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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The 15th-ranked FGCU baseball team (23-6 overall, 7-2 ASUN) aims to solidify its place atop the conference standings with a three-game road series at Queens (N.C.) starting Thursday morning.
 
The series has been moved up due to the potential of inclement weather in the Charlotte, N.C., area, with the first and second games to be played as a doubleheader starting at 10 a.m. Thursday. Game 3 is set for 2 p.m. Friday. This weekend is the first time FGCU and Queens have faced each other on the diamond.
 
The Eagles are currently in a three-way tie atop the ASUN standings, with Stetson and Jacksonville State. Queens enters the series at 6-22 overall and 2-7 in league play. FGCU is coming off an 8-4 road loss at FAU on Tuesday, but won the previous weekend's series against Jacksonville. Queens lost its weekend ASUN series against Central Arkansas last week, but won the series finale 11-4.
 
FGCU boasts one the most potent offenses in college baseball, ranking among the top five nationally in seven categories: home runs (second, 65), hit by pitch (second, 76), home runs per game (third, 2.24), on-base percentage (third, .449), runs (third, 290), slugging percentage (fourth, .586), and scoring (fourth, 10.0 runs per game).
 
Eagles redshirt senior outfielder Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS) went 1-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored against FAU, extending his school-record streak of reaching base safely to 98 games. The unofficial NCAA record for consecutive games reaching base is 101, held by former Texas standout Mark Payton.
 
Six different Eagles are hitting at least .300, with senior infielder Alejandro Figueredo (Sucre, Venezuela/West Oaks HS/Seminole State) leading the way at .403. Figueredo is tied with junior infielder Edrick Felix (Orlando, Fla./Victory Charter HS/College of Central Florida) with 11 home runs. Felix, who has a team-best 13 doubles, is slugging a team-best .774.
 
Senior designated hitter Joe Kinker (North Port, Fla. Venice HS) and junior infielder/pitcher Jacob Lojewski (West Palm Beach, Fla./Delray American Heritage HS) each have 10 home runs this season, and Kinker -- FGCU's all-time home runs leader with 52 -- leads the Eagles with 40 RBIs.
 
At .339, Queens utility player Riley Cheek is the only Royal hitting over .300. Cheek also has hit a team-best six home runs and has driven in 20 runs.
 
FGCU expects to start redshirt sophomore Connor O'Hara (Davie, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS) in Thursday's first game, freshman Justin Henschel (Plantation, Fla./South Plantation HS) in Thursday's second game, and junior William Haberstock (Roswell, Ga./Centennial HS/North Alabama) in Friday's series finale.
 
Queens will counter with pitchers Daniel Bagwell in Thursday's first game, Jeffery Maidhof in Thursday's second game, and Zach Kelly in Friday's series finale.
 
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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 694-413-3 overall record (.625) 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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