Match Details
Marshall 3, FIU 1
Records: FIU 2-8, 1-3 C-USA, Marshall 7-12, 2-2 C-USA
Friday, October 6 | 7 p.m. | Miami | Ocean Bank Convocation Center

The Basics

-        A riveting match for three sets turned into a 3-1 win (24-26, 25-23, 25-23, 25-13) for visiting Marshall Friday night in Conference USA volleyball action. The match was Play Pink Night, raising awareness for Breast Cancer Research. FIU falls to 2-8 on the season and a 1-3 start in league matches. Marshall evens its record to 2-2 in league games, 7-12 overall.

-        The first three sets were separated by the minimum two points, with the first set going to an extra point.

-        Sophomore libero Helene Thelle (Tolvsrod, Norway) collected a career-high 20 digs in the loss.  

-        Neither team could get momentum in the opening set, with the Panthers limiting the Herd to a -.023 attack percentage in that frame.

-        In the second and third sets, the Panthers could only side out the Herd at 51 and 50 percent in those respective stanzas.  Despite an attack percentage of .351 in the second, the highest for either team in any set of the match, FIU was undone by three serve errors and two more serve receive miscues, the difference in the frame.

-        The fourth set was all Marshall, with the visitor able to side out the hosts at an 84 percent clip, holding FIU to a -.094 attack percentage.  

-        The Panthers places two attackers into a double-digit kills total.  Junior Margherita Bianchin (Traviso, Italy) had 16 kills and a .271 attack percentage, while senior Taija Thomas (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) delivered 14 kills.

-        Freshman setter Aleksandra Grigoreva (Moscow, Russia) produced her third double-double with 35 assists and 11 digs.

Stat of the Match
There were 23 tie scores and nine lead changes throughout the contest. 

Next Up
FIU travels to Houston for a matchup with Rice on Sunday afternoon 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. 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/.