FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU softball team heads back to the River City after facing Jacksonville last weekend, this time taking on North Florida Friday through Saturday at the UNF Softball Complex.
The Green and Blue
FGCU claimed the series over JU Sunday taking the rubber match 6-1 behind
Hannah Shemansky's (Lakeland, Fla./Santa Fe Catholic) 3-for-4 day at the plate with three RBI.
Sarah Lawton (Waterbury, Conn./Holy Cross HS/FSW) tossed her fifth complete game of the season, moving to 6-2. At the plate for the Eagles,
Johneisha Rowe (Avon Park, Fla./Sebring HS) spearheads the offense batting .364 and is a threat on the bases as the sophomore is 17-for-18 in stolen base attempts. In the RBI column, junior shortstop
Reedy Davenport (St. Johns, Fla./Bartram Trail HS) leads FGCU with 17 while
Haley Morrell (Tampa, Fla./Academy of Holy Names) and
Taylor Bauman (Jacksonville, Fla./Atlantic Coast HS) are tied for second with 11.
In the circle, Lawton boasts a team-low 1.54 ERA, tossing 52.2 innings as
Marissa Mesiemore (Bushnell, Fla./South Sumter HS) is the Eagles' wins leader with eight, in her 71.1 innings of work.
North Florida
In their first series a few weeks ago, the Eagles swept UNF to get off to a 6-0 start in league play. Last weekend at Stetson, the Ospreys took two of three from the Hatters. Ashley Goebel is batting .347 in 28 games with 10 RBI. She is one of four Ospreys to record double-digit RBI numbers as Shannon Glover leads the team with 14.
Five pitchers have seen work in the circle to combine for a 3.46 ERA. Halle Arends is 8-4 in 16 appearances with a 1.74 ERA – opposing batters are hitting .268 against her.
ASUN Standings
South Division
| Place |
Team |
ASUN |
Overall |
| 1. |
FGCU |
8-1 |
17-11 |
| 2. |
Jacksonville |
5-4 |
17-10 |
| 3. |
North Florida |
4-5 |
12-16 |
| 4. |
Stetson |
1-8 |
5-14 |
North Division
| Place |
Team |
ASUN |
Overall |
| 1. |
Liberty |
3-0 |
21-10 |
| 2. |
Kennesaw State |
5-1 |
12-16 |
| 3. |
North Alabama |
5-4 |
17-9 |
| 4. |
Lipscomb |
2-4 |
11-12 |
| 5. |
Bellarmine |
0-6 |
5-18 |
Upcoming Games (Friday, Apr. 2)
Kennesaw State @ Liberty (3 & 5 pm)
Jacksonville @ Stetson (5 pm)
(Saturday, Apr. 3)
Kennesaw State @ Liberty (Noon)
Jacksonville @ Stetson (1 & 3:30 pm)
Mississippi State @ North Alabama (2 & 4 pm)
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COACH DEIROS
The founding father of FGCU softball, David Deiros is in his 19th season as head coach. Hired in 2001 to build the program from the dirt up, Deiros has since guided the Eagles to a 678-356-3 (.655), going 155-91 (.630) in the ASUN, having 14 seasons with a winning record, and nine 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.
ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 13 seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 39 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 (No. 24, 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 (APR) in their sport and have had the highest percentage of teams so honored from these two groups over each of the past three years. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.46 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 22 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters each 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.
