Written by Daniel Torres/PantherNOW The Panthers brought the ballgame to Southern Mississippi University and never looked back. A solid performance by FIU’s Nick Macdonald led to offensive power in the batter’s box. This was one of the best performances so far this season by Mervyl Melendez’s squad. “You have to give them credit they took […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer FIU softball continues to struggle in conference play as they were not successful in avoiding being swept by North Texas on the afternoon of Sunday, March 31. The Panthers only scored four runs throughout all of the three games of the weekend series. The pitching duel for the series finale […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer FIU baseball engaged in a two game midweek series against Florida Gulf Coast University. During the first game on Tuesday, March 26, Eagles took the win 3-0 up in Fort Myers. The teams played their second match on Panther territory on Wednesday, March 27. FIU lost against FGCU at home […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer Chaos struck throughout the FIU community on Thursday, February 7 as word got out that Inter Miami CF was negotiating with the university to secure the Riccardo Silva Stadium as its temporary playing field. But, on Thursday, March 14, owners David Beckham and Jorge Mas showed up at the Lockhart […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer The baseball team opened the weekend with a 2-1 win over Western Kentucky University for the second C-USA meeting of the season. The starting pitchers for the night were Logan Allen for FIU and Eric Crawford for WKU. The most important highlight of this game was how dominant Allen was […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer The FIU softball program has gone through some significant changes since its start in the 1980s. From the Sunblazers to the Panthers. Former softball player Martha Falcon, shared her insight on the softball program during her time on the team during the 1980s. The recent success of the team shows […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer With both teams coming off of losses to Notre Dame and Lipscomb University, FIU and Western Kentucky University matched up for a C-USA opening double header. FIU entered the ball game with a 17-9 record compared to Western Kentucky’s 15-5. In the first game, Western Kentucky was just dominant both […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer The FIU baseball team (9-6) continued to show season form on Saturday, March 9, against Seton Hall University (1-9) with a 10-7 win to improve the Panthers’ season. The Panthers beat the Pirates again on Sunday, March 10, in a 6-5 game, finishing their weekend matches against Seton. The team […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer The FIU baseball team took the game 8-6 against Florida A&M University on Wednesday, March 6 to even their season record at 6-6 on the year. The FIU baseball team split their mid-week series against FAMU after losing to them (2-3) on Tuesday, March 5. This was a much more […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer An early noon tip-off saw the Panthers become 2-0 in their conference bonus plays as well as 4-0 counting the other two non-bonus games. On Sunday, March 3, the FIU men’s basketball team defeated Louisiana Tech University (83-76) in Conference USA bonus play. This was a grind it out type […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer What seemed to be a sell out night at the ballpark quickly became a quiet night. On Wednesday, Feb. 27, the FIU men’s baseball team took on cross town rival the University of Miami. After the Panthers swept the Hurricanes last season, confidence was rising high for Coach Mervyl Melendez’s […]
Written by Daniel Torres/Staff Writer The FIU basketball team finished the season with a huge win over North Texas University on Saturday, Feb. 16. The Panthers finished their regular season 16-11 and 7-7 in the Conference USA. FIU’s Brian Beard Jr. was on fire this afternoon finishing the game with 22 points. “He’s a guy […]
