Brian Olmo | Editor-in-Chief The FIU beach volleyball team enters the Conference USA Tournament the two seed and are set to face off against the seven-seed Missouri State Bears on Thursday, April 25 at the Youngsville Sports Complex in Sugar Beach, Louisiana. In their last tournament run in 2023, FIU fell to the FAU Sandy […]
Adrian Benitez | Contributing Writer The FIU beach volleyball team is traveling to Jacksonville, Florida to open up their season at the Jacksonville Invitational, beginning on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Coming off a 20-17 record in their 2023 campaign, the Panthers’ season came to an end in the NCAA Championships tournament on May 5, 2023. […]
Carla Mendez | Staff Writer Terri Del Conte has been appointed as the new head coach of beach volleyball by Athletic Director Scott Carr this past week. She is the second head coach in the history of the program. With her extensive experience coaching at Missouri State and UAB, Del Conte’s hiring provides the Panthers, […]
Brian Olmo | Sports Director FIU women’s beach volleyball rattled off four straight wins in the Conference USA tournament before falling in the finals to the FAU Sandy Owls 3-0 on Saturday, April 29 at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park in Florida. The Panthers came in as the No. 1 seed, boasting a 17-15 overall record. […]
Written by Zoe Chin/Sports Director The FIU beach volleyball team (11-8) hosted the seventh annual ‘FIU Surf and Turf Invitational’ on South Beach on Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30. The Panthers took on some of the best beach volleyball teams in the country, such as Louisiana State University (17-5), Florida State University (17-5) […]
Written by Zoe Chin/Sports Director The beach volleyball team is off to an incredible start to their season after winning all four of their matches during the ‘Stetson University Spring Fling’ from Friday, Feb. 22 to Saturday, Feb. 23. These wins put the team at an overall record of 4-0 and a Coastal Collegiate Sports […]
Written by Dalton Tevlin/Asst. Sports Director At the start of the beach volleyball season, senior Margherita Bianchin and junior Federica Frasca were named to the pre-season all Coastal Collegiate Sports Association team. The two girls were added to the list on Wednesday, Feb. 20. The addition of the girls reflects on the efforts they made […]
Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director Assistant Athletic Director and head volleyball and beach volleyball coach Rita Buck-Crockett, made history as she became the first volleyball player to be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Buck-Crockett was formally inducted on Tuesday, February 21 in Waco,Texas, at the Waco Convention Center. “When I first […]
