Conference USA

Swing And A Miss: FIU Baseball Attendance Problems

Alex Rivera/Staff Writer Attendance has always been a huge issue for all sports at FIU, and baseball has been no different. Using the reported attendance for the 2019 baseball season, PantherNOW compared FIU and their Conference USA counterparts with average attendance, which games bring in the biggest crowds, and the dynamics of venues. Starting with […]

Season In Review: What It Means For The Future

Dalton Tevlin/Sports Director It was a difficult start for the FIU Panthers after their record setting 2018 season, which saw the Panthers go 9-3. This being the final year with with quarterback James Morgan under center, Linebacker Sage Lewis as the anchor of the defense, and other seniors who have laid a foundation here at […]

Five FIU Baseball Players Drafted To The MLB

The 2019 MLB draft has come to a close and five Panthers will have a chance to make it to the big league. While the Panthers season was disappointing, posting a 23-32 record, the team had talent from top to bottom. “I’m very happy for them,” said head coach Mervyl Melendez. “They have worked very […]

Better days ahead for FIU Men’s Basketball

By Steven Melendez/Staff Writer   As the new season for the FIU Panthers basketball team gets closer, head coach Anthony Evans is looking to take this program in a new direction. After losing five seniors, including their top four scorers, coach Evans is looking for answers. The Panthers finished at (7-24) overall record and with […]

Men and women’s basketball teams host annual media day

Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director After ending their championship runs in the second round of the Conference USA Championships last year, the women and men’s basketball teams have a renewed focus for the 2016-2017 season. Both teams held their annual media day Thursday, Oct. 27 at the U.S. Century Bank Arena. The head coach […]

Panthers’ three-game winning streak snapped on Homecoming night

Peter Holland, Jr. // Asst. Sports Director FIU’s three game winning streak came to an end on homecoming night after losing to Louisiana Tech University 44-24. FIU’s only lead of the night was in their opening drive when they settled for a 24-yard field goal by kicker Austin Taylor, which gave them a 3-0 lead […]

Panthers win third-straight conference game, make University history

Peter Holland, Jr. // Assistant Sports Director The Panthers dodged a bullet in their 27-26 victory over University of North Carolina at Charlotte after a missed field goal by the 49er’s kicker, and improve their record to 3-0 in Conference USA for the first time in program history. Their overall record now stands at 3-4. Though […]

FIU looks for second win of the season

Peter Holland, Jr.//Asst. Sports Director As they head to El Paso, the Panthers are looking to get their second win of the season against the University of Texas at El Paso. Should they win Saturday’s game, which starts at 8 p.m., the Panthers will be 2-0 in conference play. Final Score Prediction FIU 31 UTEP […]

Calabrese has a history of winning, wants to continue streak with FIU

Reinaldo Llerena // Staff Writer The FIU Men’s Soccer team impressed last season, winning the Conference USA tournament and advancing to the NCAA tournament before losing in overtime to Tulsa University in the first round. The man leading the upstart Panthers is Head Coach Scott Calabrese, who was in his second year at FIU after […]

Panthers pick up series win over rival FAU

While they couldn’t get the sweep, there could be a great deal of positive momentum drawn from taking two games from this FAU team and it might be exactly what the Panthers need going forward to finish off the season.

Panthers lose in C-USA finals

The Panthers (17-3) lost to No. 45 Rice University in the championship match of the C-USA tournament, 4-1, on Sunday, April 24.

Tough spot for Panthers’ new head coach

Fast-forward now to the present day, apply a bit of hindsight bias and you now have what seems like an impossible situation for Tiara Malcom, the new head coach for this FIU women’s basketball team.
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