MIAMI (Sept. 10, 2015) – The FIU women's soccer team (2-3-0) returns home on Friday night, beginning a weekend of Atlantic Sun action by hosting the North Florida Osprey at 7 p.m., before traveling for a Sunday matinee at Florida Gulf Coast.

Game Day Central
Friday, Sept. 11 vs. North Florida – 7 pm ET
Venue: FIU Soccer Stadium
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Sunday, Sept. 13 at Florida Gulf Coast– 1 pm ET
Venue: FGCU Soccer Complex
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SCOUTING THE OSPREY
North Florida comes into Friday evening's match with a 1-4 record, dropping its last four contests. Despite the outcome, three of those tallies have been the result of a 1-0 deficit. The Osprey finished last season at 5-11-1, with a 2-8 non-conference record. This season, North Florida has seen scoring spread out among three players (Bredeau, Colubiale, Fischler) all with one goal apiece.

SCOUTING THE EAGLES
After opening the season 2-0-1, including a win over the SEC's Florida and (RV) UCF, the Eagles are nursing a two-game losing streak, with both losses by one goal each. Senior Emma Blackwell received the Atlantic Sun Conference's defensive player of the week after their California road trip this past week, while Tabby Tindell leads the Eagles with her conference-best five assists and top five in goal scoring with four.
Two is company, three is a crowd
After her goal on Sept. 6 at Miami (OH), Madlen Weinhardt now has 32 career points, putting the Germany native three points shy of cracking FIU's top 10 for career points (35).
8.Nicola Bell (1999-03)                    40
9.Nicole DiPerna (2010-14)           36
10.Janessa Taddei (2001-06)       35

Coach's Corner
Thomas Chestnutt is in his ninth season with the Panthers and has guided his teams to two regular season and one post season Sun Belt title, in addition to one NCAA berth and four seasons of 10-plus wins.

First of an Era
Jacqueline Byers' goal during her collegiate debut versus Dayton marks the first time in the Thomas Chestnutt era that a freshman has scored a goal in her collegiate debut.

Weinhardt Scores Late at Ohio
Madlen Weinhardt's game-winner in the 81st minute at Miami (OH) on Sept. 6 is the latest regulation goal for the Panthers since Shelby Bowden found the back of the next in the 86th minute off a header from a Weinhardt set piece during FIU's match with USTA on Oct. 24, 2014.

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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/.