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<\/p>\n BOCA RATON, Fla.\u2013 FIU Volleyball (2-1) allowed local rival Florida Atlantic (3-0) to hit at a .348 clip in a three-set sweep, falling in the Florida Atlantic Invitational finale.<\/p>\n Both teams came out firing, going swing-for-swing early in set 1. After an Owls service error to tie it at 9, the Owls went on a pair of 5-0 runs to gain control. The home team hit a sparkling .435, which FIU had no answer for, and won the set 25-13.<\/p>\n FIU looked to quickly bounce back in set two, as a couple of kills from Tiyana Cisse<\/a> made it 5-1 and 13-8, but an untimely 4-0 run for the Owls made it 13-12 before the teams kept trading points. Chiara Fabbrini<\/a> knotted it at 22-apiece, but the Owls won three of the next four points and stunned the Panthers despite 16 kills in the set 25-23.<\/p>\n Jillian Huckabey<\/a> aided another great set start with a kill to make it 8-5 in the third, but the Owls continued to pull away. Lana Sesar<\/a> made it just a two-point deficit at 18-16, but that was as close as the Panthers got for the remainder of the set, losing 25-19 and 3-0 overall.<\/p>\n Huckabey and Fabbrini led the Panthers’ attack with nine kills respectively, and Rayne Williams<\/a> had a trio of blocks in her season debut. Ivona Lazovic<\/a> (15) and Mariana Silva<\/a> (13) each contributed double-digit assists in the loss.<\/p>\n Up Next Social Media
\nFIU heads up to Jacksonville for the UNF Invitational, where it will play UNF (Thursday), Tulane (Friday) and Duke (Saturday).<\/p>\n
\nFans are encouraged to follow the Panthers on Instagram (@FIUVolleyball), Twitter (@FIUVolleyball), and Facebook (Facebook.com\/FIUVolleyball) for all the latest Women’s Volleyball news. General athletic news can also be found at @FIUSports on Facebook and @FIUAthletics on Twitter and Instagram.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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