MIAMI (Aug. 25, 2016) -- FIU women's soccer fought through a thunderstorm delay for the second-straight game and fell 4-0 at home to Wake Forest in the home opener at the FIU Soccer Stadium Thursday night in non-conference action. Wake Forest, which received votes in this week's NSCAA week-one poll for the first time in two seasons, improves to 3-0. FIU falls to 0-2-1 for the season.
 
The start of the game was delayed 35 minutes due to thunderstorms in the area, then was halted at the 71:11 mark when more storms came through and declared final at that point.
 
The Demon Deacons posted three first-half goals by junior Maddie Huster. She now has four goals on the season. Huster also assisted on the goal in the second half for her seventh point of the storm-shortened night. Bayley Feist headed in the service from Huster for the final scoring play.
 
The Panthers were outshot 17-4, with two shots on goal, both saved by Wake keepers Lindsay Preston and Nonie Frishette. FIU keeper Sophia Trujillo (Miami, Florida / Gulliver Prep) made four saves in the contest.
 
FIU will have the weekend off from competition and takes the field next Thursday in a road contest at FGCU, starting at 7 p.m.
 
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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/.