JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (September 2, 2012) – The FIU men’s soccer team (3-0-0) extended its winning streak to three matches after a 1-0 victory against the Jacksonville Dolphins (0-4-0) Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla.

“We weren’t at our sharpest today but that’s going to happen early in the season,” Head Coach Kenny Arena said. “It’s important to find a way to win games like this and learn from these experiences and continue to grow as a team. Obviously, a second goal would have been great but at the very least, we were prepared to keep our lead.”

FIU freshman keeper Robin Spiegel (Wipperfürth, Germany) earned his second shutout of the season with a four-save performance against the Dolphins.  

The Panthers scored the only goal of the match in the 20^th minute when freshman Patrick Ramdial (Lionel Town, Jamaica) scored his first-career goal as a Panther. The scoring play started when senior Lucas Di Croce (Miami, Fla.) sent the ball towards the goal to freshman Daniel Gonzalez (Miami, Fla.) from the top of the box. Gonzalez then made a blind pass behind his back to Ramdial who buried the ball to the back of the net past the diving JU goalie.

FIU returns to action on Friday, Sept. 7, at Wisconsin and Sunday, Sept. 9, at UIC.

For ticket information to FIU home matches, call the FIU Ticket Office at 305-FIU-GAME or log onto www.FIUSports.com. Fans can follow @FIUMensSoccer on Twitter and find us on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/FIUMensSoccer. Fans can also watch all FIU men’s soccer home matches live on FIUSports.com on our free webcasts.

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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including U.S. Century Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.

About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelors, masters and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida’s anchor institutions, FIU is worlds ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and enrolls nearly 48,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. More than 140,000 alumni live and work in South Florida. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.

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