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Danijela Tomic, who has led FIU’s volleyball team to numerous records and history-making wins as head coach for seven years, will leave the university to serve as head coach at Bowling Green State University. During her time at FIU, the three-time Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year developed the [...]
Head Coach Danijela Tomic announced on July 8 the 2011 volleyball schedule, a competitive slate which includes 10 home matches and an opportunity to host the Sun Belt Conference Championship in the friendly confines of the U.S. Century Bank Arena. In addition, FIU will play eight matches against six NCAA [...]
From scuba lessons to art lessons to improving sports skills, FIU is offering kids and teens many options at camps this summer. FIU’s coaches, faculty and staff are running camps in art, culture, the environment, sports, as well as a summer treatment program for children and teens with behavioral problems. [...]
Many thanks to Pete Pelegrin for sharing this story. If you aren’t familiar with Pelegrin’s blog, The Prowl, check it out today. You’ll be glad you did. FIU volleyball freshman Jessica Wilkie had a secret and she was ready to reveal it just before the national anthem at the Panthers’ [...]
Volleyball has been a bright light for athletics at FIU. Home to multiple All-Americans, conference titles and an international cast of student-athletes, it has captured the interest of the FIU Panther faithful. Leading the team this year are two seniors, Ines Medved and Natalia Valentin. Valentin, entering her third year [...]
Rising junior member of the FIU volleyball team, Andrea Lakovic, was recently named to the Montenegro National Volleyball Team, as she began the journey of representing her home country on the court this past weekend. Lakovic began training camp on May 1 in Podgorica as her squad prepares for the [...]
FIU women’s volleyball turned distinct playing styles, multiple languages and diverse cultural backgrounds into a record-breaking season By Deborah O’Neil MA ’09 How the women of the FIU Women’s Volleyball team made it happen will be stuff of university legend. Senior Yarimar Rosa’s powerful kills were obviously key to their [...]
FIU entered the tournament as one of only three schools in the country to have won 30 or more matches. The FIU volleyball team closed out its record-breaking season Friday night, Dec. 4, as the Panthers fell to No. 14 Florida, 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-16) in the second round of [...]
It was a busy weekend for FIU Athletics as volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, football, and swimming & diving faced their opponents on their respective fields of play. The Golden Panthers tied North Texas, 2-2, in women’s soccer action, while their male counterparts dropped their Conference USA home opener against Marshall, 2-1. [...]
By beating Western Kentucky, 3-1, FIU’s volleyball team won its first SBC game of the season at U.S. Century Bank Arena on Oct. 2. Two days later, the team gave coach Tomic her 100th coaching win at FIU after it defeated Middle Tennessee, 3-1. The Golden Panthers walked away victorious [...]
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