The thrill of the kill: Volleyball relishes win against Middle Tennessee

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Redshirt Freshman Marija Prsa, an outside hitter from Sisak Croatia, made her debut with FIU Volleyball Oct. 15 against Middle Tennessee. The team celebrated a win and Prsa’s first kill of the season. Looks like it felt great!

Volleyball partners with Liga Contra el Cáncer to raise awareness among fans Oct. 15

NCAA VOLLEYBALL: SEP 24 Denver at FIU

In their second annual “Dig Pink” event, FIU volleyball will help Liga Contra el Cáncer raise cancer awareness by dedicating their game Friday, Oct. 15, against Sun Belt Conference foe Middle Tennessee to the cause. During that game, FIU Director of Academic Support Services Rosa Saez, who is a cancer [...]

Volleyball starts season with new team and a new motto for success

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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 [...]

Volleyball’s Lakovic named to Florida State Invitational All-Tournament Team

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Following a stellar performance during FIU volleyball’s opening weekend, junior Andrea Lakovic is one of nine student-athletes to be named the Florida State Invitational All-Tournament Team. Lakovic led FIU in its first weekend of the 2010 season as FIU compiled a record of 1-2 at the Florida State Invitational, picking [...]

Guide to Fall 2010 semester

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As blue-and-gold enthusiasm builds for the 2010-’11 academic year, here is a guide of important information for incoming freshmen, transfer students and returning Panthers. As summer break comes to a close, FIU is set to welcome the newest members of our growing family to our pack, as well as our [...]

FIU volleyball player joins Montenegro National Team

Andrea Lakovic

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 [...]

Eight Countries, One Team

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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 volleyball falls to No. 14 UF in NCAA Tournament second round

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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 [...]

In Panthers Play Nov. 13-15

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FIU saw its stellar season on the SBC volleyball court earn Panthers a No. 1 seed at the SBC Championships, while the football team made everyone “Feel the Pride” at Homecoming. Plus, the basketball teams saw mixed results as they geared up for home openers at U.S. Century Bank Arena [...]

Road trip! Be there as volleyball goes after 21st consecutive win

Senior Yarimar Rosa reached 2,000 career kills in the team's Nov. 11 game against Florida Gulf Coast University. Photo courtesy Samuel Lewis.

If you don’t have plans to cheer on our football team as they take on North Texas in Saturday’s Homecoming game (7 p.m., FIU Stadium), make plans to hit the road and support FIU volleyball at Saturday’s game! Hoping to continue their smoking hot run, the women of FIU volleyball [...]