Game Details
FIU 3, UTSA 0
FIU (18-11), UTSA (19-9)
Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 | 7 p.m.
Huntington, West Virginia | Cam Henderson Center
 
The Basics
- The FIU volleyball team, seeded sixth in this week's 2018 Air Force Reserve Conference USA Volleyball Championship, was one of three lower seeded teams to pull off an upset during the quarterfinals on the first day of competition on Friday, with a commanding 3-0 straight-set victory over third-seeded UTSA, 25-19, 25-16, 25-21. The win improves the Panthers to 18-11 on the year while the Roadrunners end their season 19-9. FIU will now face the seven-seed Southern Miss, who defeated the two-seed WKU, 3-2, at 2:30 p.m. at the Cam Henderson Center at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. All matches can be seen live on ESPN+.


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- FIU's 18 victories continues to build on its most wins since the 2011 campaign when it went 21-9 on the season.
 
- The Panthers, who is in the C-USA Tournament for the first time since 2015, won their first postseason match since the 2013 Tournament when it defeated Middle Tennessee, 3-2.
 
- FIU hit at a .330 percent clip for the match while the Roadrunners recorded just a .129 hitting percentage on the night. The Panthers committed just 10 errors in the win while UTSA has 21 in a losing effort.
 
- Nina Petranovic (Polzela, Slovenia) led the Panthers with a team-high 12 kills while Margherita Bianchin (Venice, Italy) had 11. Abbie Hughes (Mason, Ohio) had a match-high 30 assists, and Lina Bernier (San Juan, Puerto Rico) posted a team-best nine digs.
 
               1             2             3             F                           
FIU         25           25           25           3            
UTSA     19           16           21           0                           
              
Up Next
The Panthers now face Southern Miss in the semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 2:30 p.m. The winner will face the winner of the North Texas-Rice match for the C-USA Championship on Sunday, Nov. 18, at 12 p.m.

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