April 25, 2010
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Belmont
baseball lost to Florida Gulf Coast on Sunday afternoon 11-3 in the
final game of a three-game series at Swanson Stadium.
With Sunday's loss the Bruins
(19-23, 7-11 A-Sun) were swept for the first time against the
A-Sun's current league leader. The Eagles (26-13, 17-4) now lead
the series with Belmont, six game to three.
Junior Matt Zeblo went
2-for-4 at the plate while junior Derek Hamblen went
2-for-5 with one run scored to account for Belmont's two multi-hit
games. Senior Packy Elkins hit his
11th homerun of the season - a two-run shot in the fourth
inning.
FGCU capped off a weekend of
stellar pitching as Pete Woodworth (6-1) started for the Eagles and
lasted six innings with seven strikeouts, six hits and three runs.
On the weekend FGCU recorded 35 strikeouts.
Sophomore Frank Adelman (0-2)
made his third start of the week for the Bruins, lasting 3 2/3
inning with four earned runs to receive the loss.
Leftfielder Alex Lozada and
third baseman Austin Gaines accounted for nine of the Eagles' 11
runs batted in. Lozada was 2-for-2 with two walks and four RBI;
Gaines went 2-for-4 with five RBI.
Jon Ivie pitched the
last 2 1/3 innings for the Bruins and recorded one strikeout and
gave up one unearned run.
The Bruins return to action on
Tuesday with a trip to Knoxville, Tenn., to face Tennessee
beginning at 5 p.m. CT.
