Florida Memorial Softball Hosting St. Thomas University For Weekend Series Beginning Friday Night

AT A GLANCE
FMU Lions (2-25, 1-20) vs. St. Thomas University Bobcats (16-22, 6-15)
When: Friday-Saturday, April 22-23, 2022
Where: Miami Gardens, Fla. | Miami Carol City Park
First Pitch: Friday, 6pm | Saturday, 12pm
Last Meeting: First Meeting
Live Stream: Link
Live Stats: Link
Tickets: General Admission – Free

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Florida Memorial University will play its final home games of the season this weekend, hosting rival St. Thomas University for a three-game series beginning Friday at Miami Carol City Park.

The teams are slated to play a single game Friday at 5 p.m. and conclude the series with a doubleheader Saturday set to begin at 12 p.m.

About The Lions (2-25, 2-20 SUN)

FMU played, arguably, its best softball of the season this past weekend as it earned its first conference win (4-2 over Warner University) and loss the other two games of the series by a combined three runs.
The victory this past Saturday also marked the first road win for the Lions this season and snapped a 22-game losing streak.
Freshman utility/infielder Heidy Olivo earned a Player of the Week nomination, totaling 4 hits and 2 RBI on the weekend.
Florida Memorial also got one of its better pitching performances from Bridgette Tuxbury, who earned a win after throwing 6.2 innings while allowing just 2 runs (1 earned) and recording 2 strikeouts.
FMU head coach Pedro Herrera has seen his team continue to battle through adversity and attrition, including injuries to multiple players and the growing pains of being a first-year program.

Scouting St. Thomas (16-22, 6-15 SUN)

St. Thomas enters the weekend as winners of its past two games – taking two games from Florida National University, a team that recently swept a doubleheader of the Lions.
Still, the Bobcats have been a hot and cold team – mostly cold, especially against SUN opponents.
Senior infielder Daniela Bautista leads the team in batting average (.392), home runs (6), and RBI (31).
STU head coach JC Gutierrez is in his first season leading the team but has worked within the Bobcats' program since 2007.

Series History

The weekend's matchups will be the first-ever softball meetings between the programs.

Keys To Victory

Florida Memorial must continue to get efficient and effective pitching efforts from Tuxbury or any other starter – either Reygan Nickerson or Aashana Francis.
The Lions have struggled to come up with timely hits in many of the games they've fallen in this season; if they can find their "clutch gene" at the plate, they should be more than competitive over the weekend.

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Players Mentioned

#21 Aashana Francis: P/OF; 5' 6"; Freshman

#16 Reygan Nickerson: P; 5' 11"; Freshman

#12 Heidy Olivo: UTL; 5' 5"; Freshman

#7 Bridgette Tuxbury: P/1B; 5' 5"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#21 Aashana Francis
: 5' 6"; Freshman
: P/OF

#16 Reygan Nickerson
: 5' 11"; Freshman
: P

#12 Heidy Olivo
: 5' 5"; Freshman
: UTL

#7 Bridgette Tuxbury
: 5' 5"; Junior
: P/1B

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