MIAMI (August 31, 2017) -- FIU women's soccer heads to the north of the Sunshine State for a pair of games in Jacksonville this weekend to finish a four-game road swing. The Panthers will be at North Florida for a 5 p.m. match Friday and then play at Jacksonville University Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
The Panthers (0-3) have not yet scored a goal, but have only allowed four in their three games so far this season.
 
UNF is 3-1, winning three in a row. The Ospreys has posted six goals, allowing five, but notching a pair of 1-0 shutouts. JU is 1-2, scoring four goals and allowing five.
 
FIU has a 3-1-2 mark in the all-time series with UNF, beating the Ospreys 2-0 in the previous meeting, back in 2015. The Panthers have not been scored upon in the previous two contests with UNF.
 
FIU's series with JU has not been as positive, with a 1-5 marking against the Dolphins. The lone win in six contests was in 2012, a 2-1 home win. The two teams played into overtime in 2013, with the Dolphins coming away with a 2-1 win in their home turf in The River City.
 
FIU has produced more than half of its shots in the second halves of games this season, and early aggression has been something the team has focused on since returning from their two road games in the Northeast last weekend.
 
"We are still very focused on ourselves right now," said Head Coach Shay Nonen. "We are making improvements slowly and are still teaching them our offensive elements, so we are not ready to focus on matchups at this point of the season."
 
"I think we tend to start slow due to confidence and focus," said sophomore starter Isabella de Almagro, "I think once we start pushing forward and attacking, we tend to build off of that and get more comfortable."
 
The Panthers took their last contest into overtime, falling in the first extra period at Vermont in a 1-0 decision.
 
Following this weekend, FIU will return home next Thursday for a home contest versus Stetson, set for 7 p.m. at the FIU Soccer Stadium.
 
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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/.