MIAMI (April 12, 2016) -- FIU softball sees its last midweek action of the season in a 2 p.m. doubleheader at Bethune-Cookman Wednesday afternoon at Sunnyland Park in Daytona Beach. The games represent the start of an 11-game road swing, through the rest of April and ending May 1.
 
FIU is 21-20 overall, while the Wildcats are 11-26, coming off a three-game sweep over conference foe North Carolina Central.
 
The Panthers are looking to re-establish a win streak after three close losses over the weekend to Florida Atlantic. The team's earned run average went down, despite the losses, to 3.06, sitting third in Conference USA.
 
Still the league's top-hitting team (.322 batting average), the Panthers head to Daytona, where they are 2-2 all-time against B-CU. In the all-time series, FIU owns a 14-3 mark, winning the last six in the series.
 
The two programs played three times during an FIU home tournament last year, with the Panthers winning by a combined 23-7 score. The programs were coming off a five-year hiatus without playing one another prior to that series.
 
The Wildcats have won their last six MEAC games, but have dropped their last five non-conference games of the season. These two games represent the final two home games of the year for B-CU.
 
FIU will complete the five-game week by next traveling to Birmingham to face C-USA opponent UAB, starting with a Saturday doubleheader at 2 p.m. Eastern.

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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 of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.