2024-25 Florida SouthWestern Baseball News
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Bucs On Opposite Ends of Blowouts Against #18 Central Florida
April 12, 2025It was the tale of two games on Saturday for the #7 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers as the Bucs cruised to their ninth straight win in a 10-0 five inning run rule in game one of their Citrus Conference doubleheader agianst the #18 Central Florida Patriots, but in game two it was quite the opposite story as the Patriots put it on FSW 14-3 in a five inning run rule of their own to split the doubleheader. -
Pereira & Hamilton Power Bucs Past Pats
April 10, 2025The #7 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers won their eighth straight game Thursday afternoon on the road in Ocala, using four RBI days from Nik Pereira and Ty Hamilton to blow past the #18 Central Florida Patriots 11-5 to begin a key three game Citrus Conference series between the two.
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Bucs Launch Four Homers, Cole Wins 100th With FSW
April 08, 2025The #7 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers launched four home runs in a 13-3 run rule rout of the South Florida State Panthers Tuesday night in Avon Park to give FSW Head Coach Zac Cole his 100th career win with the Purple and Aqua.
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Bucs Up To Lucky Number 7 In National Poll
April 07, 2025Riding a six game winning streak, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers continued their ascent up the NJCAA National Rankings on Monday, moving up three spots to #7 in the week seven poll.
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Bucs Bats Stay Hot to Complete Sweep
April 05, 2025The #10 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers continued to pile up runs on Saturday, putting up 11 runs in both halves of their Citrus Conference doubleheader against the Santa Fe Saints, winning game one 11-8 before taking an 11-9 decision in game two to sweep their second straight conference series and get back to within one game of the league lead with nine games left to go.
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Bucs Blank Saints in Series Opener
April 03, 2025The #10 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers won their fourth straight game via run rule, jumping on the Santa Fe Saints early and never looking back Thursday at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers, shutting out the Saints 9-0 in the opening game of a three game Citrus Conference series between the two.
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Bucs Sanchez Named NJCAA National Player of the Week
April 02, 2025One day after becoming the first Buccaneer hitter to earn FCSAA Player of the Week honors this season, Florida SouthWestern slugger Carlos Sanchez one upped himself as he became the first Buc in the past three seasons to pick up NJCAA National Player of the Week honors.
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Sanchez Earns FCSAA Player of the Week Honors
April 01, 2025After leading the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers to a Citrus Conference sweep of the Daytona State Falcons over the weekend, Bucs sophomore Carlos Sanchez has been named the FCSAA Player of the Week as announced by the State on Tuesday.
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Bucs Jump Back Into Top 10
March 31, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers are back in the Top 10 of the NJCAA National Rankings this week after dominating in a three game sweep over Daytona State over the weekend.
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Former Buc Ryan Gusto Makes MLB Debut
March 31, 2025Six long months after getting his call to the Big Leagues, former Florida SouthWestern ace Ryan Gusto finally got the chance to make his Major League Baseball debut on Monday, throwing two scoreless innings for the Houston Astros in their game against the San Francisco Giants, joining Carlos Rodriguez as the only two FSW players to represent the Bucs in MLB.
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Bucs Make Short Work Of Falcons In Sweep
March 28, 2025The #13 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put on a show Friday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers, hammering Daytona State 12-0 and 17-3 in a pair of five inning run rules to complete the three game sweep of the Falcons in Citrus Conference action.
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Bucs Batter Daytona in Series Opener
March 27, 2025Coming off of a disappointing series loss against Eastern Florida a week ago, the #13 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers came out swinging on Thursday in their series opener against Daytona State, getting a three run home run from Jake Mueller in the 1st to take an early lead and they never looked back, ultimately hammering the Falcons 10-2 in an eight inning run rule to take the lead in the three game set between the two.
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Bucs Eldridge Named FCSAA Pitcher of the Week
March 25, 2025After throwing five innings of one hit Baseball last week, Florida SouthWestern righthander Brandon Eldridge has been named the FCSAA Pitcher of the Week as announced by the State on Tuesday.
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Bucs Slip to #13 In National Rankings
March 24, 2025A rough Saturday at the ballpark cost the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers in the NJCAA National Rankings on Monday as the Bucs slid eight spots to #13 in the week five poll.
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Late Lapses Cost Bucs Series Against Titans
March 22, 2025A pair of late lapses cost the #5 Florida SouthWestern Buccaneers two games Saturday afternoon at home against Eastern Florida at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers as FSW allowed five runs with two outs in the 9th of game one to lose 11-8 and gave up three in the 8th in game two to fall 5-2 to drop the Citrus Conference series to the Titans.
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Bucs Bang Out 18 Hits In Series Opening Win
March 20, 2025Eight players recorded multi-hit games as the #5 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers put on a clinic with the bats Thursday night under the lights at Bruce Bochy Field in Melbourne, defeating the Eastern Florida State Titans 15-9 to take the early lead in the three game Citrus Conference series between the two.
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Bucs Back Into Top 5 of National Poll
March 19, 2025The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers are back into the Top 5 of the NJCAA National Rankings this week, checking in at #5 with a 23-7 record on the year.
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Bucs Hammer Manatees In Midweek Tilt
March 18, 2025The #5 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers scored early and often Tuesday afternoon, hammering the visiting State College of Florida Manatees 11-1 in non-league action to improve to 24-7 on the year.
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Bucs Split Saturday to Take Series
March 15, 2025For the second straight week, the #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers fell flat in game one of their Saturday doubleheader, but woke up and put up a big number in game two as they split a pair of games with Seminole State, losing game one 5-1 and winning game two 13-8 to clinch another Citrus Conference series win to keep them within one game of the conference lead.
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Albarran/Velazquez Shutout Raiders in Series Opener
March 13, 2025Abel Albarran and Josiah Velazquez combined on a five hit shutout as the #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers blanked the Seminole State Raiders 6-0 in the opening game of a three game series Thursday at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers.
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Bucs Run Wild In Midweek Win
March 11, 2025For the second time in the past four games, the #6 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers stole double digit bases, erasing an early 7-1 lead for TNXL Academy with nine unanswered runs to come away with a 10-7 win to improve to 21-6 on the year.
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Big Series Win Shoots Bucs Up Five Spots In National Rankings
March 10, 2025Winning three of four games last week including a key series win over State College of Florida, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers jumped up five spots in the NJCAA National Rankings to #6 in the week three poll on Monday.
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Bucs Walk Off Manatees to Win Series
March 08, 2025After being shutout in game one of Saturday's doubleheader against the State College of Florida Manatees, the #11 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers bounced back to win a wild 15-14 decision in walk off fashion in game two to split the day and clinch the Citrus Conference series between the two budding rivals.
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Velazquez Slams Door On Series Opening Win
March 06, 2025Josiah Velazquez came into a bases loaded, no out situation in the 9th inning and calmly struck out the side to close out a 7-4 win for the #11 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Thursday in their series opener against the State College of Florida Manatees in Bradenton.
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Bucs Best Bobcats In Midweek Tilt
March 04, 2025The #11 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers scored six runs early and hung on late for a 6-4 win over the DII #24 Pasco Hernando State Bobcats Tuesday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers.
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Bucs Fall to #11 After Series Loss
March 03, 2025After dropping their Citrus Conference series to the Hillsborough Hawks over the weekend, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers fell nine spots to #11 in Monday’s NJCAA Division I Baseball National Poll.
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McLaughlin's Gem Salvages Saturday Split For Bucs
March 01, 2025Andrew McLaughlin fired five shutout innings to lead the #2 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers to a 10-0 game one win over the Hillsborough Hawks Saturday afternoon in Tampa, but the Bucs couldn't win the second game of the doubleheader to take the series, falling 8-7 to drop to 16-5 on the year.
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Albarran's Effort Wasted In Series Opening Loss
February 27, 2025The #2 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers' bats were stymied by Hillsborough pitching Thursday afternoon at Buccaneers Park in Fort Myers as FSW managed just two hits in a 5-1 loss to the Hawks to begin their three game Citrus Conference series.
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9th Inning Comeback Earns Bucs Tie
February 25, 2025Down 5-3 heading into the 9th inning, the #2 Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers scored a pair of runs to level the score against the St. Petersburg Titans Tuesday night. They wouldn't be able to complete the comeback however as a dust up at the end of the 9th forced the game to be called on the spot with the Bucs and Titans settling for the time being with a 5-5 tie in non-conference action.
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Bucs Earn Highest National Ranking in Program History
February 24, 2025Off to a 15-3 start to the 2025 season, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers have earned the highest national ranking in program history in the first NJCAA poll of the regular season as FSW checked in at #2 behind Weatherford in the week one rankings.
