FGCU Baseball Season Comes to a Close

With a last chance on the line, the FGCU baseball played a crucial elimination game in the Chapel Hill Regional of the Chapel Hill Super Regional.

After falling 2-1 to Davidson, FGCU (43-19, 13-8 A-SUN) faced UNC (48-13, 23-7 ACC) to hopefully get a rematch Davidson.

The Tar Heels were also facing elimination after losing the first game 8-4 to Davidson, but recovered with a 8-1 rally win over Michigan.

Michigan was the first team eliminated from the regional.

FGCU decided to send senior right-hander Garrett Anderson (7-1, 3.43 ERA) to the mound while UNC sent freshman right-hander Tyler Baum (6-0, 2.65 ERA)

In the end, UNC would defeat FGCU 10-1 and eliminate the Eagles, leaving FGCU with an overall record of 43-20.

Davidson would end up winning the Chapel Hill Regional and beat UNC.


It was a tough one for FGCU, but look at what they've done this year:
1. They won the A-SUN Tournament for the first time in program history
2. They made it to the regionals of the national tournament for the first time in program history
3. They were name the #9 team in the national before the start of conference
4. Two 10 game winning streaks in the season (second most in program history)
5. Won nine A-Sun accolades and honors
6. Beat then No. 1 FSU, swept No. 2 Florida and beat Miami
7. Redshirt senior Nick Rivera won A-Sun Player of the Year and set the FGCU and A-Sun record for most home runs overall (45)

Four seniors are finished for FGCU: Corey Fehribach, Nick Rivera, Sterling Koerner and Garrett Anderson.

The ones I'm not certain if they will be playing as redshirt seniors next season are pitchers Kenton Hering, Mario Leon, Parker Hamilton and outfielder Matt Reardon.

Whatever the case may be and how the team looks next season, this season was by far, one of FGCU's best years in baseball program history.

As I noted earlier, when all sports at FGCU are finished for the year, the blog will go on a hiatus for the rest of the summer and will restart in the fall 2017 when volleyball, soccer, swimming and basketball start and take a hiatus during winter break even though basketball and swimming will take place during winter break.

Thank you for taking time on your schedule to read my blogs and I will return on August 21st, 2017 with the start of Eagle Revolution, one of the biggest athletic events at FGCU in the fall semester.

Until then, go Eagles.