Conference usa football teams 2023 series#

Conference usa football teams 2023 series#

The Panthers wrapped up the season last weekend in style with a three-game sweep of UTEP in El Paso.įreshman Makayla Navarro ripped a single through the right side with one out in the top of the seventh to cap a three-run rally and clinch a 6-5 win for the FIU softball team in its series opener on Friday. In addition, out of FIU's total of 50 regular season games, 31 of those games saw a freshman as the starting pitcher.

Overall, FIU has seen freshmen make a total of 222 starts: The only non-freshman among the group is shortstop Ashton Lansdell who is in her first year of collegiate softball as a sophomore after playing baseball at Georgia Highlands Junior College during her freshman year of eligibility. The entire starting infield (including catcher) for FIU is entirely made up of freshmen or newcomers. The Panthers boast one of the youngest rosters in the country with a total of eight true freshman on the roster. Notched two conference sweeps, its most since 2018.Totaled the most conference wins in five years.Recorded the most regular season wins (24) in four seasons.Head coach Mike Larabee has made terrific strides in his second season at the helm of the Panthers' program. The Panthers trail the all-time series with Florida Atlantic 40-61 – the Owls have won five of the last six meetings overall.įIU and the Owls first met during the 1998 campaign and met during the 2007 Sun Belt Conference Tournament, with the teams splitting two games. Birling followed by getting a strikeout and pop out to settle things down before Riley Olsen laced a single to right field to plate the winning run.įAU benefited from a pair of errors in the 10th by Panthers to set up the winning score. The decisive 10th inning saw Birling nearly escape unscathed after the Owls loaded the bases with no outs. In the opening game of the series, junior left hander Sydney Birling tossed her third complete game of the season, going 10 innings and scattering nine hits before Florida Atlantic came through with an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th to escape with a 2-1 extra-inning victory The Panthers dropped a three-game set against the Owls in Boca Raton earlier this season on April 6-8.įIU was limited to just one run over the three games despite generating a total of 19 hits over the three games. The Panthers trail the all-time series with Western Kentucky 34-37 – and have dropped eight of the last 10 meetings in the series - dating back to 2021.įIU and the Hilltoppers first met during the 2000 campaign and have never met in postseason play. Sunday's finale saw the Panthers lead the Hilltoppers 4-0 after one inning of play before Western Kentucky responded with seven unanswered runs to secure the series clinching win. Freshman Makayla Navarro provided the big blow with a two-run triple. The Panthers claimed a 7-3 victory over Western Kentucky in the opening game of a three-game series in Miami on April 28, before dropping the final two games of the weekend 4-1 and 7-4.įIU scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth and break open a scoreless game as it cruised to the 7-4 win in the opener. Saturday's Conference USA Championship Game will be televised on CBS Sports Network. The Panthers are 2-4 all-time in C-USA Tournament play – with both wins coming during the 2017 season, which is also the last time that FIU qualified for the NCAA Championship.įIU has never met either Western Kentucky or Florida Atlantic previously in C-USA postseason action.ĮSPN+ TO AIR ALL C-USA OPENING ROUND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES, CBS SPORTS NETWORK TO AIR FINALĮach of the opening round games at the 2023 C-USA Softball Championship in Ruston will air on ESPN+. This year's appearance will mark the first time FIU has advanced to the conference tournament since 2018 – Conference USA did not hold the event in 2020. The Panthers will be making their fifth appearance in the Conference USA Softball Championship since joining the league in 2014. 5 seed Western Kentucky will be eliminated from the championship.Ģ023 Conference USA Tournament Schedule Wednesday, May 10 - 10 am The loser of Wednesday's first round matchup between No. The Game 4 winner will move on to the winners bracket to face No.

Florida Atlantic (Game 4) will be sent to the losers bracket for a game on Thursday, May 11 vs. 4 seed Florida Atlantic on Wednesday night in an 6:30 p.m.

The winner of Wednesday's first round game between the Panthers and Hilltoppers will advance to meet No. 5 seed Western Kentucky (29-22, 14-9 CUSA)