Box Score MIAMI (Sept. 25, 2015) – The FIU Panthers (5-5-0) defeated the visiting UTSA Roadrunners (0-8-1) by a score of 3-1,
Friday evening at the FIU Soccer Stadium in Miami, Fla. FIU's three goals were scored by freshman
Lyrik Fryer, senior
Scarlet Montoya and junior
Alyssa Robinson.
The Panthers out-shot the Roadrunners 26-3 and 8-1 on goal.
FIU opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a nifty goal by Fryer (Issaquah, Wash.) off a corner kick by senior
Madlen Weinhardt (Deckenpfronn, Germany). The goal by Fryer was the first of her young career.
In the 19th minute, Montoya (Miami, Fla.) put the ball into the back of the net, beating the UTSA keeper in front of the box for her first goal of the year.
The Roadrunners would mount a comeback later in the first half, cutting the score to 2-1 in the 35th minute on a goal by Channing Machen. She was assisted by Jenny Trommer.
FIU was very aggressive in the first half of the match, besting UTSA 17-2 in shots and 5-1 in shots on goal.
As time wound down in the match, Robinson (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) put the game out of reach in the 88th minute when she took the ball from midfield, passing the ball to junior
Ellen Crist (St. John's, Fla.) along the sideline. Crist then crossed it back into Robinson who touched it past the keeper in front of the box for her fourth goal of the season.
@FIUWSoccer returns to the pitch on
Sunday, Sept. 27 to take on the UTEP Miners at
1 p.m., at the FIU Soccer Stadium in Miami, Fla.
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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/.
