FORT MYERS, Fla. – With only four weeks left in the regular season, every series now becomes even more important as teams jockey for position for seedings and potential byes in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. For FGCU, an important weekend awaits the Eagles this weekend as divisional leader North Florida visits Fort Myers and Swanson Stadium.

With the Ospreys (23-17, 14-4 ASUN) leading the Graphite Division by five games, UNF is in a strong position heading into these final four weeks. However, FGCU (24-15, 8-9) can gain significant ground and even put North Florida's position in jeopardy with a strong weekend.

The three-game series begins Friday at 6:30 p.m., continues on Saturday at 5 p.m. and wraps up on Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets for all three games remain available and on sale.

FGCU is coming off a thrilling 10-9 (12 inn.) win over FIU on Tuesday, where the largest crowd to ever watch a FGCU-FIU game witnessed the dramatic late-game and extra-inning heroics by the Eagles. Facing a full count and two outs with two runners on, Evan Dempsey ripped a two-run double to right center, giving the Eagles their eighth walk-off win of the season.

North Florida heads to Fort Myers having lost two straight, including a 4-1 defeat on Tuesday at home against No. 8 Florida State, 4-1. UNF heads to FGCU after recently eclipsing the Eagles for the ASUN's best ERA (4.68) and the league's second-best hits allowed per nine innings (8.34), narrowly behind FGCU's 8.33 mark.

That standout pitching will be fully tested this weekend as they face FGCU's league-leading offense. The Green & Blue leads the ASUN in batting average (.316), hits (441), doubles (81), slugging percentage (.483), on-base percentage (.406) and in number of players that just know how to smash baseballs.

At the top of that list is Javier Gorostola, whose 66 hits this year not only lead the ASUN but rank fifth nationally. The redshirt sophomore also leads the league in batting average (.402) and he is one of five Eagles with a batting average over .300.

FGCU also hopes to avenge its series against UNF in Jacksonville from earlier this season, where the Ospreys rallied late in all three games to sweep the Eagles.

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