Match Details
New Orleans 3, FIU 2
Records: FIU 1-4, UNO 3-2
Saturday, September 2 | 10 a.m. | Nashville, Tenn. | Kean Hall

The Basics

-        For the second time in three matches, the Panthers won the first two sets, but could not close the match in a 3-2 loss to New Orleans at the Tiger Invitational, hosted by Tennessee Tech. FIU falls to 1-4 on the season. The Panthers have played their opponent to within four points in nine of their 19 sets played in 2017.

-        Three Panthers finished in double-digits in kills, led by senior Taija Thomas (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada), who had 16. Freshman setter Aleksandra Grigoreva (Moscow, Russia) collected her first career double-double in just her second match in FIU blue with 48 assists and 15 digs.

-        FIU was able to win the point against the UNO serve nine times in the fifth and deciding frame, but New Orleans produced 11 kills in the fifth set, and finished on an 8-3 run to close out the match.  

Stat of the Match
FIU hit into a season-high 15 blocks by an opponent.

Next Up
FIU finishes the weekend at 4 pm. Saturday, when the Panthers take on host Tennessee State.

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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/.