BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (Sept. 27, 2015) – The FIU volleyball team (8-6, 2-2 C-USA) lost to the WKU Hilltoppers (15-2, 3-0 C-USA), 3-0 (25-21, 26-24, 25-15), on Sunday afternoon for E.A. Diddle Arena.
The Panthers ended the contest hitting .092, while the Hilltoppers posted a clip of .229. FIU held a 5-4 edge in services aces and both teams had 10.0 total blocks apiece.
FIU was led by senior
Lucia Castro, who posted nine kills and nine digs followed by senior
Gloria Levorin and sophomore
Tia Clay, who notched six kills each. Senior
Adriana McLamb, along with Castro, tallied a team-high nine digs. Freshman
Dominique Dodd set a career mark in assists with 14.
The Panthers will host the Marshall Thundering Herd on Friday, Oct. 2. First serve is set for 7 p.m. from Lime Court at FIU Arena
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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/.
