"Credit it to Jacksonville for coming up with the big hit at the end," said head coach David Deiros. "It was a 1-1 game through seven innings and we kept battling to the very end. I want to thank our eight seniors for what they have given to this program over the past four years. It was a unique season to say the least and one we'll remember for a long time."
The Eagles (No. 1 South seed) were hitless until the bottom of the fourth where they scored one run on three hits. Johneisha Rowe (Avon Park, Fla./Sebring HS) led off the frame with a single up the middle but was out on second on the force with McKenna Batterton (Norco, Calif./Eleanor Roosevelt HS) reaching on the fielder's choice. Moments later on a 0-1 pitch, Reedy Davenport St. Johns, Fla./Bartram Trail HS) roped an RBI double to the right-center gap to give FGCU the 1-0 lead.
It was short-lived as JU (No. 3 South seed) quickly tied the game with a solo home run to left off the bat of Caroline Watson in the top of the fifth. Following the inning, starting pitcher Sarah Lawton (Waterbury, Conn./Holy Cross HS/FSW) retired nine Dolphins in a row before a two-out single in the eighth broke it up. The next batter, Hannah Roberts, then lifted a two-run shot to left for the 3-1 lead.
Emily Estroff (Coconut Creek, Fla./Coral Springs Charter/Villanova) responded a leadoff single, making it to second on a sac bunt from Rowe before a pop fly to right field put her on third with two away. It's all FGCU would get as another flyout, this time to center, sealed the game for Jacksonville.
FGCU outhit JU, 6-5, with its 1-4 hitters collecting one hit apiece. Lawton finishes the season 8-7, scattering five hits on three runs while striking out six with one walk.
FOLLOW ALONG
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COACH DEIROS
The founding father of FGCU softball, David Deiros is in his 19th season as head coach. Hired in 2001 to build the program from the dirt up, Deiros has since guided the Eagles to a 689-364-3 (.654), going 162-93 (.632) in the ASUN, having 14 seasons with a winning record, and nine campaigns with 35 wins. Deiros is a former head coach at the 1998 Florida State Runner-up Lely High School in Naples and is the founding head coach of the 1999 District Champion/2001 Regional Runner-up Gulf Coast High School in Naples.
ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 13 seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 39 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Seven FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport – including women's basketball (No. 24, 2019-20) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate (APR) in their sport and have had the highest percentage of teams so honored from these two groups over each of the past three years. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.46 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 22 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 – being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
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