Old Dominion (14-4) vs. FIU (8-9)
Game Location – Bud Metheny Baseball Complex (Norfolk, Va.)
Game 1 - Friday, March 26 at 3 p.m. (LHP Tommy Gertner vs. RHP Tyler Rukes)
Game 2 – Saturday, March 27 at 2 p.m. (RHP Nick Pantos vs. RHP Steven Casey)
Game 3 – Saturday, March 27 (DH) (RHP Hunter Gregory vs. LHP Garrett Rukes)
Game 4 – Sunday, March 28 at 12 p.m. (RHP Ryne Moore vs. TBA)
Follow – Live Stats | CUSA.tv
Notes - ODU | FIU
NORFOLK, Va. - The Old Dominion (14-4) baseball team will open Conference USA action when they welcome FIU (8-9) to the Bud Metheny Baseball Complex for a four-game series beginning on Friday, March 26 at 3 p.m.
All four games will be streamed on CUSA.tv and can be heard across the ODU Sports Radio Network.
To accommodate Monarch fans as a result of the difficult circumstances related to the pandemic, the ODU Athletics department is pleased to offer free admission to all ODU baseball games for the 2021 season. The Bud Metheny Baseball Complex will now welcome 750 fans on a first come, first served basis.
It has been 673 days since ODU last faced a C-USA opponent. That came on May 23, 2019 in the C-USA Tournament against UTSA.
Head coach Chris Finwood is just one game away from reaching his 500th career victory. He's made head coaching stops at VMI and Western Kentucky prior to being named the ODU head coach in June 2011.
ODU is coming off a pair of road wins at Richmond and VCU to remain perfect on the road. Freshman Robbie Petracci (.386, 4 HR) leads ODU in hitting. Andy Garriola (.325) leads the team in hits (26), RBI's (27), doubles (8) and runs (17). Overall, ODU has hit 30 homers this season, which leads C-USA and fifth in the country. In the first set of RPI rankings for the 2021 season, ODU checks in at No. 36.
Finwood will send Tommy Gertner (1-0, 1.93 ERA) to the bump Friday followed by Nick Pantos (1-0, 1.16 ERA) and Hunter Gregory (1-0, 2.04 ERA) on Saturday and Ryne Moore (3-0, 0.69 ERA) on Sunday.
The Monarchs are 10-4 at the Bud this season.
About the Panthers
FIU dropped a 6-3 midweek game to Stetson last time out. The Panthers are led by Juan Teixeira (.380) Overall, FIU is hitting .266 as a team with a 5.78 ERA. The Panthers were selected to finish third in the C-USA East preseason poll. They head to Norfolk with a 2-2 mark on the road. In the last meeting between the Panthers and Monarchs, ODU picked up the series win, earning the Sunday rubber match in 2019.
Series History: ODU leads, 14-7
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