FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU baseball team is slated to face off against USF at Hammond Stadium, home of the Fort Myers Miracle, in a fall baseball game on Saturday, Nov. 2. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. in the second-annual fall clash between the programs.

Admission to the game will be free and parking will be available for $5. Half of the proceeds generated from the parking fees will be donated back to FGCU. The gates at Hammond Stadium will open at 6 p.m. and concessions will be running a $1 hot dog deal.  

The Fort Myers Miracle is a Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, a club which the Eagles have quite a few ties to. Over the years, the Twins have picked up five different Eagles: Chris Brown (2004), Stephen Wickens (2011), Brandon Bixler (2013), Zach Tillery (2014) and Brady Anderson (2016).

In addition to the date with USF, the fall baseball season will be highlighted by FGCU's annual Green & Blue World Series. The intersquad competition is set to kick off on Thursday, Nov. 14 at Swanson Stadium and will run through Saturday, Nov. 16.

Last season, head coach Dave Tollett's squad captured the 2019 ASUN Regular Season Championship and posted a 34-21 record, including a 16-7 mark in conference play.

This year, Tollett, who was named ASUN Coach of the Year for the fifth time in his career, returns four players that earned postseason all-conference honors a season ago. Senior Mason Studstill earned a First Team All-Conference selection, while classmates Hunter McGarry and Alex Brait landed on the second team. Sophomore Joe Kinker rounded out the selections with a spot on the All-Freshmen team.

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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 599-358-3 overall record (.625) and a 199-109 (.646) record in the ASUN. He is the only head coach in the program's history and led the program to its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2017. He is a five-time ASUN Coach of the Year and has guided the Green and Blue to five ASUN Regular Season Championships and one ASUN Tournament Championship. His team has been ranked nationally on several occasions, including as high as No. 9 in the country in 2017, and has coached 54 all-conference selections, 32 draft picks, three current major leaguers, 13 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 seven-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.

ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 79 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 11+ seasons at the Division-I level. Additionally, in just seven+ seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 36 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Seven FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including both men's soccer, women's soccer, and women's basketball again in 2018-19. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.35 GPA in the classroom in spring 2018 and have outpaced their institution's undergraduate student body GPA each of the past 20 semesters. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl in 2017.
 
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