DALLAS (May 8, 2016) -- The Conference USA office has announced FIU softball earned the No. 7 seed and will face UTEP in its opening game of the 2016 Conference USA Championships, hosted by North Texas. The tournament begins Wednesday, May 11th. The Panthers' first game will take place at 3:30 p.m. Eastern from Lovelace Stadium in Denton. FIU finished the regular season at 29-26.
By virtue of their three-game weekend sweep of Middle Tennessee, the Panthers finished 12-12 in league games and took a tournament spot by finishing in the top three in the East Division of the league standings.