Mac vs. Windows
Contributing writer Moises Fuertes thinks that students should be familiar with the operating systems of Macs and Microsoft Windows in order to have an advantage in the competitive job market.
Contributing writer Moises Fuertes thinks that students should be familiar with the operating systems of Macs and Microsoft Windows in order to have an advantage in the competitive job market.
It was a match that tested the will of the FIU Panthers. The fourth seeded Panthers (6-14) played themselves into an early 0-3 hole, but rallied back and clinched a 4-3 contest against the seventh seeded Troy Trojans (11-10) in the quarterfinals of the 2012 Sun Belt Conference Tournament on April 20.
The FIU Panthers dropped their 3rd straight home loss this Friday in the hands of the No. 49 Brown University Bears, losing 6-1, sinking to a 5-13 overall record for the 2012 season.
Fresh off a 5-2 victory over Sun Belt foe and rival, Florida Atlantic University, FIU (5-12) will look to keep up their winning ways against Ivy League standout, Brown University. The Bears strolls into South Florida and will do to battle against the Panthers on March 30 at the FIU Panther Tennis Center. The match time is slated for 1pm.
The two years of dominance in the Sun Belt Conference has come to a halt – at least for now.
In an attempt to initiate their Sun Belt Conference matches on a high note, FIU returned home with a 4-3 victory versus the Jaguars of South Alabama but faltered against the North Texas Mean Green in a 4-3 defeat.
The weekend didn’t go quite as well as coach Melissa Applebaum-Dall’au and her team would have liked it. At the Lady Raider Shootout in Lubbock, Texas, the Panthers fell to 1-9 on the season after getting swept 0-3 in the three day tournament.
The Panthers have demonstrated a dominance over the past five meets, all on the East coast, crushing each team they have faced. Now FIU will look to extend that dominance to the Gulf coast.
The Golden Panthers, ranked No. 62 in the nation, struggled on Apr. 3 with a 6-1 loss against the Southern Methodist University Mustangs, ranked No. 37 in the nation.
The Golden Panthers, ranked No. 62 in the nation, defeated Florida Gulf Coast University in a 6-1 victory. FIU extended their win streak to nine matches, the longest it has been since the 2009 season, when they had a fourteen-match streak.
The Golden Panthers, ranked No. 61 in the nation, pulled off a sweep against Sun Belt conference foe South Alabama on March 18.