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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 [...]
Kelly Ann Hutchinson provided some hair-raising moments at the women’s soccer home opener Sunday, Aug. 21. The Panthers faced off against ninth-ranked University of Florida, losing 2-0. Hutchinson, a senior defender, was denied a goal on a header attempt in the 86th minute of the match. The Panthers look to [...]
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 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 [...]
Women’s soccer freshmen starters Chelsea Leiva and Nicole DiPerna took time from their busy schedules Sept. 21 to reveal what their lives are like away from the field. Check out the videos below to get to know the duo a little better. The team’s next home game is Friday, Sept. 24, when the [...]
FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg gave a university update, praised students, faculty and staff for their accomplishments and addressed some of the university community’s most pressing issues at his first open forum, held on Tuesday, Jan. 26 in the Graham Center Ballrooms. The forum was web cast and transmitted live [...]
The FIU women’s soccer team saw its historic season end on Wednesday, Nov. 4, in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. University of Arkansas-Little Rock scored in the first minute-and-a-half of overtime for a 1-0 win. After the squads battled through a scoreless 90 minutes, the Trojans’ Kamiya [...]
With last Friday’s victory over FAU, FIU’s women’s soccer became the first team in Sun Belt Conference history to jump from sixth place to first in back-to-back seasons. Be there as the #1-seeded FIU team starts Sun Belt Conference championship play Wednesday, Nov. 4. Admission to the tournament is free [...]
Women’s soccer wants to pack the stands for Friday night’s critical game against conference foe Florida Atlantic. At stake for the Panthers is the regular season championship and No. 1 seed at next week’s Sun Belt Conference Championship Tournament. The Oct. 30 game begins at 7 p.m. at the soccer [...]
