Box Score NEW ORLEANS, La. (May 17, 2014) – For the second-straight day, FIU (36-18, 16-14) fell to Tulane, 2-1, on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth on Saturday. With the loss, FIU will take on Rice at 1:30 ET on Wednesday in the Conference USA Tournament.
 
Panther pitching opened the game retiring the first 14 Tulane batters. Senior Albert Cardenas earned the start on the mound for FIU and was perfect, going three innings, not allowing a base runner and striking out four.
Junior Aramis Garcia went 1-for-2 in his return to the lineup with a walk and hit-by-pitch.
 
FIU struck first in the top of the third. Freshman J.C. Escarra, who went 2-for-3, led things off with a single and advanced to second on an errant throw from the outfield. Senior Tyler Hibbert next reached on a bunt single, moving Escarra over to third. Junior Julius Gaines grounded into a double play, but Escarra scored to give FIU a 1-0 lead.
 
Tulane's Jake Willsey singled with two outs in the fifth inning off Williams Durruthy, driving in Jake Rogers to tie the game up at one.
Hunter Hope drove in the game winning run for Tulane in the bottom of the ninth.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and at the FIU Football Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/