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Wittels will pursue NCAA baseball record at home opener The defending Sun Belt Conference baseball champions begin their 2011 season Feb. 18-20 against Southeastern Louisiana, with high expectations and 15 new faces. Last season, the Panthers went 36-25 capturing the Sun Belt Tournament crown for the first time since 1999. [...]
FIU All-American infielder Garrett Wittels has been selected as an ESPY nominee in the Best Male College Athlete category. Wittels finished the 2010 season with a 56-game hitting streak, second all-time in Division I baseball to Robin Ventura who hit safely in 58-straight games in 1987. Wittels’ hitting streak has [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
