FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU softball continues ASUN action this weekend as the Eagles welcome Central Arkansas to Southwest Florida for three games. The series gets started with a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 2 p.m. before playing a single game on Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Eagles opened the ASUN season last weekend against North Florida and went 1-2 against the Ospreys. Senior
Reedy Davenport (St. Johns, Fla./Bartram Trail HS) hit a walk-off home run on Monday against UNF to snap the Ospreys' 13-game winning streak.
For the Eagles, redshirt-senior
Cana Davis (Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby HS/Virginia Tech) paces the Green and Blue with a .419/.507/.710 slash line, leading the team in all three categories. She also leads the team with three home runs and 15 RBI.
Senior
Tayli Filla (Fort Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot HS/USF) is also having a solid year at the plate as she is hitting .310 with a two doubles, a triple, and a home run.
In the circle, junior
Ally Hulme (Safety Harbor, Fla./Sickles HS/State College of Florida) is 6-6 with a 2.70 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 67.1 innings to lead the team.
Honoring our Past
Over the course of the season, the Eagles will welcome back back members from our first team back in 2003. This week two players from that team will return and throw out the first pitch.
# 3
Ashley Spencer, née Cecil
#13 Kristy Sewell, née Ringler
Scouting Central Arkansas
The Bears enter the weekend with a 14-8 record as they start ASUN play this weekend. Last weekend, they went 3-1 at the University of Memphis tournament, defeating Memphis, Southeastern Louisiana, and South Dakota while falling to #10 Oklahoma State.
Jenna Wildeman leads the team with a .457 batting average and is second in the nation with 24 stolen bases. Tremere Harris is also batting over .400 at .429 while Jaylee Engelkes has a team-high three home runs. Kayla Beaver (8-2, 2.86 ERA, 60 K) and Jordan Johnson (5-6, 3.00 ERA, 72 K) split time in the circle for the Bears
FOLLOW ALONG
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COACH DEIROS
The founding father of FGCU softball,
David Deiros is in his 20th season as head coach during the 2022 campaign. Hired in 2001 to build the program from the dirt up, Deiros has since guided the Eagles to a 696-382-3 (.653), going 163-95 (.632) in the ASUN, having 15 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.
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#FEEDFGCU
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 89 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 10 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. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) 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 25 consecutive semesters. The past five semesters (Fall 2019 – Fall 2021) 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.
