Match Details
IUPUI 3, FIU 2
Records: FIU 0-3, IUPUI 2-0
Saturday, August 26 | 2 p.m. | Fort Myers, Fla. | Alico Arena
The Basics
- FIU won their first two sets of the season and looked like a first win was a certainty, but a feisty IUPUI squad roared back and won in five sets (13-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-10) over FIU Saturday in the Panthers' final match of the FGCU / Hilton Garden Inn Invitational in Fort Myers.
- The 25-13 opening-set win was the largest margin of victory for FIU in a set since 9/2/16 against Florida A&M.
- FIU has played a five-set match four times in the last seven contests dating back to the end of the 2016 season.
- FIU had the fourth set tied at 20 and the fifth set tied at nine in the five-set thriller, which featured 23 tie scores and nine lead changes. There were three lead changes in the fifth set.
- Panthers freshman setter Molly Feldmeth (South Pasadena, California) recorded the first triple-double of the season for FIU, recording 10 kills, 15 digs and 46 assists.
- Junior Margherita Bianchin (Treviso, Italy) had her second double-double of the season with 14 kills and the team-high total of 22 digs.
Stat of the Match
The Panthers outscored the Jaguars 100-92 in total points due to the lopsided first-set outcome. IUPUI outblocked FIU 14-5, but the Panthers recorded nine service aces to the Jaguars' two.
Next Up
FIU heads to Nashville, Tennessee for a weekend tournament at Tennessee State, starting next Friday against Alcorn State at 4 p.m.
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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/.
