Day two went underway and in the losers bracket, Lipscomb played Stetson in a crucial elimination game. Lipscomb would eventually beat Stetson 8-6 and remain safe in tournament while Stetson was the first team eliminated from the tournament.
With Stetson's second loss, there are two things that happened to them: 1. They were eliminated from the tournament, in which they were hosting. 2. They will not be defending their championship, so there will be a new A-SUN Conference champion.
"It just came down to the fact that the two teams we played today were better than us," head coach Steve Trimper said. "They executed more baseball plays than we did. That doesn't take away from how good we are or how good the other teams is the A-SUN Conference are, it is a hard-fought conference season and a hard-fought conference tournament with good teams."
“We thought runs would be at a premium today with those two guys throwing on the hill, but if you had told me it would be an 8-6 game, I would not have believed you,” Lipscomb head coach Jeff Forehand. “Overall I was pumped to see our guys to battle back like they did after they went down. They knew if we lost, our season was over so I think that sense of urgency kicked in and carried through. What a great team win.”
UNF would also face JU in a crucial game to keep them alive, but they would fall to their crosstown conference rival 8-5. UNF would be the second team eliminated from the tournament.
"This group, the entire season, has not panicked," Head Coach Chris Hayes said.
Four teams remained: No. 1 Jacksonville, No. 4 FGCU, No. 5 Kennesaw and No. 6 Lipscomb.
FGCU played Kennesaw later that night. In the season, FGCU swept Kennesaw (Gm 1.8-1, Gm 2. 15-6 and Gm 3. 13-3).
The Eagles held their own going into the seventh inning, but fell 6-3 in the end despite a late rally attempt and would drop into the losers back to face Lipscomb again.
"We've got to do it the hard way now," said FGCU head coach Dave Tollett. "It's not necessarily the situation we wanted to be in after tonight, but we still believe in ourselves and know we can rattle off some wins. Give credit to Kennesaw State. They responded from last weekend and got a good outing on the mound with some big hits at the plate. We'll put this one behind and get back out there tomorrow to try and keep our hopes alive."
Redshirt sophomore Josh Dye was credited with the loss.
In the season, FGCU swept Lipscomb on senior day (Gm 1. 4-3 (11), Gm 2. 9-6 and Gm 3. 14-7). The winner of the game would face Kennesaw in the next round and the loser would the third team eliminated.
With both teams on the peak of being eliminated, FGCU would send senior Garrett Anderson to the mound while Lipscomb sent junior Dayton Tripp to counter.
In the first inning, Lipscomb struck first. After Anderson walked junior A-SUN Second Team All-Conference member and A-SUN Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Michael Gigliotti, and gave up a single to junior A-SUN All-Academic Team member Lee Solomon, Lipscomb scored the first run on sacrifice fly from sophomore A-SUN Second Team All-Conference member Zeke Dodson.
FGCU would strike back. After junior A-SUN First Team All-Conference member Julio Gonzalez and redshirt junior Gage Morey flew out, redshirt senior A-SUN First Team All-Conference member and A-SUN Player of the Year, Nick Rivera, hit a two out single to short and advanced to second on a wild pitch. With Rivera on second, A-SUN All-Freshman Team member and A-SUN Freshman of the Year, Richie Garcia, would hit a single and drive in Rivera to tie the game.
The bats for both teams were very quiet and it was a pitcher's duel between Anderson and Tripp until the sixth inning. In the bottom of the sixth, FGCU's bats would wake up a bit. After Morey grounded out and Rivera flew out, Garcia would start the rally with a walk. After fellow teammate and All-Freshman Team member Marc Coffers, was hit by a pitch, senior A-SUN All-Academic Team member Corey Fehribach hit a single to left and drove in Garcia for the second run of the game.
Anderson would continue to pitch well until head coach Dave Tollett decide to pull him. Anderson left the mound with a standing ovation and redshirt junior Kenton Hering would come in to relive Anderson and finish the top of the eighth.
With the score 2-1, in favor of FGCU, the Eagles were not quite finished and hoped to add at least one more run for insurance. Coffers would lead off with a walk. Lipscomb, however pulled junior Nicko Ortega, after playing a third of an inning and send Denton Norman to finish the inning. Coffers would steal second and advance to third on a throwing error before scoring the insurance on a Fehribach fielder's choice before Gonzalez flew out to end the inning.
Hering struck out sophomore Cade Sorrells before giving up a walk to Dodson. After striking out senior A-SUN Second Team All-Conference member Hunter Hanks, Hering would get junior Blake Thomas to fly out and end the game.
Anderson would earn his seventh win after throwing 7.1 innings. He gave up one run on four hits while walking two batters and striking out six. Hering earned his sixth save after he threw 1.2 innings with one walk and two strikeouts.
Fehribach was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.
Seven of FGCU's nine batters had one hit each.
With the loss, Lipscomb would be the third team eliminated from the tournament and FGCU will face Kennesaw in a rematch. Earlier, KSU lost to JU 8-4 in the winners bracket and ended up in the losers bracket.
With three teams remaining, Jacksonville awaits the winner between FGCU and KSU for the championship game. If either FGCU or KSU beat Jacksonville in the championship game, they would play JU a second time since JU did not lose throughout the whole tournament.
From the matchup with FGCU and KSU again, FGCU will send redshirt junior Mario Leon (4-2, 4.32 ERA) to face redshirt freshman Nathan Dupree (1-5, 10.87 ERA).
The Eagles held their own going into the seventh inning, but fell 6-3 in the end despite a late rally attempt and would drop into the losers back to face Lipscomb again.
"We've got to do it the hard way now," said FGCU head coach Dave Tollett. "It's not necessarily the situation we wanted to be in after tonight, but we still believe in ourselves and know we can rattle off some wins. Give credit to Kennesaw State. They responded from last weekend and got a good outing on the mound with some big hits at the plate. We'll put this one behind and get back out there tomorrow to try and keep our hopes alive."
Redshirt sophomore Josh Dye was credited with the loss.
In the season, FGCU swept Lipscomb on senior day (Gm 1. 4-3 (11), Gm 2. 9-6 and Gm 3. 14-7). The winner of the game would face Kennesaw in the next round and the loser would the third team eliminated.
In the first inning, Lipscomb struck first. After Anderson walked junior A-SUN Second Team All-Conference member and A-SUN Co-Defensive Player of the Year, Michael Gigliotti, and gave up a single to junior A-SUN All-Academic Team member Lee Solomon, Lipscomb scored the first run on sacrifice fly from sophomore A-SUN Second Team All-Conference member Zeke Dodson.
FGCU would strike back. After junior A-SUN First Team All-Conference member Julio Gonzalez and redshirt junior Gage Morey flew out, redshirt senior A-SUN First Team All-Conference member and A-SUN Player of the Year, Nick Rivera, hit a two out single to short and advanced to second on a wild pitch. With Rivera on second, A-SUN All-Freshman Team member and A-SUN Freshman of the Year, Richie Garcia, would hit a single and drive in Rivera to tie the game.
The bats for both teams were very quiet and it was a pitcher's duel between Anderson and Tripp until the sixth inning. In the bottom of the sixth, FGCU's bats would wake up a bit. After Morey grounded out and Rivera flew out, Garcia would start the rally with a walk. After fellow teammate and All-Freshman Team member Marc Coffers, was hit by a pitch, senior A-SUN All-Academic Team member Corey Fehribach hit a single to left and drove in Garcia for the second run of the game.
Anderson would continue to pitch well until head coach Dave Tollett decide to pull him. Anderson left the mound with a standing ovation and redshirt junior Kenton Hering would come in to relive Anderson and finish the top of the eighth.
With the score 2-1, in favor of FGCU, the Eagles were not quite finished and hoped to add at least one more run for insurance. Coffers would lead off with a walk. Lipscomb, however pulled junior Nicko Ortega, after playing a third of an inning and send Denton Norman to finish the inning. Coffers would steal second and advance to third on a throwing error before scoring the insurance on a Fehribach fielder's choice before Gonzalez flew out to end the inning.
Hering struck out sophomore Cade Sorrells before giving up a walk to Dodson. After striking out senior A-SUN Second Team All-Conference member Hunter Hanks, Hering would get junior Blake Thomas to fly out and end the game.
Anderson would earn his seventh win after throwing 7.1 innings. He gave up one run on four hits while walking two batters and striking out six. Hering earned his sixth save after he threw 1.2 innings with one walk and two strikeouts.
Fehribach was 1-for-4 with two RBIs.
Seven of FGCU's nine batters had one hit each.
With the loss, Lipscomb would be the third team eliminated from the tournament and FGCU will face Kennesaw in a rematch. Earlier, KSU lost to JU 8-4 in the winners bracket and ended up in the losers bracket.
With three teams remaining, Jacksonville awaits the winner between FGCU and KSU for the championship game. If either FGCU or KSU beat Jacksonville in the championship game, they would play JU a second time since JU did not lose throughout the whole tournament.
From the matchup with FGCU and KSU again, FGCU will send redshirt junior Mario Leon (4-2, 4.32 ERA) to face redshirt freshman Nathan Dupree (1-5, 10.87 ERA).
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