MIAMI (Feb. 11, 2016) -- Friday begins the 2016 season and the FIU Panthers are hosting the Juiceblendz FIU Invitational, with five teams visiting Felsberg Field at FIU Softball Stadium for three-days of softball action. No. 10 Florida State, Illinois, LIU Brooklyn, St. John's and Valparaiso will join the Panthers for 15 games over three days, starting Friday, February 12. Each team will play the other five one time, with every team playing twice in the same day two times in the three-day window.
LIU takes on Illinois at 10 a.m. Friday to start the festivities and a five-game Friday concludes with FIU taking on the 10th-ranked Seminoles with a start time of 7 p.