MIAMI, Fla – After falling twice over the weekend in conference action, the FGCU baseball team looks to get back on track in historic fashion Wednesday. The Eagles (25-9, 3-3) travel across Alligator Alley to meet the Miami Hurricanes at Mark Light Field. FGCU looks to make it four wins in five tries tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Wednesday's meeting will be aired on ACC Network Extra.
 
SERIES HISTORY
FGCU's recent success against the Hurricanes has helped the Eagles improve to 5-17 all-time against Miami. Earlier this season (March 28), Evan Lumbert (Orlando, Fla./Boone HS/South Florida State) and Kenton Hering (Melbourne, Fla.Viera HS/Eastern Florida State College) combined to shutout the 'Canes in a 1-0 ballgame at Swanson Stadium. The win was the third in four tries for FGCU.
 
The Eagles are also looking to win the season series for the second-straight year.
 
PITCHING MATCHUP
RHP Peyton Gray (2-1, 5.32 ERA) vs. RHP Chris McMahon (0-0, 4.50 ERA)
 
IN THE NATION
While last weekend's losses witnessed FGCU fall in the national ranking, the Eagles still boast one of the countries' best offenses. FGCU is hitting .304 as a team, the 17th best average in the country. FGCU's on-base percentage of .401 also sits 18th in Division I.

On the mound, the Eagles have been one of the best teams in terms of strikeout-to-walk ratio, posting 3.02 strikeouts for every walk allowed, good for ninth in the country.
 
SCOUTING THE HURRICANES
Miami enters Wednesday with a 15-20 record a 9-9 mark in ACC action. The Hurricanes are led by Isaac Quinones, who is hitting .323 with seven doubles and 14 RBI. Freddy Zamora meanwhile comes into Wednesday's game with a .313 average, 10 extra-base hits, and 19 RBI.

Chris McMahon is slated to make his second start of the season. In 10.0 innings, McMahon has surrendered five runs on 10 hits.

CHAMPS 5X
2017 was a magical season for the Green and Blue that ended in the program's first Division I NCAA Tournament berth. The Eagles ended the year 43-20, which included a midweek sweep over #2 Florida, single wins over #1 Florida State, Miami, and a three-game sweep at RV UNC Wilmington. The wins over Miami, FSU, and UF marked the first time FGCU defeated all three programs in the same season.
 
Reaching as high as #9 in the polls, the highest of any program at FGCU, the Eagles struggled in April but bounced back to finish third in the ASUN. During the ASUN Tournament, FGCU won four games in a span of 29 hours for their first tournament crown.
 
The Green and Blue earned the No. 2 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional, defeating Michigan 10-6 before losses to Davidson and UNC ended their season.
The tournament title adds to FGCU's four regular season titles.
 
KENTON, WITH A K
Redshirt-senior Kenton Hering's second season wearing Green and Blue put him among elite company with other arms that have come through Fort Myers. With 77 strikeouts in 59.2 innings IN 2017, Hering brought his K/9 inning total to 10.61, good for third all-time at FGCU behind current Minnesota Twins product Brandon Bixler (10.91; FGCU 2011-13) and six-time MLB All-Star Chris Sale (11.53; 2008-10).
 
Hering's seven saves last season also put him seventh all-time in FGCU history while his opponent's batting average of .222 is good for fifth.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
For constant, news, photos, videos and updates you can follow the baseball team on Twitter @FGCU_Baseball, Instagram @FGCU_Baseball or on Facebook: Facebook.com/FGCUBaseball. You can also find FGCU athletics on YouTube by visiting YouTube.com/FGCUEagles.
 
DAVE TOLLETT
In his 16th season, FGCU head coach Dave Tollett has compiled a 558-325-3 record (.626) as the only head coach in the program's history and is coming off the program's first trip to the NCAA Tournament. He is a four-time ASUN Coach of the Year and has guided the Green and Blue to four ASUN Regular Season Championships and one ASUN Tournament Championship. His team has been ranked nationally on several occasions, including as high as #9 in the country in 2017, and has coached 49 All-Conference selections, 29 draft picks, three current major leaguers, 15 current minor leaguers, four ASUN Pitchers of the Year, four All-Americans, three ASUN Players of the Year, one National Freshman Player of the Year, one National Player of the Year and one five-time MLB All-Star.
 
#FEEDFGCU
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 raise awareness.