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

Nov 16

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. 21-23

Junior Elly James

The volleyball team saw its 23-game winning streak come to an end, while UF overwhelmed FIU at their first football meet. The basketball teams suffered losses, but the swimming team gave us reason to “Feel the Pride.” In basketball news FIU was handed its fifth loss in seven games on [...]

Volleyball team leaves home with a win against FAU

Senior Olga Vergun (left) and sophomore Sabrina Gonzalez helped lead FIU to a 3-0 shutout win over FAU. Photo: FIUSports.com.

The Golden Panthers defeated the Owls, 3-0, on Oct. 6 at MMC’s U.S. Century Bank Arena, improving their SBC record to 5-0. The team is headed to Denver and North Texas for games Oct. 9-11 before coming home for a match against Troy on Oct. 16. FIU defeated Sun Belt Conference (SBC) [...]

Volleyball beats UM in home opener

FIU team sweeps cross-town rival Miami, 3-0, in front of more than 1,000 fans. By Karen Cochrane “I gotta feeling that tonight’s gonna be a good night.” The music of the Black Eyed Peas pulsed through the U.S. Century Bank Arena, pumping up a decidedly raucous crowd during warm-ups as the Panthers opened their 2009 home season [...]