CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Garrett Wittels extended his hitting streak to 56 games Saturday, but Florida International was eliminated by Dartmouth with a 15-9 loss in the NCAA Coral Gables regional.
Dartmouth next faces the loser of the game between Texas A&M and Miami.
Wittels hit an RBI double in the top of the first inning, leaving him two games shy of the Division I record set by Oklahoma State's Robin Ventura in 1987. Wittels' attempt to break the mark will resume next season.
He went 3 for 5 and finished the season with a .417 average and a school-record 100 hits.
Jason Brooks hit a tie-breaking grand slam in the sixth inning to put Dartmouth ahead 12-8.
Cole Sulser (8-0) picked up the win in relief, allowing two runs in five innings. Nick Polizanno (4-5) took the loss.
Zack Bellenger hit two homers for Dartmouth (27-18).
Yoandy Barroso and Tim Jobe homered for FIU (36-25).
Top Division I Hitting Streaks
Streak Player
58 Robin Ventura, 1987
56* Garrett Wittels, 2010
47 Phil Stephenson, 1981
45 Roger Schmuck, 1971
42 Chuck Abbott, 1996
* -- active
Dartmouth next faces the loser of the game between Texas A&M and Miami.
Wittels hit an RBI double in the top of the first inning, leaving him two games shy of the Division I record set by Oklahoma State's Robin Ventura in 1987. Wittels' attempt to break the mark will resume next season.
He went 3 for 5 and finished the season with a .417 average and a school-record 100 hits.
Jason Brooks hit a tie-breaking grand slam in the sixth inning to put Dartmouth ahead 12-8.
Cole Sulser (8-0) picked up the win in relief, allowing two runs in five innings. Nick Polizanno (4-5) took the loss.
Zack Bellenger hit two homers for Dartmouth (27-18).
Yoandy Barroso and Tim Jobe homered for FIU (36-25).
Top Division I Hitting Streaks
Streak Player
58 Robin Ventura, 1987
56* Garrett Wittels, 2010
47 Phil Stephenson, 1981
45 Roger Schmuck, 1971
42 Chuck Abbott, 1996
* -- active
