MIAMI (Oct. 2, 2014) – The FIU women's soccer team (6-5-0, 1-1-0) continues its Conference USA slate this Friday, as the Panthers and Florida Atlantic Owls meet up for the 29th time in series history. Winners of five-straight versus the Owls, FIU faces its first road test since Aug. 29 at Pacific. First kick is set for 7 p.m.
 
Coverage
Friday vs. Florida Atlantic – 7 p.m. 
Venue: FAU Soccer Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla.
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What's Next
FIU will next close out its three-game road test with a pair of C-USA games at UAB (Oct. 10) and Middle Tennessee (Oct. 12).
 
Scouting the Owls – Series History
Friday's match at the FAU Soccer Stadium wraps up a six-game home stand for the Owls, who are 3-2 during their stay in Boca Raton, Fla., and 6-5-1 overall. Against similar C-USA opponents this season, FIU and Florida Atlantic are 1-1, as the Owls edged Charlotte, 1-0, before falling, 2-1, to Old Dominion in overtime. With two three-goal scorers, Claire Emslie and Hildur Hauksdottir lead the offense with eight and six points, respectively .Sydney Drinkwater has played every minute in net the season, boasting five shutouts and a .794 save percentage.
 
FIU holds a commanding 22-5-1 overall record against Florida Atlantic. Winners of the series last five contests, FIU won, 1-0, last season on the road.
 
Clean Sheets
Freshman goalkeeper Nevena Stojakovic has five shutouts through 11 games to start her young career. The Serbia native is boasting a 1.00 goals-against-average and a .725 save percentage. Her five shutouts is tied for the second-highest in C-USA. Below is a list of the most shutouts in the league.
 
1.            KERESTINE, Jackie-NT                   7
2.            LEONE, Allison-WKU                       5
                DRINKWATER, Sydney-FAU         5
                STOJAKOVIC, Nevena-FIU            5
 
Winning Ways
FIU's current senior corps has amassed 39 wins so far in its four-year tenure at FIU. The class of 2014 is currently tied for fifth all-time for wins by a class. Below is the top five winningest classes in program history:
 
1. 2012........................................48
2. 2001 .......................................44
    2013 .......................................44
4. 1993........................................40
5. 2011 .......................................39
    2014 .......................................39
 
Lending Support
Redshirt junior Scarlet Montoya's six assists this season places the Miami native in a three-way tie for first place within the conference, while it also serves as tops for her squad.
 
Closing Out Games
Chelsea Leiva's four game-winning goals this season paces the red shirt senior for first within the league for game-winning goals. Additionally, she's ranked No. 7 in the nation for the same category.
 
G-W GOALS                       GP          No.        
1. LEIVA, Chelsea-FIU        11           4
1.MOATS, Lauren-WKU      10           3
SLOAN, Kathryn-LT            11           3
 
Closing in
Junior Madlen Weinhardt's 14 career assists moves the Germany native two shy of climbing into the program's top 5 all-time for assists in a career. Below is a list of the assists leaders:
 
                1.            Catherine Liller (1990-93)                24
                2.            Michele O'Brien (1998-2001)           18
                3.            Chelsea Leiva (2010-pres.)              17
                4.            Cindy Greenman (1992-96)             16
                                Lisa Bliskis (1992-93, 96)               16
 
International Affair
Of its 22 student-athletes, the FIU women's soccer team boasts players from five different countries (Nevena Stojakovic, Serba; Cyan Jean-Baptiste and Sara Stewart; Canada; Madlen Weinhardt, Germany; Ashleigh Shim, Jamacia; Pat Tomanon, Phillippines; Paula Quintero, Colombia)
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports, and is a proud member of Conference USA. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and the FIU Football Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers 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 contributes $9.8 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.