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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (Nov. 8, 2013) – The FIU volleyball team (10-15, 4-8 C-USA) lost to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (16-10, 7-4 C-USA), 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-21), on Friday night at Alumni Memorial Gym in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

FIU was led offensively by redshirt junior Ksenia Sukhareva, who posted 13 kills on the night while registering a .333 hitting percentage. Redshirt junior Jessica Egan tallied a team-high 22 assists, while sophomore Lucia Castro recorded a team-high eight digs followed by Sukhareva and sophomore Adriana McLamb, who each had five digs.

Each squad registered 9.0 total blocks. Middle Tennessee recorded a .219 hitting percentage, while the Panthers hit .120 for the match.
 
The Panthers next travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to take on Southern Miss. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m. ET.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. 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 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s 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. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/