A day after sweeping the Duke Blue Devils for the first back-to-back conference sweeps since 2018, the Hurricanes surged in the rankings, landing at No. 8 from a previous ranking at No. 17.
On Tuesday night they handily defeated Florida Gulf Coast University 5-2 at home in what is the first of a five-game home stand this week.
“It worked out the way we wanted it to,” Miami head coach Gino DiMare said. “We were hoping to get three innings from [Jordan] Dubberly and he ended up throwing four, which was great. He was throwing strikes, getting ahead of hitters.