SPARTANBURG, S.C. – After taking two of three games from Stetson last weekend to start ASUN play, the RV FGCU softball team (27-7, 2-1 ASUN) will travel north to face RV and defending ASUN champion USC Upstate in a crucial three-game series.

The Eagles will commence play with the first doubleheader game starting at 4 p.m. on Friday. The finale will take place Saturday at 1 p.m.

FGCU currently sits in second place in the conference behind Jacksonville (19-13, 3-0 ASUN).

IN THE POLLS
In the latest installment of the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top-25, the Eagles are continuing to receive votes in the poll. FGCU most recently also started to collect votes in this week's USA Today/NFCA Coaches poll garnering three votes.

On the other side, the Spartans were ranked as high as #24 in the nation this year but have dropped out, although, they also are receiving votes in the latest ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate poll.

To view the complete ESPN poll, click here. For the USA Today/NFCA poll, click here.

ASUN HONORS
The Eagles boast the reigning ASUN Player and Pitcher of the Week in Racquel Fournet (Windermere, Fla./Windermere Preparatory School) and Riley Randolph (St. Petersburg, Fla./Northeast HS). Fournet capped off last week with a blistering slash line of .667/.765/1.583 going 8-for-12 at the dish, registering seven RBIs. In game one against Marshall, the junior drove in all four runs in the 4-3 comeback win. In three games against the Hatters, the Windermere native went 8-for-12 and hit a two-run blast to tie the contest 5-5 in the second game en route to the day one sweep.

Fournet currently leads the Eagles in batting average at .371 (8th in ASUN), home runs (four), triples (four – T-1st in ASUN) RBI (25 – 5th ASUN) and is slugging the bat at a .639-clip (4th in ASUN).

In four appearances in the circle, Randolph went 3-0 and posted an ERA of 0.69 to go along with two complete games. In 20.1 innings of work in the aforementioned four games, the St. Petersburg native conceded no walks, fanned 21 batters while allowing one earned run across the plate.

So far this year in the circle, Randolph is 12-2 with 84 punch outs and has surrounded just nine walks. Her ERA of 1.12 ranks 24th in the nation and second in the ASUN.

FGCU MILESTONE
With the two wins this past Saturday, the founding father of the Eagle's softball program head coach David Deiros achieved the program's 600th victory in the process. Since joining the Division I level in 2008, 129 of those victories have come through conference play.

A LOOK AT THE BOOK
A career .350 batter so far into her senior campaign, Kelsey Huff (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Dwyer HS) holds the highest career batting average amongst players that played their entire career at the Division I level. Overall, the senior sits eighth all-time in program history. Two spots behind Huff, Fournet's .337 average is good for 10th in the history of the program.

In addition, Fournet has now moved into a tie for third with 38 doubles (six this season), tied second for the most in Division I history.

In the circle, Randolph's 1.62 ERA puts her fifth in FGCU history as she holds the lowest ERA in the program's Division I history.

FGCU Career Records (FGCU transitioned to Division I in 2007-2008)

Batting Average

	Name	Years	Avg.
1.	Carmen Paez	2007-08	.430
2.	Jessica Carter	2007-09	.427
3.	Ashley Cecil	2003-05	.425
4.	Cheyenne Jenks	2006-09	.381
5.	Kelsey Carpenter	2012-15	.359
6.	Lauran Ziegler	2009-10	.356
7.	Courtney Platt	2008-11	.355
8.	Kelsey Huff	2015-18	.350
9.	Jessica Gary	2007-10	.342
10.	Racquel Fournet	2016-18	.337

Doubles

	Name	Years	2Bs
1.	Courtney Platt	2008-11	49
2.	Cheyenne Jenks	2006-09	49
3.	Racquel Fournet	2016-18	38
4.	Jessica Rouse	2004-07	38
5.	Kelsey Carpenter	2012-15	32
6.	Jessica Carter	2007-09	29
7.	Louie Ross	2012-16	28
8.	Desiree Miller	2012-16	28
9.	Kirsten Bembnowski	2011-14	27
10.	Blaire Toleman	2003-05	27

Earned Run Average

	Name	Years	ERA
1.	Kelly Powe	2004-05	0.87
2.	Sarah Backe	2006-07	1.18
3.	Rachael Edinger	2006-08	1.29
4.	Annie Voyles	2004-05	1.53
5.	Riley Randolph	2016-18	1.62
6.	Dana Frantz	2006-09	2.10
7.	Catherine McDaniel	2009-11	2.16
8.	Shelby Morgan	2012-15	2.33
9.	Christine Beck	2003-06	2.34
10.	Stephanie Sullivan	2010-11	2.56

RPI WATCH
In this week's RPI poll, the Eagles stayed idle at #42 in the nation. FGCU leads a total of five ASUN members that landed a spot in the top-81 as Lipscomb (54), Kennesaw State (63), USC Upstate (70) and UNF (81) rounded out the RPI top-81. At the conclusion of the 2017 season, the ASUN boasted the 5th highest conference RPI, at one point being ranked as high as 4th in the nation.

To view the complete RPI rankings, click here.

SCOUTING THE SPARTANS
One of six ASUN teams to produce 20 wins through the first seven weeks, the Spartans have an overall mark of 22-12, going 3-3 so far in the ASUN, good enough for fourth place right now in the conference. Offensively, Karla Beasley leads the charge hitting .400 with nine home runs while Logan Morris has driven in a team-best 23 RBI.

In the circle, the USC Upstate pitching staff holds a collective ERA of 2.16 led by Christina Biggerstaff who is 10-7 with a 1.70 ERA.

FGCU will look to turn the tide against the Spartans this weekend as the Eagles trail the all-time series 20-10. The last meeting between both programs came back in the 2017 ASUN Championship final as the four-seeded Eagles fell to the one-seeded Spartans 8-0.

UP NEXT
FGCU will return home and hold a midweek series against in-state foe FIU (16-19, 2-4 C-USA). The Panthers finished second in the C-USA preseason poll and garnered the most first-place votes with seven after being selected as an at-large team last year into NCAA Tournament.

FOLLOW ALONG
For up-to-the minute information on the FGCU softball program, follow on Twitter @FGCU_Softball and Instagram at fgcusoftball and stay tuned at FGCUAthletics.com.

COACH DEIROS
The founding father of FGCU softball, David Deiros is in his 16th season as head coach. Hired in 2001 to build the program from the dirt up, Deiros has since guided the Eagles to a 600-305-3 (.665) overall mark, 12 seasons with a winning record, and eight campaigns with 35 wins. Deiros is a former head coach at the 1998 Florida State Runner-up Lely High School in Naples and is the founding head coach of the 1999 District Champion/2001 Regional Runner-up Gulf Coast High School in Naples.

SUPPORT THE CAUSE
FGCU Athletics sponsors events throughout the year to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help.