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The women of volleyball end the season with an overall record of 20-11. The team has reached the 20-win plateau for seven-consecutive seasons now. The Panthers fell 3-0 to Western Kentucky in the 2011 Sun Belt Conference Championship semifinals at U.S. Century Bank Arena on Nov. 18. As the tournament’s No. [...]
Football Head Coach Mario Cristobal has been named Miami’s Coach of the Year by Miami New Times as a part of its Best of 2011 feature. Cristobal, the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year, is coming off his fourth season at the helm of the Panthers. A season [...]
The FIU women’s tennis team claimed the program’s fifth Sun Belt Conference title with a 4-0 sweep of the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns (11-9) on Sunday, April 24, at University of South Alabama. For the second-straight contest, sophomore Rita Maisak sealed the victory for the Panthers (13-6) to earn the team’s [...]
FIU fans got their first look at the 2011 football team April 2 at the Blue & Gold Spring Game. On the strength of a late touchdown catch by Glenn Coleman, the FIU offense defeated the defense, 19-10. Alberto Padron ’98, MBA ’09, a die-hard FIU football fan and one [...]
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. [...]
On the heels of the program’s first-ever Sun Belt Conference Championship, and its first bowl win, FIU football reloaded by adding 25 high-caliber student-athletes on National Signing Day Feb. 2. The class includes nine offensive players, 13 defensive players and three athletes that can play on either side of the [...]
More than two thousand fans joined the 2010 football team to celebrate FIU’s Sun Belt and Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Championship at the Hot-n-Ready Panther Party Jan. 28. Students, faculty, staff and alumni cheered as the team took the stage in the Graham Center Ballrooms. Commissioner Jose “Pepe” Diaz presented the [...]
WHAT: Little Caesars Pizza Bowl celebration WHEN: Friday, Jan. 28, 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. WHERE: GC Ballrooms WHO: Everyone’s invited. Sponsored by SGA. Special guests: 2010 FIU Champion Football Team Students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to celebrate FIU Football’s historic bowl victory on Friday, Jan. 28 at [...]
Dear FIU Family, We have won our first bowl game ever! I take great pleasure in informing you that your FIU Panthers have won the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl in Detroit! Our football team delivered a 34-32 WIN against the University of Toledo. Our journey to Detroit is symbolic of [...]
FIU football clinched the Sun Belt Conference championship with a 31-24 victory over the Arkansas State Red Wolves, Nov. 27 at FIU Stadium. The come-from-behind victory was sparked by an 11-play game-winning drive capped off by a touchdown from a familiar face. With the Panthers down by one and less [...]
