MIAMI (Sept. 17, 2015) – The FIU women's soccer team (3-4-0) closes out its non-conference schedule this weekend, as the Panthers are set to play two games from the FIU Soccer Stadium. UC-Irvine comes to town for a 7 p.m. matchup on Friday, while the 12^th-ranked Florida Gators will play FIU in a Sunday afternoon matinee at 1 p.m.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
Friday, Sept. 18 vs. UC-Irvine – 7 pm ET
Venue: FIU Soccer Stadium
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Sunday, Sept. 20 vs. #12 Florida – 1 pm ET
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SCOUTING THE ANTEATERS
UC Irvine arrives on Friday with three wins on the season, the same number of wins through seven games last season. Their only tie came against a tough USC team (1-1). The Anteaters are riding a two-game losing streak, being outscored a combined 5-1 in both contests. Tatyana Garrett leads her squad with two goals.
 
SCOUTING THE GATORS
The Gators are ranked No. 12 in the latest NSCAA poll, dropping two spots from their No. 10 ranking last week. Junior Savannah Jordan has the most goals for Florida and the SEC this season with seven, coupled with her 30 shots.  Florida looks to bounce-back after a split weekend against Texas A&M (L, 2-1) and Jacksonville (W, 4-0).
 
EFFICIENT ELLEN
Ellen Crist notched her first-career goal in impressive fashion, as the junior forward scored not once, but twice within the final 10 minutes of FIU's match versus North Florida. FIU went on to win the match, 2-0.
 
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
 
RECORD CHASIN'
Madlen Weinhardt's 19 career assists sits the Germany native No. 2 all-time in the program history.
 
1. Catherine Liller_____ 24
2. Chelsea Leiva______ 19
  Madlen Weinhardt__ 19
 
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.

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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/.