Game Details
FIU 3, Louisiana Tech 0
FIU (11-6, 4-1 C-USA), Louisiana Tech (6-13, 1-3 C-USA)
Friday, Oct. 5, 2018 | 7 p.m.
Miami, Florida | Ocean Bank Convocation Center
 
The Basics
- The FIU volleyball team got back on the winning track on Friday night with a three-set victory over Louisiana Tech at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. The Panthers, winners of five out of their last six matches, defeated the Techsters, 26-24, 25-20, 25-22, to improve to 11-6 on the year and 4-1 in Conference USA. FIU's 11 victories this season is the third most in the past seven seasons, behind only the 2015 (15) and 2013 (13) teams. LA Tech drops to 6-13 and 1-3 in league play.
 
- Margherita Bianchin (Venice, Italy) led the Panthers' attack with a match-high 13 kills while Chelsea Hudson (Delray Beach, Florida/Atlantic Community) added 10 in the win. Abbie Hughes (Mason, Ohio) fell just shy of equaling her second most- assists in a match (42) with 40. Ronja Klinger (Frauental, Austria) and Carly Sosnowski (West Palm Beach, Florida (The Villages) each added two service aces on the night.
 
- With the match tied at 20-all in the third and final set, Klinger proceeded to serve for four-straight points to give the Panthers a 24-20 lead. After a service error, FIU eventually took advantage of a LA Tech attack error, and then Hughes put away the winner with one of her four kills on the night off a Klinger assist.
 
               1             2             3                           
FIU         26           25           25                         
Tech       24           20           22          
 
Up Next
FIU will get back on the court on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m. when it travels up Interstate 95 to face Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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