MIAMI (March 18, 2022) –  On the opening night of Conference USA play, the FIU baseball team fell to the Thundering Herd of Marshall by a score of 11-3.
 
Alec Sanchez paced the Panther offense once again on Friday night as the centerfielder homered for the team-leading fifth time this season. Robert Sotolongo pushed his hit streak to seven games with a pair of base knocks while scoring twice.
 
The duo of Adrian Figueroa and Dante Girardi each collected a base hit on the night.
 
Marshall opened the scoring on the third pitch of the game with a solo home run. The Panthers tied it back up in the home half of the first when Sotolongo doubled before coming around to score on a Figueroa single to center.
 
The Thundering Herd scored five unanswered runs before Sanchez's two-run blast in the sixth cut the Marshall lead to 6-3.
 
The visitors from Huntington plated five more runs over the final two innings to take the weekend opener 11-3.
 
Panther starter Patrick Pridgen was tagged with the loss after surrendering six earned runs over just 3.2 innings of work with three strikeouts.
 
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FIU and Marshall will play in game two of the weekend set at FIU Baseball Stadium on Saturday. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. ET.
  
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