FIU Women’s Soccer will play at Stetson at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, in DeLand, Florida. FIU enters the match after a 1-0 loss to Miami, in which senior goalkeeper Valery Restrepo made a career-high nine saves. The match will be the 29th meeting between FIU and Stetson.
Series history
FIU leads the all-time series 18-6-4, dating to 1993. The teams have split the six meetings played during the past seven years, 3-3. FIU defeated Stetson 3-2 in 2025 on a penalty kick in the 85th minute, while Stetson last defeated FIU 1-0 in DeLand in 2024.
FIU leaders
FIU has six goal scorers this season, led by freshman Yuzu Tanida and senior Maya Maxwell with two goals each. Maxwell leads FIU with six points and earned her first CUSA Offensive Player of the Week honor. Mariana Barreto, Leyla Molina, Maria Lucia Dogliani and Madeline Oliver each have one goal.
Maxwell and Barreto lead FIU in assists. Adria Kitzinger has one assist, which came on Tanida’s first goal of the season. Restrepo has 30 saves this season and a 1.71 goals-against average.
Stetson scouting report
Stetson is 0-5 this season and has scored zero goals. The team has taken 27 shots, including 10 shots on goal, and three goalkeepers have played this season. Senior goalkeeper Clare Boesel has played all five matches, totaling 416 minutes, 17 saves, 13 goals allowed and a 2.81 goals-against average.
FIU also faced then-No. 4 Florida State and No. 2 Duke in consecutive matches, the first time in program history FIU played top-five teams in consecutive contests.
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