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The awards keep pouring in for the FIU swimming and diving team. Sophomores Sonia Perez Arau and Sabrina Beaupre were the Sun Belt Conference Swimmer and Diver of the Week for the week ending Jan. 29. This marks Perez Arau’s second award of the season. Beaupre has now won diver [...]
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 [...]
Wesley Carroll came off the bench to throw three touchdowns and lead the Panthers to a 28-17 victory over the ULM Warhawks, Sat., Nov. 19, in Monroe, La. Carroll, who came in after starter Jake Medlock got hurt on FIU’s second offensive play of the game, completed 16-of-34 passes for 213 yards and [...]
FIU women’s soccer team defeated Western Kentucky University to capture the program’s third Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Championship on Saturday, Nov. 5, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Freshman Johanna Volz notched the game-winning conversion to send the Panthers to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1993. “This feels great. All the [...]
Head Football Coach Mario Cristobal, who led the program to its first-ever conference championship and first-ever bowl appearance and victory in 2010, has signed a new contract extension with the university through the 2016 season. “We are very excited to be able to sign Coach Cristobal to a new 5-year [...]
The Sun Belt Conference honored 100 FIU student-athletes July 11 for achieving grade point averages of 3.0 or better during the 2010-2011 academic year. More than 30 Panthers were named to the Sun Belt Commissioner’s List, which honors all student-athletes recording a 3.5 GPA or better during the 2010-2011 academic [...]
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 [...]
As FIU football gears up to defend its Sun Belt Conference title, expectations are high. Blue Ribbon Football Yearbook picked FIU to win the 2011 Sun Belt Conference Championship, as well as named senior wide receiver and Heisman hopeful T.Y. Hilton as the Offensive Player of the Year. Hilton was [...]
UALR pushed across the go-ahead run in the sixth inning to defeat FIU 7-6 in the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship at Warhawk Field in Monroe, Louisiana, on May 29. Hector Acosta stole third base in the sixth inning and kicked the ball out of third baseman Jeremy Patton’s glove [...]
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 [...]
