FIU Notes | C-USA Notes

MIAMI (Sept. 27, 2014) - The FIU volleyball team (3-11, 0-1 C-USA) looks to bounce back from its seven-match losing streak as it hits the road for its first conference road trip of the season. The Panthers will head to Huntington, W.V., to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd on Sunday, Sept. 28. First serve is set for 1 p.m. ET from the Cam Henderson Center. 
 
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FIU enters the match against Marshall after having a week off. Entering Sunday's match, the Panthers are an impressive defensive team as they are sixth in Conference USA in blocks (2.13 bps) and seventh in digs (15.12 dps).
 
Leading the offensive attack for the Panthers is junior Lucia Castro, who leads the team and ranks ninth in C-USA with 163 kills (3.13 kps). Castro also leads FIU on the back row posting 163 digs (3.13 dps). Sophomore setter Anabela Satric is eighth in the conference and with 8.42 assists-per-set.
 
Marshall enters the match ranking second in C-USA and is 7-9, 2-0 C-USA, following a hard-fought 3-2 win at home against Middle Tennessee on Friday night. The Thundering Herd average 11.8 kills-per-set, but only post a .150 hitting percentage. Defensively, Marshall averages 14.43 digs-per-set and 2.11 blocks-per-set.

Leading the way for the Herd's balanced offensive attack is Cassie Weaver with 2.69 kills-per-set. Marshall has three additional players who average 2.00-kills-per-set or more as Ally Kiekover has 2.49 kills-per-set, Lauren Legge has 2.21 kills-per-set and Elyse Panick adds 2.03 kills-per-set. Weaver is second on the team with 2.90 digs-per-set, trailing Allie Kellerman's team-high 3.54 digs-per-set, a mark that ranks ninth in the conference.
 
Sunday's match will mark only the second meeting all-time between the two schools with Marshall holding a 1-0 advantage. This will be the first time the two teams will meet in Huntington, W.V.
 
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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 FIU Arena and Ocean BankField at FIU 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/.