MIAMI (Feb. 12, 2015) – The FIU baseball team begins its 2015 season, hosting the Tennessee Volunteers in a three-game series at FIU Stadium beginning on Friday, Feb. 13. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.
Fans can watch the action all weekend long on
PantherVision or listen to FIU's @PetePelegrin on the
FIU Sports Radio Network. Fans can also follow the action via Twitter (@FIUBaseball)
. This weekend's hashtag is
The Panthers enter their 42
nd season looking to make waves in year two of Conference USA action. Coming off a 2014 season, where the team went 36-20, FIU has been selected to finish No. 2 in this year's C-USA preseason coaches poll.
Led by seniors
Josh Anderson (preseason All-C-USA selection) and
Julius Gaines, FIU returns 15 letterwinners from a year ago. Sophomore
Chris Mourelle, the reigning C-USA Freshman of the Year, leads a pitching staff that finished last season with a 2.29 ERA.
The Panthers and Vols have met seven times prior to this weekend. Tennessee holds a 4-3 edge in the series history. The last meeting between the two squads resulted in a 4-3 win in 12 innings for the Volunteers on March 21, 2012 in Knoxville, Tenn.
For ticket information for this weekend's series as well as the entire FIU baseball season, call 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263) or log onto
www.FIUSports.com.
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Fans are encouraged to follow the Panthers on Twitter (@FIUBaseball) and become a fan on Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUBaseball) for all the latest FIU Baseball news. Follow all of FIU's 18 athletic teams on Twitter (@FIUAthletics), Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUSports), YouTube (FIUPanthers), and Instagram (FIUathletics).
#####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 Ocean Bank Field at FIU 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 54,000 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.
