FORT MYERS, Fla. – Head FGCU baseball coach Dave Tollett has announced the 2022 schedule as the Eagles are set to kick off their 20th season on February 18.

The Eagles will play 55 games, highlighted by 21 games against teams who made NCAA regionals in 2021 as well as 22 games against teams that finished in the top 100 of the RPI. FGCU will not have to leave the Sunshine State much this season as 49 games will take place in Florida, including the ASUN Tournament, which will be hosted by the Eagles in Fort Myers.

"This is one of the toughest schedules we've ever had," said head coach Dave Tollett. "Our non-conference schedule is definitely going to be challenging, but it will help us get prepared for a very strong ASUN. If we do what I think we can do, I believe it will pay off in the end."

There will be no easing into the season for the Green and Blue as nine of their first 12 games will be against high-major opponents, beginning with Cincinnati at Swanson Stadium on opening weekend. The matchup between the Eagles and Bearcats will feature two of the best players in their respective conferences as redshirt junior Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla/Hagerty HS) was recently named Collegiate Baseball News ASUN Projected Player of the Year while Cincinnati's Paul Komistek was named AAC Preseason Player of the Year.

FGCU then welcomes Minnesota to Fort Myers for a single game before hitting the road for the first time when they play three games at Bethune-Cookman.

The Eagles return home for a midweek game against St. Bonaventure on March 2 before hosting perennial Big East contender Seton Hall for three games. The weekend series with the Pirates is followed by a single game in Tallahassee against national powerhouse and 15th-ranked Florida State on March 8.

FGCU returns home for three games Fairfield from March 11-13. The Stags are coming off a 39-5 season in which they finished the year ranked seventh in the RPI after earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles will then host North Dakota State, another team who qualified for regionals in 2021, for one game on March 16.

ASUN play follows which will be different this season as the Eagles will play home-and-home series only against teams within their division. With the additions of #25 Liberty and Kennesaw State to the East Division, it quickly becomes one of the toughest conferences in the nation.

The Eagles open ASUN conference play on the road against Stetson before returning home for a midweek game against South Florida and three games against Jacksonville.

FGCU will then host Miami (Fla.) on March 30, the first of three meetings between the two schools in 2022. The Eagles follow that game with a home series against Kennesaw State before going to Coral Gables for a game against the Hurricanes on April 5.

Four more games on the road follow with three at Liberty and one at South Florida before the Eagles return for seven straight at home, beginning with three against North Florida before one contest against FAU and three against Stetson.

Back on the road for the last week of April, the Eagles will make a return-trip to FAU and then head up to Jacksonville for three games. After exams, they will head to Atlanta to take on Kennesaw State from May 6-8 before returning home for their final home series of the season against Liberty the following weekend.

The Eagles will play once more at Miami (Fla.) on May 17 before closing out the regular season at North Florida for three games.

Finally, the ASUN Tournament rolls into Fort Myers as the Eagles will play host from May 25-28. Most games will take place at Swanson Stadium while a select few will be at JetBlue Park.
 
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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 636-385-3 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 58 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 3.38 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2021 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 24 consecutive semesters. The 2020 Fall, 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.