Sunday, August 19, 2018 By Cristhian Plasencia/Asst. Sports Director FIU’s assistant coach for the women’s basketball team saw crime luring in her neighborhood, which subsequently sparked her interest to get involved with the youth in her community. “I grew up in a place where you looked around, and there were drugs being sold, […]
By Cristhian Plasencia/ Asst. Sports Director The FIU women’s basketball team will have a new identity going into the upcoming season with only four players returning from the 2017-18 season. “The first step is to get the young ladies to gel. Of course, you want it to be natural. That’s the toughest thing as […]
By Cristhian Plasencia Andrea Lazaro had a historic run in the NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championship, as she became the first FIU tennis player to advance to the quarterfinals of the singles competition. To begin the tournament, the senior star defeated Melissa Lord from Standford in the first round, 6-4, 6-1. Lazaro entered […]
By Cristhian Plasenica/Asst. Sports Director The FIU women’s basketball starting guard Kristian Hudson will transfer to a new program, following her graduation in July. The junior point guard announced her intention to transfer through her Twitter account on Monday, May 7. “I am announcing that I will be transferring to another university as a […]
By Cristhian Plasencia/Asst. Sports Director The Panthers’ women’s basketball team will say goodbye to their decorated senior forward Kiandre’a Pound, who will graduate with her master’s degree. Pound won Conference USA Freshman of the Year in the 2014-15 season with the Panthers and also made the Conference USA All-Freshman Team. Pound led the team […]
By Cristhian Plasencia/Asst. Sports Director With the offseason underway for the Panthers, the coaching staff is looking to improve upon their last year’s weakness by adding the incoming freshmen class. “We need more of an inside presence, which we are going to get right away with Chelsea Guimaraes. We have expanded her game a […]
By Cristhian Plasencia/Asst. Sports Director Women face many stereotypes in sports and in the WNBA, a big stereotype is that the great majority of players are gay. Former high school women’s basketball player challenges this assumption. “I would say some players turn out to be lesbians, but not all identify themselves as such,” said […]
By Cristhian Plasencia/Asst. Sports Director Sophomore pitcher Shannon Saile and junior outfielder Jackie Schoff were named Conference USA Pitcher and Player of the Week, following their stellar performances against No. 4 ranked Florida (32-5) and the (16-19-1) Marshall Thundering Herd. The Panthers managed to shut out the No. 4 Gators in the second game […]
By Cristhian Plasenica/Asst. Sports Director The FIU women’s basketball team are looking to fill their starting lineup vacant spots, as seniors depart due to graduation this spring. Senior Kiandre’a Pound started at the power forward position. She averaged 12.9 points per game and averaged 8.9 rebounds per game. When Pound missed a couple of […]
By Brett Shweky and Cristhian Plasencia/PantherNow Staff On average, student-athletes may dedicate more than 40 hours a week training. According to a lawsuit against the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and also the National Collegiate Athletic Association back in Oct. 2014, claims were made that the collegiate athletes spent 43.3 hours per week […]
By Cristhian Plansecia/Asst. Sports Director Panthers’ outfielder Jackie Schoff at one point considered giving up her bat and glove, following a gruesome injury she suffered in high school. The junior from Brandenton, FL tore her shoulder labrum in her sophomore year at Lakewood Ranch High School and was forced to sit out for over a […]
By Nicholas Poblete and Cristhian Plasencia/Panther Press Staff The decision to strip the North American Soccer League of its second division status forced Miami FC to create an alterative team, switch leagues and play away from the Riccardo Silva Stadium this Spring. “Completely disappointed that the United States Soccer Federation did not grant the NASL […]
