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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The 15^th-ranked FGCU baseball team (23-5) begins a four-game road trip Tuesday night across Alligator Alley, taking on Florida Atlantic (18-11) at 6:30 p.m. at FAU Baseball Stadium.
 
The Eagles won their ninth game in their last 10 outings Sunday, clinching another ASUN Conference series by defeating Jacksonville 15-7 at Swanson Stadium. The Green & Blue are currently tied atop the ASUN standings with Stetson and Jacksonville State – all three sporting 7-2 league records.
 
FGCU is one of the hottest offenses in college baseball, ranking in the top five nationally in seven categories – home runs (second with 64), hit by pitch (second with 75), home runs per game (third at 2.29), on-base percentage (third at .450), runs (third with 286), slugging percentage (third at .592), and scoring (fourth at 10.2 runs per game).
 
Junior infielder Edrick Felix (Orlando, Fla./Victory Charter HS/College of Central Florida)  and senior designated hitter Joe Kinker (North Port, Fla. Venice HS) each had multi-homer games against Jacksonville – with Felix ripping his 10^th and 11^th of the season as part of an eight-RBI effort Saturday, and Kinker belting his ninth and 10^th of the season Sunday.
 
Senior infielder Alejandro Figueredo (Sucre, Venezuela/West Oaks HS/Seminole State) and junior infielder/pitcher Jacob Lojewski (West Palm Beach, Fla./Delray American Heritage HS) each also have 10 home runs. Figueredo leads FGCU with a .400 batting average – one of six every-day Eagles players over .300 – and both Felix and Kinker have each driven in 38 runs.
 
Redshirt senior outfielder Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS) reached base in all three games against Jacksonville, extending his school-record streak of reaching bases safely to 97 games. The unofficial NCAA record for consecutive games reaching base is 101, held by former Texas standout Mark Payton.
 
FAU has won two straight and four of its last six, including the final two games of a three-game C-USA weekend home series against Rice.
 
Owls infielder Nolan Schnauel is hitting a team-high .458 – which ranks sixth nationally – with 10 home runs and 34 RBIs. Schnauel has also stolen nine bases, and is slugging .885.

FGCU sends freshman left-hander Chase Kriebel (Shippenville, Pa./Clarion Area HS) to the mound Tuesday, and FAU counters with right-hander Danny Trehey.
 
Tuesday marks the first of four games FGCU will play against FAU this season. The Eagles are 15-13 against the Owls all-time, and are 7-7 against their cross-state foes at FAU Baseball Stadium. FGCU won the most recent previous matchup, a 7-2 victory May 10, 2022, at Swanson Stadium.
 
FGCU remains on the road for a three-game ASUN series beginning Thursday at Queens (N.C.). The Eagles return to Swanson Stadium on April 11 for another matchup against FAU.
 
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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 694-412-3 overall record (.627) and a 235-131 (.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 96 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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