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Sophomore Jerica Coley has been named Sun Belt Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, as voted on by the league’s head coaches on Jan. 9. The honor marks the second of the campaign for Coley and the third of her career. A Preseason First Team All-SBC pick, Coley led [...]
The FIU Panthers women’s soccer team hosts its home opener Sunday, Aug. 21, when it takes on the No. 9 Florida Gators. The game will begin at 7 p.m. at FIU Soccer Stadium at Modesto A. Maidique Campus. The Gators won their fifth consecutive SEC Championship in 2010 and are [...]
The FIU Athletic Department’s continued dedication to academic excellence became apparent with the release of the seventh-annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) report, announced May 24 by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). In the report, the university’s athletic programs registered their highest multi-year scores across the board in the seven-year [...]
Rivalry games are never over until the last out is made. The Panthers and the Owls proved just that Thursday night. FIU (36-16-1, 19-18-1) held on after an FAU (31-21, 16-12) four-run rally in the ninth to win 9-7 and take sole possession of first place in the Sun Belt [...]
The women’s tennis team will host a fundraiser tournament Saturday, March 12, at the FIU Tennis Courts. Registration and warm-ups for the event will begin at 9 a.m. with round-robin doubles play starting at 9:45 a.m. The cost for each participant is $50. All proceeds benefit the FIU women’s tennis [...]
Fresh off one of the most successful seasons in program history, Head Coach Beth Torina returns for her fourth season at the helm of the softball squad in 2011. The team looks to continue its winning ways this spring, building upon a phenomenal 2010 campaign in which the Panthers secured FIU softball’s [...]
Wittels will pursue NCAA baseball record at home opener The defending Sun Belt Conference baseball champions begin their 2011 season Feb. 18-20 against Southeastern Louisiana, with high expectations and 15 new faces. Last season, the Panthers went 36-25 capturing the Sun Belt Tournament crown for the first time since 1999. [...]
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 [...]
On Saturday, June 5, FIU’s Garrett Wittels made history one more time, increasing his hit streak to 56 games. He now matches baseball legend Joe Dimaggio. The game was bittersweet as the Panthers held a four run lead early, but ultimately ended their season with a 15-9 loss against Dartmouth. [...]
Garrett Wittels started this year as an afterthought on the FIU baseball roster, set to be a late-inning replacement and little else. Surprise! He’s headed for the NCAA record books. With an infield single in the top of the eighth inning against Arkansas State, WIttels extended his NCAA leading hit streak to [...]
