DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Three different members of the FGCU baseball team (3-6) had multi-hit games as the Eagles cruised to a 7-1 win over Bethune-Cookman (4-6) on Friday night at Jackie Robinson Ballpark.

Senior Cameron Krzeminski (Coral Springs, FL/St. Thomas Aquinas HS) led the team at the plate, finishing his night three-for-three with a pair of RBI. Both seniors Alex Brait (Viera, FL/Viera HS) and Richie Garcia (Davie, FL/West Broward HS) cranked out two hits apiece and combined for three RBI.

"By far, I think it was our most complete game," head coach Dave Tollett said. "We played hard all the way around. We got another great start from Mason and Seb was really solid coming out of the bullpen. It was nice to see us get double-digit hits."

In addition to the team's offensive performance, the night was highlighted by senior Mason Studstill (Titusville, FL/Eastern Florida State), who earned his second victory of the year. The starter worked for 6.0 innings, allowed one hit and fanned a season-high 10 batters. With his effort, he picked up the fourth double-digit strikeout game of his career at FGCU.  

Sophomore Joe Kinker (Northport, FL/Venice HS) got the scoring started for the Green and Blue, as he homered to right center in the top of the fifth. Junior Brandon Dorsey (Fort Myers, FL/Wallace Dothan CC) came in on the shot, which was Kinker's second of the season, to hand the Eagles a 2-0 lead.

After being held scoreless for six innings, the home team got on the board in the seventh. Junior Gus Carter (Melbourne, FL/FSW) started off the inning on the bump but handed things over to senior Sebastian Gruszecki (Dudley, MA/Shepherd Hill Regional HS) after allowing a pair of baserunners on. Gruszecki struck out the first batter he faced before an RBI single cut FGCU's lead down to 2-1 as the inning came to a close.  

In the eighth, the Eagles put up a four-spot to re-distance themselves from the Wildcats. Brait and Garcia got the spree started with back-to-back RBI singles that scored junior Brian Ellis (Oviedo, FL/Hagerty HS) and senior Marc Coffers (Naples, FL/Barron Collier HS). Krzeminski later rounded out the scoring with a hit that plated both Kinker and Brait.

FGCU's final run of the night came in the ninth frame when Ellis crossed the plate. The Wildcats went down in order in their last chance in the batter's box, as Gruszecki struck a pair out and forced a fly out while earning his first save of the season. With tonight's victory, the Eagles have also earned their first road win of the 2020 season.

The teams will reconvene at Jackie Robinson Ballpark at 3 p.m. on Saturday for game two of the series. The finale is slated for 1 p.m. on Sunday.

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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 602-364-3 overall record (.622) 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, 33 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.

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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 81 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 12-plus seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just eight-plus 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 women's basketball (2019-20) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. 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. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.35 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2018 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for twenty-one consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall semester saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 – being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.

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