Charleston Southern (8-2) at FIU (7-6)
Thursday, March 9: 7 p.m. (PantherVision/C-USA TV LIVE broadcast, CLICK HERE)
CSU RHP Evan Nations (0-0, 5.62 ERA) vs. FIU RHP
Chris Mourelle (1-1, 4.20 ERA)
Friday, March 10: 7 p.m. (PantherVision LIVE broadcast, CLICK HERE)
CSU LHP Cody Maw (1-0, 2.35 ERA) vs. FIU LHP
Andrew George (1-1, 3.75 ERA)
Saturday, March 11: 1 p.m. (NO broadcast; Follow on Twitter: @FIUBaseball)
CSU RHP Nik Constantakos (1-0, 2.12 ERA) vs. FIU LHP
Dominic LoBrutto (1-0, 2.65 ERA)
Series History: FIU leads 10-1
First meeting: May 5, 1985, Charleston Southern won 3-1 in Charleston, S.C.
Last meeting: April 7, 1990, FIU won 5-3 in Miami, Fla.
Series Preview
Charleston Southern, which was formerly known as Baptist University, is out of the Big South Conference. . .The Buccaneers are receiving votes in both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division I poll, as well as the USA Today poll. . . CSU is 8-2, equaling the start recorded by the 2014 team that set a CSU school record for wins against Division I opponents. . .FIU is coming off a two-game sweep of Miami where the Panthers scored the most runs in the series versus UM in a 12-1 win Tuesday and walked-off the Hurricanes in the bottom of the ninth on Wednesday after
Kolby Follis scored on a sacrifice fly from second base. . .Panthers pitchers allowed just six hits in the series against UM -- three hits in each game. . .FIU has won five straight games since losing to Manhattan last Friday.
2017 Leaders
Charleston Southern
Team stats:
Average: .265
ERA: 3.91
Fielding pct.: .958
Individual leaders:
Average: Brandon Gragilla .379
Home runs: Cole German 3
RBI: Jason Miller 8
Stolen bases: Chris Singleton 6
Wins: Ryan Stoudemire 2
ERA: Nik Constantakos 2.12
Strikeouts: Nik Constantakos 13
Saves: Cody Smith 4
FIU
Team stats:
Average: .256
ERA: 3.77
Fielding pct.: .974
Individual leaders:
Average:
Irving Lopez .362
Home runs:
JC Escarra,
Zach Files 2
RBI:
Irving Lopez 12
Stolen bases:
Irving Lopez,
Jack Schaaf 3
Wins: Seven tied with 1
ERA:
Robert Garcia 2.04
Strikeouts:
Robert Garcia 24
Saves:
Chandler Raiden 1