HATTIESBURG, Miss. (May 19, 2015) –The FIU baseball team (25-29, 13-17 C-USA) will begin its quest for the 2015 Conference USA title on Wednesday, May 20, with a first-round contest versus the Rice Owls (35-18, 22-8 C-USA) in Game No. 2 of the C-USA Baseball Championships from Hattiesburg, Miss. First pitch is set for 1:30 p.m. ET from Pete Taylor Park.
The Panthers earned the No. 8 seed in the tournament after defeating the Owls last Thursday with an 11-1 victory at Reckling Park. Rice claimed the No. 1 seed after Southern Miss swept Middle Tennessee over the past weekend.
The winner of the contest will take on the winner of the No. 5 UTSA and No. 4 Middle Tennessee contest that starts at 10 a.m. ET tomorrow.
Sophomore
Chris Mourelle (6-7, 3.31 ERA) is slated to take the mound for the Panthers and is scheduled to face Rice's Jordan Stephens (6-4, 2.94 ERA).
Fans can watch the action on the C-USA Digital Network by clicking
here.
FIU is hitting .273 as a team with 41 home runs and 281 RBI. The FIU pitching staff comes into Wednesday's game with a 3.94 ERA with 390 strikeouts in 475 innings pitched.
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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 offer 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 $8.9 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/.
