to wrap up the victory for FIU (6-4) who has now won five matches in a row.

North Texas returns home next weekend to play a pair of conference matches.

UNT hosts Old Dominion on Friday at 2 p.m. and LA Tech on Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Waranch Tennis Complex.  

"We'll see what we are made out of how we will respond this week in practice," Lama said. "We need for everyone to step up and take care of business and put the work in to prepare physically and mentally."

Doubles competition
1. Umarova,Kamila/Akbas,Basak (FIU) vs. Maria Kononova/Tamuna Kutubidze (UNT) 5-4, unfinished
2. Bozinovic,Sandra/Turrillo,Maria (FIU) def. Ivana Babic/Alexandra Heczey (UNT) 7-5
3. Veksler,Maryna/Bakaite,Paulina (FIU) def. Minying Liang/Nidhi Surapaneni (UNT) 6-1

Singles competition
1. Veksler,Maryna (FIU) vs. Tamuna Kutubidze (UNT) 4-6, 3-6, 1-0 unfinished
2. Umarova,Kamila (FIU) def. Alexandra Heczey (UNT) 6-2, 6-2
3. Akbas,Basak (FIU) def. Nidhi Surapaneni (UNT) 6-4, 6-2
4. Bozinovic,Sandra (FIU) def. Minying Liang (UNT) 6-4, 7-5
5. Bakaite,Paulina (FIU) vs. Ivana Babic (UNT) 5-7, 1-3 unfinished
6. Turrillo,Maria (FIU) vs. Haruka Sasaki (UNT) 3-6, 2-4 unfinished