Brian Olmo | Investigative Director The FIU softball team hopes to march back into the win column in a three-game series against Liberty Flames, beginning on Friday, March 8, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Entering their first Conference USA matchup of the season, the Panthers bolster an 11-12 season record. In their previous game against the […]
Will Duval | Sports Director The FIU softball team begins their new campaign by hosting three teams in the Felsberg Invitational tournament, beginning on Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Hitting the ground running, the Panthers are set to play their first five games of the season over a span of three days. In […]
Carla Mendez | Assistant Sports Director The FIU softball team rounded out their 2024 roster and signed a total of four new student-athletes on Dec. 4, 2023. Entering his third season at the helm, head coach Mike Larabee looked to add talent on both sides of the ball and brought in multiple new players as […]
Alex Rivera/Staff Writer FIU Softball got their fifth consecutive win Saturday against the Samford Bulldogs, another game started over an hour behind schedule and with a dip in the temperature in a game that went into extra innings. The first four innings were stagnant, with no side able to bring in a run. The bottom […]
Alex Rivera/Staff Writer After another Friday night game delayed, the Panthers took to the field to start their second game in the Panther Invitational against Ball State University, a day after their 5-3 win against Tulsa. After a scoreless first inning, Ball State was able to load the bases with only one out. Haley Wynn […]
Alex Rivera/Staff Writer Coming off two tournaments away from home, the Panthers are set to close out the majority of their non-conference games as they host the Panther Invitational, set against four opponents. The Panthers came home from spring games in Longwood, Florida, getting three wins and two losses, and now have a 5-8 record. […]
Alex Rivera/Staff Writer After a week off from play, FIU Softball is set to begin their next tournament and first games away from home in Tampa to play in the USF Tournament to play three different teams. The weekend tournament will begin against Tennessee. The last time the Panthers played the Volunteers was in 2012, […]
Alex Rivera/Staff Writer After a rain delay that led to the cancellation of the Panthers’ game against Michigan State, the Panthers took the field for the second time this season against Penn State. The game was close throughout the night, but in the seventh inning, the umpire started making horrific calls. With two outs in […]
Alex Rivera/Staff Writer The FIU Panthers took on the California Bears Thursday night as their season opener and the first of their four game Felsberg Invitational tournament. The game proved to be everything Coach Steiner-Wilcoxon, a 6-1 victory. The bottom of the third is when the game reached peak intensity: the Panthers were able to […]
Alex Rivera/Staff Writer With FIU Softball starting on Thursday afternoon, so does the start of a new era. With this new era, a new coaching staff and new players. With a new coach and players, Head Coach Chris Steiner-Wilcoxson says that “…the first thing you got to do is build team chemistry and [the players] […]
Alex Rivera/Staff Writer Nearly a week after the Panther’s baseball schedule was released, the softball schedule was also released, and with it are the four regular season tournaments the Panthers will take part in. The season will start Thursday February 6th at 5pm with the Felsberg invitational at home as the Panthers take on University […]
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 […]
