FORT MYERS, Fla. – FGCU wraps up a five-game road trip and plays its final game before Atlantic Sun Conference play begins with a Tuesday trip to Miami for a 7 p.m. first pitch at FIU. Tuesday’s game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
The Eagles (12-4) are looking to end this road trip on a positive note after Sunday’s decision at Bethune-Cookman slipped away. Awaiting the Green & Blue is a Panther team that is also looking for a positive outcome, as FIU (7-10) has dropped its last five contests.
Like Alfred Hitchcock, FIU might be developing a complex with birds. The Panthers dropped a pair of mid-week games at home to Boston College as the Massachusetts-based Eagles claimed 4-0 and 9-4 wins in Miami after dropping the three-game series to FGCU. Then in a three-game, split-location series with rival Florida Atlantic, the Owls claimed a sweep, ending with a 7-3 decision on Sunday…