HOUSTON, Texas (Sept. 25, 2015) – The FIU volleyball team (8-5, 2-1 C-USA) fell to the Rice Owls (11-4, 1-0 C-USA), 3-0 (25-9, 25-16, 26-24), on Friday evening at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas.
The loss marks the first conference loss for the Panthers this season.
The Panthers finished the night with a .037 hitting percentage, notching 28 kills, while committing 24 attacking errors. Rice hit .250 for the match and held a 12-6 edge in total blocks over FIU.
FIU was led by senior
Lucia Castro, who posted 10 kills and 14 digs for her sixth double-double of the season. Senior
Adriana McLamb tallied a 10 digs in the match, while freshman
Katie Friesen totaled 16 assists versus the Owls.
The Panthers will travel to Bowling Green, Ky., to take on the WKU Hilltoppers on Sunday, Sept. 27. The match is set for 1 p.m. ET.
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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 Bank Field 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/.
