MIAMI (March 20, 2022) – On a steamy South Florida Sunday afternoon, the FIU baseball team silenced the Thundering Herd of Marshall by a score of 13-3 to take the opening weekend Conference USA for the first time since 2015.
Led by Bryan Loriga and Alec Sanchez, the Panther bats exploded for a seven-run first and a six-run fifth to run-rule Marshall in seven innings.
Loriga, a freshman, had the best day of his young FIU career by driving in three runners on three hits during the scoring barrage. Sanchez added his team-leading sixth home run of 2022 with a grand slam of his own in the sixth.