MIAMI (October 4, 2017) -- FIU women's soccer will host its first Thursday Conference USA game of the season, with LA Tech visiting the FIU Soccer Stadium for a 7 p.m. kick. FIU will support Breast Cancer Awareness Month in this first game of the month of October.
 
The Panthers are 1-7 overall, and off to an 0-3 start in Conference USA play. The Panthers scored their third goal of the year early in Sunday's 2-1 overtime loss to Middle Tennessee at home.  
 
FIU scored a goal in both of its previous contests, their first back-to-back games with a goal this season. Senior keeper Nevena Stojakovic (Nis, Serbia) has allowed 15 goals this season, with a 1.86 goals-against average. She has 41 saves so far this season and FIU is fourth in the league in saves per game (5.25).
 
LA Tech enters the contest at 8-2-4 overall, with a 1-1-2 league record. LA Tech has tied its last two games, both in C-USA. LA Tech has been held without a goal just twice this season, and is one goal shy of the league lead of 27.
 
LA Tech and FIU have split the two-game, all-time series, with the Lady Techsters taking last season's 2-0 game in Ruston.
 
The Lady Techsters have half of their goal-scoring in two players, Mylene Roy-Ouellet (8 goals) and Jenna Dages (6). Their 13 goals allowed are fourth-lowest in the league. Courtney Tompkins has the most minutes played of the three keepers on the roster, and she has a goals-against average of 0.88 in eight games played this season.
 
Live stats and video links are available at FIUSports.com.
 
FIU will play a split weekend, with a road game at Old Dominion, starting Sunday at 3 p.m.
 
For women's soccer ticket information, contact the FIU Ticket Office at 305-FIU-GAME or log onto www.FIUSports.com.
 
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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 eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including Lime Court at FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. 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 with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute.  FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.