FORT MYERS, Fla. – The FGCU baseball team extended its winning streak to seven games, Wednesday night, as they defeated St. Bonaventure, 13-5. The Eagles improve to 7-2 on the season while the Bonnies fall to 0-5.

"We had another good night offensively," said head coach Dave Tollett. "Having a big inning early lets our pitcher relax a little and Mason [Miller] showed what he is capable of by striking out nine in five-plus scoreless innings. Looking forward to see if we can continue this hot stretch into the weekend."

Sophomore Mason Miller (Odessa, Fla./Mitchell HS) was great on the mound, throwing 5.1 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts while allowing just four hits and two walks to pick up his first win of the season.

At the plate, the 3-4 hitters junior Joe Kinker (North Port, Fla./Venice HS) and junior Alejandro Figueredo (Sucre, Venezuela/West Oaks HS/Seminole State) combined to go 5-for-9 with seven RBI. Sophomore Trevor Kole (Parkland, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons HS) also had a solid day at the plate as he went 2-for-4 with two RBI.

The Eagles got on the board in the second as graduate student Bobby Head (Winter Garden, Fla./West Orange HS/Austin Peay) singled in the game's first run before redshirt-junior Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS) was hit by a pitch and sophomore Ian Farrow (Merritt Island, Fla./Merritt Island HS) walked with the bases loaded to drive in two more. Kinker then provided the big blow as he hit a double over the right fielder's head to clear the bases and make it a 6-0 game after two innings.

In the third, Kole added two more runs with a double before junior Alejandro Rodriguez (Cidra, Puerto Rico/Montverde Academy/Eastern Florida State) drove in another in the fourth with a run-scoring fielder's choice.

Figueredo provided the cherry on top in the fifth as he blasted his first home run of the year deep to left field, a three-run shot that put the Eagles up 12-0.

After the Bonnies scored five in the seventh to make it a little closer, Kinker picked up his fourth RBI of the night in the bottom of the seventh thanks to the speed of junior Jalen Townsend (Orlando, Fla./Winter Park HS). After walking, Townsend stole second before coming around to score on an infield hit to second by Kinker.

Redshirt-sophomore Daniel Batcher (Lakeland, Fla./George Jenkins/State College of Florida) closed out the game in the ninth for the Eagles, striking out three in the inning.

The Eagles will return to Swanson Stadium this weekend when they host Seton Hall. The series gets started on Friday with the first pitch set for 6:30 p.m.

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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 643-387-3 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 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.