MIAMI (Oct. 3, 2014) – The FIU men's soccer team (3-4-1, 0-1-0) hits the road on Saturday night, taking on a tough New Mexico team. The Panthers are coming off a 3-2 loss to the UAB Blazers last Saturday night.  

Coverage
Saturday vs. New Mexico – 9:00 p.m. ET
Venue: UNM Soccer Complex (6,200) – Albuquerque, N.M.
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Last Time Out
A last-minute Blazers' goal handed FIU a heartbreaking, 3-2, defeat to the No. 25 UAB Blazers last Saturday evening to open its Conference USA slate. It's the first time in three attempts that the Panthers dropped a contest to a top 25 team. Senior Quentin Albrecht paced a dominant Panthers' offense with two goals, making it two-straight games that the Germany native has had a multi-goal performance.
 
Scouting the Lobos
The Lobos are coming off a dominating 6-1 win over West Virginia Wednesday night. UNM broke out of its scoring drought in a big way and will look to continue that to earn its first C-USA win of 2014. The squad dropped its C-USA opener at No. 21 Charlotte, 2-0.
 
All-Time vs. the Lobos
The Lobos and Panthers are knotted up at two wins apiece in the all-time series. UNM is undefeated in two home matches vs. the Panthers, including a 2-1 overtime victory in 2013.
 
First Win Over a Ranked Opponent in Three Years
FIU downed No. 19 Michigan, 1-0, on Aug. 29. The win over the Wolverines gave FIU its first win over a ranked opponent since Oct. 2, 2011 vs. No. 21 Kentucky, 1-0.

New Man in Charge
Head Coach Scott Calabrese comes to FIU after a successful six-year stint as head coach at East Tennessee State. A program that began play in 2008, Calabrese led ETSU to two Atlantic Sun Tournament Championships (2010, 2013), a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, and four consecutive seasons of 10-or-more wins (2010-13). This past season, the Buccaneers were crowned 2013 Atlantic Sun Champions after earning a 3-1 victory over North Florida in the A-Sun Tournament Championship.
 
Panthers Return Nearly 82 Percent of 2013 Scoring
In total, FIU scored 27 goals last season. Of those goals that were scored last year, 22 of those goals are from players that are returning to this year's squad (81.5 percent). That ranks 10th in the country.
 
1.    SIU Edwardsville – 100.0 (14/14)
2.    Evansville – 97.1 (33/34)
3.    Syracuse – 96.7 (29/30)
4.    North Carolina – 89.5 (17/19)
5.    Missouri State – 88.2 (15/17)
6.    Virginia – 86.6 (39/45)
       Buffalo – 86.6 (13/15)
8.    NJIT – 84.0 (21/25)
       Duke – 84.0 (21/25)
10.  FIU – 81.5 (22/27)
 
Albrecht Approaching School's Top 10 Scoring List
Senior Quentin Albrecht enters Wednesday with 26 career goals. His 61 career points ranks him 22^nd in the all-time FIU record books, just four  points shy of cracking the top 10.
 
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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/.