FORT MYERS, Fla. --- Jacksonville scored four first inning runs and never looked back in a 17-1 win over the FGCU baseball team inside Swanson Stadium on Sunday to win a best of three ASUN quarterfinal series.
 
With the victory, Jacksonville (13-32) advances to the ASUN winner's bracket semifinals where they will compete against Liberty at 11 a.m. on Thursday at Harmon Stadium in Jacksonville. FGCU concludes its season at 28-20.
 
"Jacksonville came out hot and punched us from the very first at bat," FGCU head coach Dave Tollett said. "We struggled with our control and couldn't get anything going offensively."
 
FGCU's lone run came on a fielder's choice groundout from Alejandro Figueredo with the bases loaded in the first inning. Outside of that, the Eagles managed just four hits, highlighted by a leadoff double from Cameron Krzeminski in the second and a two-out double from Stephen Wilmer in the third.
 
Wilmer (2-for-4) was the lone Eagle with multiple hits, while Joe Kinker drew three walks in four plate appearances.
 
Meanwhile, the visiting Dolphins chased FGCU's starter, Ronaldo Gallo (L, 1-2), after six batters. After their four-run first, they added single runs in the second and third before putting the game away with a five-run fourth. Impressively, they did all their damage with just three extra base hits as they tallied 15 singles, 11 walks and four hit batters.
 
On the mound, the Eagles used eight pitchers with all but one pitching 1 1/3 innings or fewer. The longest outing came from Mason Miller, who allowed two hits, three runs (two earned) and three walks over three innings. As a staff, FGCU also had three wild pitches.
 
Jacksonville's Mike Cassala improved to 3-4 on the season with the win. In seven innings, he allowed five hits, one run and two walks while striking out three. At the plate, he also went 2-for-3 with two runs and four RBI from the cleanup spot.
 
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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 637-384-3 overall record (.623) and a 211-115 (.647) 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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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 42 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 21, 2020-21), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) 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 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 23 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, and 2020 Fall 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.
 
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