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It was a sensational year for Garrett Wittels. The FIU infielder finished the 2010 baseball season riding a 56-game hitting streak. Tied with Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio and two shy of Robin Ventura’s Division I record, Wittels carries the streak into next season chasing history. In the meantime, he’ll [...]
On Saturday, June 5, FIU’s Garrett Wittels made history one more time, increasing his hit streak to 56 games. He now matches baseball legend Joe Dimaggio. The game was bittersweet as the Panthers held a four run lead early, but ultimately ended their season with a 15-9 loss against Dartmouth. [...]
FIU (36-24) could not stop a hot Texas A&M (41-19-1) team, dropping the first game of the Coral Gables Regional to the Aggies, 17-3, on Friday afternoon at Alex Rodriguez Park. “We have to break through that invisible pressure barrier that goes into another round that you haven’t been to [...]
FIU advances to NCAA tournament FIU baseball (36-23) set Sun Belt Tournament records in hits, runs scored and batting average in a 14-10 victory over Troy to claim its first Sun Belt Conference Tournament crown since 1999. After Pablo Bermudez led off the game with a single to left, Tyler [...]
Last night was an exciting one in Tennessee. After an almost five-hour marathon baseball game, FIU (34-23) clinched an 18-16 win over FAU (35-21) at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. The two teams will meet again in an elimination game today and the winner will advance to the SBC Championship. As [...]
FIU’s Garrett Wittels extended his NCAA leading hit streak to 50 games on the season, eight shy of tying Robin Ventura’s 1987 NCAA Division I record of 58. Wittels, the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, accomplished the feat as FIU took a 2-1 advantage into the top of [...]
Garrett Wittels’ NCAA leading hit streak is up to 49 games on the season after FIU’s opening round at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament May 26. The sophomore is now nine games shy of tying Robin Ventura’s Division I NCAA record of 58-straight games with a hit. News from Murfreesboro, [...]
FIU’s Panthers (31-22, 17-13 Sun Belt Conference) could not overcome a seven-run seventh inning, falling to the FAU Owls (33-20, 21-9 SBC), 14-10, May 22 – but our own Garrett Wittels extended his NCAA leading hit streak to 48 games on the season with an RBI double, putting him in [...]
Garret Wittels extended his NCAA-leading hitting streak to 45 games on the year after FIU swept South Alabama May 14-16, while the softball team earned its second-ever bid to go to NCAA Division I softball championship. Playing at home, FIU (30-20, 16-11 Sun Belt Conference) swept South Alabama (30-23, 16-11 [...]
Garrett Wittels started this year as an afterthought on the FIU baseball roster, set to be a late-inning replacement and little else. Surprise! He’s headed for the NCAA record books. With an infield single in the top of the eighth inning against Arkansas State, WIttels extended his NCAA leading hit streak to [...]
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