Box Score MIAMI (Oct. 9, 2015) – The FIU women's soccer team (7-7, 3-2 in C-USA) defeated Southern Miss, 1-0, on Friday evening.
With the win, the Panthers registered their third C-USA win for the season and snapped a two-game losing skid in league action.
The FIU Soccer Stadium saw little action the first half of the match. The Panthers out-shot the Golden Eagles, 10-3, but both teams failed to get on the scoreboard.
The Panthers brought the heat in the second half with a goal by
Talia McMurtrie in the 47
th minute.
Lyrik Fryer placed a perfect ball right outside the box for McMurtrie to register her first goal of the season and take the lead, 1-0.
FIU push the tempo in the second half and continued to out-shoot Southern Miss, 7-3, to set the night's total shots at 17-6.
The Panthers return to action this Sunday as they host LA Tech. First touch will be at 1 p.m.
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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 ofConference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
