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Eagle Media • June 6th, 2026

FGCU baseball built recipe for success through old-school tactics and kept promises

The FGCU baseball team is picking up right where it left off last season.
After starting the 2025 campaign with a losing record, FGCU rallied late and took home its second ASUN championship, splitting the title with Stetson. Despite the achievement, the Eagles’ season ended when the higher-seeded Hatters advanced to the NCAA Tournament due to heavy rain that ended the game early.
“We have to put last year behind us,” head coach Dave Tollett said. “It was a heartbreaking moment and we got to move...

Eagle Media • June 6th, 2026

FGCU hockey splits weekend against Northeastern to close out regular season

The FGCU Division II hockey club split its final two games of the regular season against Northeastern University. The Eagles fell 4-1 Friday, Feb. 6, but bounced back and shutout the Huskies 5-0 Saturday, Feb. 7. FGCU enters the postseason with a 23-4 record and a +115 goal differential.
The game began with back-and-forth puck turnovers, but neither team capitalized early. Northeastern struck first at 6:42 after defenseman Eric Elbery scored his ninth of the year. Elbery would be the only one to...

Eagle Media • June 6th, 2026

FGCU baseball falls 9-3 to FAU in final home game of season

The FGCU baseball team played its final nonconference game of the season on Tuesday, May 12 at Swanson Stadium, falling 9-3 against FAU. The loss snapped the Eagles’ seven-game win streak, which dated back to May 1.
It was the final outing between the two teams, and Tuesday’s loss ties the season series at two apiece. The Eagles most recent loss was also against FAU in a 8-1 final in April.
FGCU held off FAU in the first two innings behind strong performances from its outfielders and starting pi...

Eagle Media • June 6th, 2026

OPINION: Introducing NBA G League players into NCAA play is dangerous to the high school recruit

For most of its existence, the NCAA drew a line between professional and amateur basketball. The G League-to-NCAA route is a growing controversy in the sports world. It grew in popularity after G League player Thierry Darlan was granted eligibility to play college basketball again at Santa Clara University in California. Since then, other players have tested their luck and found themselves playing in the NCAA.
Prior to Darlan’s case, once a player signed a contract with either the NBA or the G-L...

Eagle Media • June 6th, 2026

FGCU sophomore launches Blind Eye Collective to unite campus creatives

Ronel Chery is kickstarting his media career with the creation of Blind Eye, a student-run collective that brings creatives together across campus.
“Blind Eye Collective is a group of students I put together on campus full of people from different creative disciplines,” sophomore Ronel Chery said. “I have poets, painters, actors, people that edit videos, people that do graphics. It’s just a space for creatives on campus.”
Chery established Blind Eye at the start of the fall semester as a space f...

Eagle Media • June 6th, 2026

FGCU Volleyball Dismantles UWG to Continue Undefeated Conference Record

The FGCU volleyball team showed no mercy, sweeping the first three sets to record its third straight ASUN victory against West Georgia on Friday. 
The Eagles (8-5, 3-0) entered the matchup with a two-game win streak and looked to remain undefeated in ASUN play.
Hitters Julija Grubisic Cabo and Barbara Koehler both recorded 10 kills, Setter Eliska Vytiskova tallied 20 assists and Libero Anna Marzella had 12 digs in the contest.
For the first 15 serves, the game remained close until it wasn’t. The...

Eagle Media • June 6th, 2026

FGCU baseball opens season undefeated with three-game sweep of North Dakota State

The FGCU baseball team opened its 2026 season with a three-game sweep against North Dakota State this weekend at Swanson Stadium. It is the first time the team has won all three games in its opening weekend since beating Hofstra in 2023.
In a dramatic start to the season, the Eagles secured their first win with a 2-1 walk-off victory in 10 innings on Feb 13. They followed it up with a 19-18 extra-inning win Saturday before closing out the weekend with a 10-6 comeback victory Sunday.
This weekend...

Eagle Media • June 6th, 2026

New faces, new problems: An early analysis of FGCU women’s basketball 2025-26 season

A quarter of the way into the 2025–26 season, the Eagles sit near the bottom of the ASUN at 3–5. A year that was expected to build on last season’s success has instead raised early concerns about the first season of FGCU’s women’s basketball program. A sudden change of faces on and behind the bench might be to blame.
Nearly every major contributor from last year’s roster either graduated or transferred, leaving the program with limited returning experience. Former head coach Chelsea Lyles reunit...