Baseball Opens Up Homestead Challenge With FIU
Feb. 23, 2001
Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) — – The University of Miami baseball team (9-3), ranked as high as fourth nationally by Baseball America, and Florida International (9-3) start off the 2001 Homestead Challenge with a pair of games on Friday and Saturday, February 23-24, at the Homestead Sports Complex. Both games are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
Fox Sports Net Florida is scheduled to televise the Friday contest. UM’s Spanish Broadcast Network on WACC 830 AM Radio Paz will also carry the Friday game, as well. Both Friday and Saturday games can also be heard on WVUM 90.5 FM and at hurricanesports.com.
Left-hander Brian Walker (3-0, 3.60 ERA) and RHP Kiki Bengochea (1-0, 2.08 ERA) will get the start on Friday and Saturday, respectively. FIU will counter RHP Arthur Santos (0-0, 3.52 ERA) and RHP Jerry Courtney (1-0, 2.35 ERA) on Friday and Saturday.
The Hurricanes, who are also ranked sixth by ESPN/Baseball Weekly and eighth by Collegiate Baseball, and the Golden Panthers have met 98 times in the all-time series dating back to the 1973 season. The UM/FIU series is the third-longest on-going rivalry on the Hurricanes schedule behind Florida (1940) and Florida State (1951). Miami leads the all-time series with FIU, 79-18, including a split of the previous two games this season. Under Head Coach Jim Morris (1994-present), Miami is 18-8 vs. the Golden Panthers and 6-4 away from Mark Light Stadium.
Following the two games vs. FIU at the Homestead Sports Complex, Miami will close out the weekend with the University of Albany on Sunday, February 25 at 1 p.m. at Mark Light Stadium. The Albany game can be heard over radio on UM’s flagship station Sports Radio 560 WQAM, in Spanish on WACC 830 AM Radio Paz and on WVUM 90.5 FM.
Call 1-800-GO-CANES for season and individual game ticket information. To join the excitement, log on to hurricanesports.com and become a member of Hurricane Watch, the on-line loyalty program that allows you to purchase tickets on-line, transfer tickets to friends via email and earn Hurricane rewards for each game you attend at the Light.
SERIES INFORMATION:
WHAT: University of Miami (9-3) vs. Florida International University (9-3)
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, February 23 and 24, both games at 7 p.m.
WHERE: Homestead Sports Complex, Homestead, FL
TELEVISION: Fox Sports Net Florida on Friday
RADIO: WACC 830 AM Radio Paz on Friday, WVUM 90.5 FM on Friday and Saturday
INTERNET: Audio broadcast through www.hurricanesports.com
