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CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2013 Florida Gulf Coast softball (9-17, 3-0 ASUN) held off a late Queens rally to win 10-8 and secure the series sweep over the Royals (6-16, 0-3) on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
The Eagles mashed three home runs for the second game in a row in the win. Sietske Drijvers<\/a>, Mackenzie Leiti<\/a> and Kiki Daniels<\/a> all went yard; the six homers throughout the series from the trio surpassed the five home runs FGCU had on the season entering the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n FGCU recorded nine hits on Sunday and 41 on the weekend for the most hits as a team in a three-game series since at least 2015. Sietske Drijvers<\/a> and Olivia Black<\/a> each had two hits on Sunday.<\/p>\n “This is exactly the way we hoped to start conference play,” head coach Lindsay Fico<\/a> said. “I am most proud of our resilience throughout the weekend from top to bottom. There is still plenty for us to work on, but we hope to carry this momentum into a tough midweek against USF before more ASUN play”<\/p>\n The Eagles opened the scoring in the series finale with a three-run third inning. Leiti reached on an error that allowed Ally Thompson<\/a> to score. Daniels walked and Tiffany Meek<\/a> singled to load the bases, and Black drove in Leiti and Daniels to give FGCU a 3-0 lead. The Royals immediately responded with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the frame on a two-run double from Olivia Thornton and RBI single from Lindsay Henson.<\/p>\n The bats were hot all weekend for FGCU, and that continued in the fourth inning. Nikki Gibson<\/a> singled, Thompson walked and Drijvers crushed her second home run of the season to center field to put FGCU back in front 6-3. Leiti made it back-to-back blasts with a shot of her own to left that extended the lead to 7-3.\u00a0<\/p>\n Henson added an RBI double in the fifth to cut the lead to 7-4, but Daniels answered with her third homer of the weekend in the top of the sixth. The two-run long ball pushed the Eagles’ lead to 9-4. Queens would not go quietly, though, drawing a pair of walks before Sage Farmer hit an RBI triple to draw back within 9-6. Farmer scored on a double from Lauren Byrd to make it a 9-7 game heading into the final frame.\u00a0<\/p>\n FGCU got an insurance run when Drijvers rocketed the ball past the glove of the diving third baseman for her second extra-base hit of the day, scoring Thompson. Queens added one in the bottom half of the seventh off a bases-loaded walk, but Grace Taylor<\/a> (4-5) got a strikeout to end the game and secure the sweep.<\/p>\n Next, FGCU returns home to host USF (23-8) at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18.<\/p>\n 2026 softball season tickets, mini plans and single game tickets are on sale now at https:\/\/fgcuathletics.evenue.net\/list\/SB<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n For more information on FGCU Softball, follow @FGCUSoftball on Instagram<\/a>, X (Twitter)<\/a> and Facebook<\/a>, and visit fgcuathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Postgame Notes Read Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\n\u2013 FGCU improved to 5-2 in the all-time series with Queens
\n\u2013 FGCU collected 41 hits over the weekend, its most in a three-game series since at least 2015
\n\u2013 The 30 runs scored on the weekend is also FGCU’s best mark in a three-game series since at least 2015
\n\u2013 Drijvers had two extra-base hits in the win
\n\u2013 Drijvers recorded a season-high four RBI
\n\u2013 FGCU had back-to-back three-homer games after not having a three home run game since April 30, 2022
\n\u2013 The Eagles entered the series with five home runs on the season. They hit six in a two-game span against Queens
\n\u2013 Drijvers and Black each had multi-hit games
\n\u2013 Drijvers, Black and Kiki Daniels<\/a> each had multi-RBI games
\n\u2013 Leiti, Daniels and Thompson each had multi-run games
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