Match Details

North Texas 3, FIU 0
Records: FIU 1-6, 0-1 C-USA, UNT 13-2, 1-1 C-USA
Sunday, September 24 | 1 p.m. | Miami | Ocean Bank Convocation Center

The Basics

-        FIU resumed play after missing more than two weeks and seven matches due to Hurricane Irma, playing its home and Conference USA opener in a 3-0 loss (25-16, 25-16, 25-18) to North Texas Sunday.

-        No Panther reached double figures in kills, but sophomore libero Helene Thelle (Tolvsrod, Norway) collected 10 digs in the contest. She is the lone Panther with at least 10 digs in all seven matches this season.  

-        The third set was the most competitive, with five ties and three lead changes, but the 71 sideout percentage by the Mean Green was too much to overcome. UNT has won 13 of its last 14 contests.   

-        FIU played two setters in the contest, with freshman Molly Feldmeth (South Pasadena, California) dishing out 15, and freshman Aleksandra Grigoreva (Moscow, Russia) helping on 14.

-        The two team kills leaders, senior Taija Thomas (Scarborough, Ontario, Canada) and junior Margherita Bianchin (Traviso, Italy) posted nine kills each.

-        North Texas was led by Holly Milam's 11 kills.

Stat of the Match
FIU hit at its average of .190 for its attack percentage in the contest.

Next Up
FIU will play its first road C-USA weekend of the year, playing at Florida Atlantic Friday at 7 p.m. before a Sunday 2 p.m. Eastern contest at UAB.

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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/.