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ORLANDO, Fla. (Nov. 24, 2012) – The FIU volleyball team fell to UCF by a 3-0 (25-12, 25-15, 26-24) score on Saturday night at The Venue at UCF in Orlando, Fla. With the loss, the Panthers end the 2012 season with an overall record of 10-20, while the Knights now own a record of 18-15.

UCF took the first set, 25-12, going ahead 1-0 for the match, and the Knights then went up 2-0 for the contest by way of a 25-15 set-two victory.

In the third stanza, FIU took a 10-4 lead on a kill by freshman Gloria Levorin before UCF battled back to knot the score at 13-13. The teams fought back and forth through seven more tie scores before the Knights scored two-straight points to take the set, 26-24, and come away with a 3-0 win.

Junior Brittany Spencer led the FIU offense with 10 kills, while Levorin chipped in with seven kills against two errors in 14 total attempts for a team-high attack prcentage of .357. Senior Ryanne Milligan registered a team-high 21 assists on the night, and sophomore Paola Ortiz posted a squad-best three service aces.

Defensively, the Panthers were led by sophomore Carolyn Fouts' 12 digs, while sophomore Silvia Carli and Levorin led the FIU blocking corps with three blocks apiece. As a team, UCF out-blocked FIU 9-4 for the contest.

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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