By Brett Shweky/Editor With the 2018-19 season in the rearview mirror for FIU, one aspect is blatantly obvious for the Panthers as they head into year two of the Jeremy Ballard era – the team will significantly miss graduating senior point guard Brian Beard Jr. Behind the impactful efforts of Beard Jr., the Panthers orchestrated […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor With a four-game winning streak under their belts, the FIU Panthers are set to host the Stetson Hatters on Tuesday night to close out their six-outing homestand. Opening pitch from the FIU Baseball Stadium is slated for 7 p.m. Starting pitchers Right-hander Franco Aleman (0-1, 4.76 ERA) will make his fourth start […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor In his final game at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, senior point guard Brian Beard Jr. scored a team-high 24 points to help pace the Panthers over the North Texas Mean Green 73-58 on Sunday. Beard Jr. joined two other Panthers in the game in double-digit scoring with Devon Andrews and Trejon […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor With one game left on the regular season schedule for FIU, the Panthers are set to host the North Texas Mean Green on Saturday at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center before heading into the Conference USA Championship Tournament. FIU (18-12, 9-8 C-USA) comes into the contest aiming to complete the regular season […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor In their series opener against Seton Hall on Friday at the FIU Baseball Stadium, the Panthers edged out their non-conference opponent 1-0 behind Logan Allen’s scoreless pitching performance and an Adan Fernandez solo shot in the sixth. Allen (2-1) paced the Panthers (7-6) through seven innings after only allowing one hit […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor As FIU continues their second-longest homestand of the season, the Panthers are set to host the Seton Hall Pirates for a three-game weekend series beginning on Friday at the FIU Baseball Stadium. The series against the Pirates (1-6) will mark five consecutive home games for the Panthers (6-6) with the team also […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor En route to FIU head coach Mervyl Melendez’s earning his 600th career win, the FIU Panthers downed the Florida A&M Rattlers 8-6 on Wednesday at the FIU Baseball Stadium to force the split in the two-game midweek series. Derek Cartaya, Logan Allen and Lorenzo Hampton Jr. each recorded two hits for the […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Despite Osasumwen Osaghae’s career-high 19 points, the FIU Panthers had their four-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday at the Cam Henderson Center as they fell 94-78 against the Marshall Thundering Herd in their regular season road finale. A second half surge by Marshall ended up being the difference maker in the contest […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Florida A&M’s eighth inning rally ended up being the difference maker against the FIU Panthers on Tuesday night at the FIU Baseball Stadium. After trailing 2-1 heading into the frame, the Rattlers (5-10) orchestrated a two-run inning off an RBI single and an unearned run as they surged themselves past the Panthers […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Following their fourth consecutive victory, the FIU Panthers are set to travel to Huntington, WV to square off against the Marshall Thundering Herd in their closing regular season road game. During the teams’ last matchup on Saturday, Jan. 19, the Thundering Herd (16-13, 9-7 Conference USA) made easy work of the Panthers […]
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