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MATCH NOTES (PDF) -- 2012 SBC Volleyball Championship (Nov. 15-17, E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green, Ky.)

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• FIU won its final two regular season Sun Belt Conference matches to earn the final spot in the  2012 SBC Volleyball Championship. The eighth-seeded Panthers (10-18) will face the top-seeded WKU Hilltoppers (29-3) in opening-round action on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. ET.

• The 2012 Sun Belt Conference Volleyball Championship is slated for Nov. 15-17, at E.A. Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky. All matches will be streamed for free at SunBeltSports.org, and the championship match will available nationally on ESPN3.

•  The Panthers will look for their second SBC Tournament title in 2012, having previously won the event in 2001. 

• FIU has reached the SBC Championship finals on two occasions (2006, 2009), and the Panthers have made an appearance in the tournament semifinals in six-consecutive seasons.

• Senior Marija Prsa leads the FIU offense with 360 kills (3.60 kps), a mark which ranks fourth in the Sun Belt Conference.

• FIU earned its first Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week nod on Nov. 12, as senior Ryanne Milligan won SBC Defensive Player fo the Week honors.

• Thursday's first-round SBC Championship matchup with WKU marks FIU's third contest against the nationally-ranked Hilltoppers this season. The Panthers dropped a 3-0 decision at WKU on Oct. 12, before falling to the Hilltoppers, 3-1, on Oct. 26, in Miami. Prior to FIU winning set two in the last meeting between the two squads, WKU had not lost a set in 11-straight matches. 

Full match notes available above (PDF)

About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 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 nearly 48,000 students in two campuses 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 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.

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