FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Campbell University Baseball team was swept in doubleheader action by Florida Gulf Coast on Friday. After the two losses to the Eagles, the Camels now sit 8-3 overall and drop to 1-3 in league play. FGCU improves to 7-5 overall and 2-0 in the Atlantic Sun.

The Camels dropped game one of the doubleheader to the Eagles by a score of 14-10. Ryan Hamme got the start on the hill for the Camels. The senior from Wilmington, N.C. pitched just four innings allowing nine hits while seven Eagles came around to score.

Campbell fell behind 4-0 after two innings, but the Camels cut the lead in half thanks to Ryan Hamme's two-run home run in the third inning. The home run was Hamme's first of the season.

The Camels would find themselves in an 8-2 hole after four complete innings. The Camels would post four runs between the sixth and seventh innings, and the scoring would go back and forth the remainder of the game.

Campbell would trail eight to six heading to the bottom of the seventh. The Eagles would answer the Campbell rally with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to extend the lead to 11-6. The Camels would put pressure on the Eagles again in the top of the eighth inning after scoring three runs and cutting the lead to 11-9.

The Eagles would again thwart a possible Campbell comeback by scoring three in their half of the eighth to extend the lead again to five runs. Campbell would get just one run across in the ninth, losing game one 14-10.

The Camels were paced at the plate by Ryan Hamme, Ellis Lowe, and Zach Johnson. Hamme and Johnson (Smithfield, N.C.) both finished game one 2-of-4; Hamme drove in three runs while Johnson scored three runs. Lowe (San Diego, Calif.) finished game one batting 3-of-5 and he scored two of Campbell's 10 runs.

Ryan Hamme was credited with the loss and now owns a season record of 1-1. Hunter Ford (Wilmington, N.C.), Jeff Hoffman (Ramsey, N.J.), and Parker Fleming (Lexington, S.C.) saw action on the hill for Campbell in game one. The trio combined to pitch four complete innings, giving up six hits while seven Eagles came around to score.

FGCU was led at the plate by designated hitter Zach Maxfield. The sophomore finished game one batting 5-of-5, with eight RBI. Eagles' pitcher Derek Shaw was credited with the win after pitching six innings, giving up eight hits while five Camels came in to score.

Game two saw the Camels take a 6-2 lead after four and a half innings. The lead would not hold however as FGCU would score 14 runs over the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth innings. Campbell could manage just two runs in the same time frame, as the Eagles took game two 16-8.

Campbell hurler Josh Fish, a senior from Bellingham, Wash., got the start on the hill for the Camels. Fish pitched four solid innings giving up just three hits while four Eagles came around to score. Fish would be replaced by Jonathon Lopez (Vineland, N.J). Lopez pitched one complete inning allowing five hits and four earned runs. The four earned runs allowed FGCU to take the lead for good, and Lopez would be credited with the loss. The loss drops Lopez's season record to 1-1.

Logan Davis (Ft. Cobb, Okla.) and Colin Parker (Princeton, N.C.) would also see action on the hill for Campbell. The pair would give up 11 hits and eight earned runs over two combined innings of work.

Ellis Lowe, Ryan Hamme, and Zach Johnson paced the Camels at the plate. Lowe and Hamme combined for four hits and three runs for Campbell. Johnson finished batting 4-of-5 with a RBI and three runs scored. Graham Fronk also found success at the plate, the Charlotte, N.C. native, finished 2-of-5 with two RBI.

Craig Crumbly would be credited with the win after pitching 3.2 innings, while allowing just two hits. Campbell could not manage to score during Crumbly's stint on the mound.

Zach Maxfield led the Eagles in game two. Maxfield finished game two batting 4-of-4, with four runs scored. Maxfield finished Friday batting 9-for-9, with eight RBI and seven runs scored.

Campbell and Florida Gulf Coast will square off in the series finale tomorrow afternoon. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.