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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 30 FGCU baseball team (32-11 overall, 15-5 ASUN Conference) continued its barrage on the college baseball world – and its own record books – Saturday, crushing three more home runs in a 12-7 victory over Austin Peay at Raymond C. Hand Park.
 
The homer barrage gives the Eagles 105 this season, which leads the nation and continues to re-write their own single-season school record. The Green & Blue has bashed seven homers against Austin Peay in two games, and locked up its sixth ASUN series victory out of seven so far this season.
 
Although it did not notch a double Saturday, FGCU (102 two-baggers) is the only team in the country with 100-plus homers and 100-plus doubles. More importantly, Saturday's victory kept the Eagles even with Lipscomb atop the ASUN standings – two games clear of third-place Stetson (13-6 in league play).
 
FGCU's hottest hitter – junior infielder Edrick Felix (Orlando, Fla./Victory Charter HS/College of Central Florida) – put the Green & Blue on top immediately by belting a three-run homer to left-center in the first inning for a 3-0 lead.
 
Earning his ninth start behind the plate, junior catcher Mac Moise (Cape Coral, Fla./Ida Baker HS) doubled FGCU's lead in the second with a three-run homer that followed almost the identical path as Felix's blast to make it 6-0.
 
That margin was more than enough for FGCU freshman right-hander Justin Henschel (Plantation, Fla./South Plantation HS), who scattered six hits over 5 2/3 innings with nine strikeouts and just one walk to earn his fifth victory of the season.
 
"Henschel was really good, the best he has probably looked all season," said FGCU head baseball coach Dave Tollett. "He had command of all three pitches and was really tough."
 
Austin Peay scored a lone run in the fourth to narrow it to 6-1, but FGCU kept piling on in the fifth. Senior pitcher/outfielder Stephen Wilmer (Sarasota, Fla./Riverview HS/Pasco-Hernando State/ECU) pounded the Green & Blue's third three-run homer – Wilmer's second home run in as many days – and senior designated hitter Joe Kinker (North Port, Fla./Venice HS) added a two-run single straight up the middle for an 11-1 advantage.
 
 "This offense is who we are," Tollett said. "We were hitting balls well in the air, and they were carrying even with no wind. It's just kind of our identity."
 
The Governors managed to tack on three runs against a tiring Henschel in the sixth, added one via a double-play groundout in the seventh and two more in the ninth on a two-run homer for the final margin.
 
Wilmer and senior catcher/infielder Alejandro Rodriguez (Cidra, Puerto Rico/Montverde Academy/Eastern Florida State) each had two of FGCU's nine hits. Graduate outfielder Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS) went 1-for-4 with a hit by pitch, which makes 58 for his career and evens him with Chris Perry (2003-06) for the FGCU career HBP record. Ellis also extended his unofficial NCAA record for consecutive games safely reaching base to 112 games.
 
FGCU and Austin Peay finish the series at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Eagles were not certain of their Sunday starter as of Saturday night, while the Governors expect to start Jacob Weaver.
 
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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 703-419-3 overall record (.626) and a 243-134 (.645) 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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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 98 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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