Fort Myers, Fla. - The FGCU softball team dropped a pair of games in North Florida on Sunday as the Eagles opened the ASUN game. The UNF took game one to a score of 4–2 before winning game two, 2–0, to improve the season to 21–5, while the Eagles fell 7–18.
"We played two really close matches today," head coach David DeRoss said. "UNF got clutch hits when they needed them which proved to be the difference. We would like to bounce back tomorrow and have the final game of the series."
In game one, the junior Riley Oaks (Oviedo, Fla./Bishop Moore Catholic HS/Redford) scored 4.2 out of three scores. Unfortunately, the Eagles could not score any runs as the game was entering the sixth inning.
Osprey took three runs to take the lead in sixth before tackling another run in the seventh.
FGCU attempted to rally in seventh as they scored two runs on a triple by senior Casey Huber (Dead City, Fla./Pasco HS). The Eagles got a tying run on base, but the Osprey didn't do much as in game one.
The second game of the day was also a pitcher's duel, as junior Eli Hulme (Safety Harbor, Fla./Sickles HS/State College of Florida) matched Zero with UNF's Erin Kyle.
The game ended in seventh place, with the Ospreys taking the lead with two runs, which proved to be enough as the Eagles went down the bottom of the innings.
Both the teams will conclude the series with one match tomorrow at 2 pm.
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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 89 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in only 10 seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, a combined 43 teams or individuals of the Eagles compete in the NCAA Championship. Eight FGCU programs have earned top-25 national rankings in their respective sports – including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021–22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's football (2018, 2019) and women's soccer. Are included. (2018) as the most recent three. In 2016-17, Green & Blue finished a department-best sixth in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors Cup, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions, and performed top-100 nationally. In 2018-19, the Eagles had ASUN and Florida State's best seven teams earning the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for academic progress rates in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record class-record 3.50 GPA in the fall 2020 semester and outperformed the general university graduate population for 25 consecutive semesters. Each of the last five semesters (Fall 2019 - Fall 2021) saw another milestone as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017—recognized as two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.