BOCA RATON, Fla. (Sept. 18, 2016) - The FIU women's soccer team played its Conference USA opener on the road and for the third time this season, faced a weather delay to begin the contest. After over two-and-a-half hour wait to get started, FIU fell to Florida Atlantic 1-0 Sunday night at the FAU Soccer Stadium.
 
The goal came in the 52^nd minute, when an FAU's Sammy Rowland launched a ball from 25 yards out that drifted into the back of the net on one bounce away from FIU senior keeper Sophia Trujillo (Miami, Florida / Gulliver Prep).
 
The game was the fifth this season for the Panthers allowing one or no goals, despite their 1-6-1 record (0-1 Conference USA).
 
The Owls improve to 5-4-1 overall and 1-0 in C-USA.
 
The Panthers lost the battle of shots 11-6 and corners 4-3. Six different FIU student-athletes had one shot each.
 
Trujillo finished with three saves.
 
FIU will host Charlotte Friday night at 7 p.m. in the home league opener for its lone game of the week.
  
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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/.