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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The No. 24 FGCU baseball team (27-9) returns to the Sunshine State on Tuesday for a key road matchup at FIU. First pitch from FIU Baseball Stadium in Miami is set for 6 p.m., and the game will be streamed by clicking here.
 
The Eagles endured a 1-3 week that saw them lose their first ASUN series of the season at Eastern Kentucky. FGCU leads the all-time series against FIU 14-7, including a six-game winning streak and an 8-3 record at FIU Baseball Stadium. The Green & Blue is 2-0 against the Panthers (14-22) in 2023 – winning at home 14-7 on Feb. 28, and claiming a 12-5 victory on the road on March 22.
 
FGCU boasts one of the most explosive offenses in college baseball, ranking first in the country in two statistical categories – runs (367), and slugging percentage (.600). The Eagles also rank second nationally hits (415), second in home runs (85), second in home runs per game (2.36), second in scoring (10.2 runs per game), third in hit by pitch (83), and sixth in batting average (.326) – all of which lead the ASUN Conference.
 
Junior infielder Edrick Felix (Orlando, Fla./Victory Charter HS/College of Central Florida) enters Tuesday ranked fifth nationally in doubles (17), and senior infielder Joe Kinker (North Port, Fla./Venice HS) is second in runs (50). Redshirt sophomore Jacob Lojewski (West Palm Beach, Fla./Delray American Heritage HS) – who is scheduled to start on the mound Tuesday – is seventh in hit by pitch (16), and graduate outfielder Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS) is ninth (15).
 
Ellis, Felix, and senior infielder Alejandro Figueredo (Sucre, Venezuela/West Oaks HS/Seminole State) are ninth in runs (48). Felix has belted a team-high 15 home runs, with Lojewski at 14, and both Kinker and Figueredo at 13 apiece. FGCU's 85 homers are just eight away from breaking the school's single-season record of 94 set just last season.
 
Felix leads the Eagles with a .392 batting average, one of six every-day Eagles to hit over .300, and Figueredo is close behind at .383.
 
Ellis enters Tuesday with a 105-game streak of safely reaching base – an unofficial NCAA record. His career in Green & Blue also has him on track to set at least one school record, as his current .493 career on-base percentage is tied for the career school record held by Chris Brown (2003-04). Ellis have been plunked 55 times in his FGCU career, putting him just three hit-by-pitches behind the school record of 58 held by Chris Perry (2003-06).
 
FGCU head baseball coach Dave Tollett is just two victories from the 700-win plateau. Tollett's .626 winning percentage (698-417-3) ranks 31st among active Division-I coaches -- with only nine coaches on that list earning more victories. Tollett is also 35th among active Division-I coaches in victories.
 
FIU was swept in a C-USA series last weekend at Louisiana Tech, but is 13-11 at home this season (1-11 away from FIU Baseball Stadium). The Panthers have been outscored 278-240 in 2023, but are hitting .285 as a team.
 
Four every-day Panthers are hitting over .300, led by Alec Sanchez at .355. Sanchez has also hit a team-best nine of FIU's 34 home runs, and Ryne Guida has driven in a team-best 34 runs. FIU expects to start Christian Santana on the mound Wednesday.
 
After Wednesday's cross-state road trip, the Eagles return home for a three-game series against Jacksonville State starting Friday night at Swanson Stadium.
 
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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 698-417-3 overall record (.626) and a 239-133 (.642) 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 63 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, two National Freshman All-Americans, one National Freshman Player of the Year, one National Player of the Year and one seven-time MLB All-Star.
 
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#FEEDFGCU
FGCU Athletics sponsors events in November and April to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (https://www.fgcu.edu/adminservices/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit https://www.fgcu.edu/adminservices/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help raise awareness. 
 
ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 97 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15-plus seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11-plus seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 48 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Nine FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20 in 2021-22 and No. 22 in 2022-23), baseball (No. 15 in 2023), beach volleyball (No. 20 in 2022), and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as five of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green & 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 3.67 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2022 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 27 consecutive semesters. The past seven semesters (Fall 2019 – Fall 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative 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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