TULSA, Okla. (Oct. 19, 2011) – The FIU men's soccer team dropped a 4-1 decision against the Tulsa Hurricane Wednesday evening at Hurricane Stadium in Tulsa, Okla. With the loss, the Panthers fall to 4-7-3, and 1-4-1 in Conference USA action while the Hurricane stand at 5-9-0 and 1-4-0 in C-USA play.
Tulsa jumped out to an early 3-0 advantage in the first half. The Panthers would get on the board in the 84th-minute of the match with an Andri Alexandersson goal inside the six. The goal was the freshman's first of his FIU career. Junior Sebastian Frings assisted on the score.
The Hurricane would quickly answer with their fourth goal of the match three minutes later to ultimately put the game out of reach for the Panthers.
FIU will return home to FIU Soccer Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 22 and welcome the South Carolina Gamecocks to town. Match time is set for 7:00 p.m. ET.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 17 different sports, and is a proud member of the Sun Belt Conference and an affiliate member of Conference USA (men's soccer). Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including U.S. Century Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU is worlds ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and enrolls 46,000 students in two campus and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. More than 140,000 alumni live and work in South Florida. FIU is a member of the Sun Belt Conference and has 400 student-athletes participating in 17 sports. In 2010 the Panthers won their first bowl game. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
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