MIAMI (Oct. 30, 2016) - The regular season concludes for FIU women's soccer on Sunday, when the Panthers host Old Dominion on the last day of the regular season. The contest, originally scheduled for October 9, was wiped out due to the effects of Hurricane Matthew, which ravaged the East Coast that weekend.
The Panthers (3-10-3, 2-5-2, C-USA) cannot qualify for the league tournament, while the Monarchs (6-11, 4-5 C-USA) need a win to pass Marshall for the eighth and final spot in next week's tournament in Charlotte.
FIU has scored twice in back-to-back games for the first time this season, last losing Friday afternoon to North Texas, which will at least share the league regular-season crown. UNT plays at home to Louisiana Tech in the other game wiped out by storms and moved to this last day of the regular season. That game, which has tournament-seeding implications, kicks at 2 p.m.
The Panthers own a 3-1 all-time mark versus ODU in women's soccer, with the teams winning the contests on their home field. ODU has played twice in a row in Miami, including a 2-1 FIU win in late September of 2014.
After the contest, the Panthers will honor its three-member outgoing senior class.
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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/.
