MIAMI  (March 23, 2015) – The FIU baseball team (11-13) will travel to Daytona, Fla., to take on the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats on Tuesday, March 24. First pitch from Jackie Robinson Ballpark is set for 6:00 p.m. ET
 
Fans can listen to FIU's @PetePelegrin for Tuesday's action on the FIU Sports Radio Network.
 
The Panthers are coming off a weekend where they took two-of-three games from the Charlotte 49ers to improve to 3-3 in Conference USA action. Junior Edwin Rios was named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week for hitting .583 (7-of-12) with four homers and eight RBI in the series. After dropping the series opener with the 49ers on Friday, 5-4, FIU responded with a 23-1 (7) win to tie the series at 1-1. Rios' was a big part of that win going a perfect 4-for-4, including a double and three home runs with six RBI. His six RBI were a career-high. He was inches away from his fourth home run however, his third hit of the game resulted in an RBI double. The three home runs in a single game tied the FIU school record (Mike Martinez vs. Arkansas State – May 8, 2010) and he became the first C-USA player to record three long balls in a game since Rice's Anthony Rendon on June 5, 2010.
 
FIU finished the series hitting .369 with six home runs and 29 RBI. Led by Rios, who went 7-for-12 (.583) with four home runs, one double and eight RBI, the Panthers tallied a .604 team slugging percentage versus Charlotte. On the mound, FIU recorded a 2.52 team ERA with 24 strikeouts in 25 innings of action.
 
Tuesday's game will mark the 62nd meeting all-time between the two teams with FIU leading the series history, 49-12. FIU took both matchups last season by scores of 6-0 and 8-4.

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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 Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.

About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $9.8 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.