DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – For the sixth time in the first seven games of the 2022 season, the FGCU baseball team scored in double figures as they cruised to a 16-2 victory over Bethune-Cookman, Saturday evening at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The Eagles improve to 5-2 on the season while the Wildcats fall to 1-5.

"We will continue to ride our offense as long as we can," said head coach Dave Tollett. "When you score 16 runs in a game, it should be an easy win and tonight it was as we also got a great start from Tyler Shuck. It is not just one guy who is carrying the offense either, we've got multiple guys who are feeling good at the plate right now."

Freshman Harrison Povey (Indian Rocks Beach, Fla./Largo HS) accounted for nearly half the runs tonight as he went 4-for-5 with two home runs, seven RBI, and four runs scored. His seven RBI is tied for the fourth-most in school history for a single game.

Sophomore Ian Farrow (Merritt Island, Fla./Merritt Island HS) and junior Joe Kinker (North Port, Fla./Venice HS) each drove in three runs as well on the night while sophomore Mac Moise (Cape Coral, Fla./Ida Baker HS) and graduate student Bobby Head (Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange HS/Austin Peay) each scored three runs.

On the mound, senior Tyler Shuck (Cape Coral, Fla./Canterbury HS) was fantastic, throwing six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts while allowing just two hits and one walk.

The game started slow as both teams were held off the board in the first three innings, but the Eagles would not be held down for long as they scored four in the fourth. Sophomore Trevor Kole (Parkland, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons HS) in his first start of the season got the Eagles on the board with a single before redshirt-junior Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS) added a run on a groundout. Farrow and Kinker then followed with a single and double, respectively, to add two more runs.

After a scoreless fifth, the Eagles put up multiple runs in the final four innings. In the sixth, Kinker connected on his second home run of the season, a two-run shot to left, to extend the Eagle lead to 6-0.

The seventh saw Povey's first home run of the night, also a two-run shot, to make it 8-0 before Farrow added an RBI single.

The Eagles reached double-figures in the eighth as Head drove in a run with a single. Povey followed with a two-run triple before Farrow added another run on a sacrifice fly.

Povey put the finishing touches on the game in the ninth as he hit a three-run home run, his second of the game and third of the season.

The Eagles will look for the sweep tomorrow as the two teams close out the series. First pitch is set for 12 p.m.

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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 641-387-3 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 87 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 43 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. 25, 2021-22), 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 24 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, and 2021 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. 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.