Connor Bagnieski

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• July 09, 2020

The 2020 version of the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team was undoubtedly known for their ‘Cardiac Kids’ moniker, rarely failing to keep fans on the edge of their seats until the final out of the 9th inning…. Or beyond.  Our #7 moment on our countdown of the Top 10 FSW Athletics moments of 2019-20 shows just that, as the Bucs rallied from three down in the 9th to force extra innings and eventually walk off national power San Jacinto with a victory.

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• June 04, 2020

Today, we begin the first of a four part series, looking at the Teams of the Decade for the four Florida SouthWestern State programs respawned in 2016.  Our first subject, the Buccaneers Baseball team. While the decade of the 2010s only included four seasons for the FSW Baseball team, there were plenty of highlights for the Bucs, including  Suncoast Conference Championship and their first trip to the FCSAA State Tournament to close it out.

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• May 16, 2020

There will be two Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers playing in Radford, Virginia next season after righthander Ty Burton signed to join Bucs teammate Connor Bagnieski with the Highlanders of Radford University for the 2020-2021 season on Friday.  

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• May 13, 2020

After a short stay in Fort Myers, Florida SouthWestern's Cameran Brantley is headed back to the NCAA Division I level, signing with North Carolina A&T on Tuesday to play his final three seasons in Greensboro with the Aggies.  

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• April 10, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team was one day away from reaching the midpoint of their 2020 season when it was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite the shortened campaign, the Bucs put together plenty of highlight worthy moments, ultimately finishing the year at 16-11.

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• March 16, 2020

In the midst of a big sophomore season, Florida SouthWestern State slugger Tommy Joseph has signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his playing and academic career at Jacksonville University next season.

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• February 29, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team is going to hope that there were a few more February 29ths than there actually are, as the Bucs snapped out of a mini slump Saturday afternoon on Leap Day with a dominating 12-1 run rule victory over the #18 Miami Dade Sharks to send themselves into Suncoast Conference action on Monday on a high note.

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• February 28, 2020

There was lots of scoring early and then nothing for the final six innings Friday afternoon as the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers took on the #18 Miami Dade Sharks in the second game of their three game split site series.  Unfortunately for the Bucs, a four run 3rd inning for the Sharks was too much to overcome as Miami Dade clinched the series win with a 5-2 victory.  The same two teams will wrap up the series Saturday at 1 in Fort Myers. 

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• February 27, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers got out to a good start Thursday night at City of Palms Park, but had a meltdown in the middle innings, allowing seven runs in the 5th and 6th frames to fall 9-5 in the first of a three game series with the #18 Miami Dade Sharks. 

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• February 24, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team put together a wild turnaround Monday night at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, going from 6-2 down to winning 16-6 two innings later, improving to 12-6 on the year with the run rule victory in eight innings against ASA Miami. 

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• February 19, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team broke out the bats on Wendesday night at City of Palms Park, ripping 15 hits in a 13-5 win over ASA-Miami. 

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• February 16, 2020

The script flipped for the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team on Sunday as instead of coming from behind themselves, Miami Dade came back on them, using three 8th inning FSW errors to score three runs in a 6-4 to drop the Bucs to 9-6 on the year.  

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• February 15, 2020

The comeback kids did it again on Saturday, as the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team came from three runs down in the final two innings to defeat St. Johns River 8-6 to improve to 9-5 on the year.  

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• February 14, 2020

The Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers Baseball team wrapped up day one at the Capital City Bank Classic 1-1 on Friday, falling to #7 Northwest Florida State 3-0 in their opener before defeating Gulf Coast State 12-5 in the night cap of their split doubleheader.  

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• February 12, 2020

One week ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team needed extra innings to knock off the Broward Seahawks at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers.  Wednesday, that would not be the same story as five Buccaneer pitchers held the Seahawks to just three hits and the FSW offense put up 10 runs over the final four innings of the contest as the Bucs hammered Broward on their home field 11-1. 

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• February 07, 2020

For the second time in three days, the #20 Florida SouthWestern State Baseball team got a walk-off victory Friday night.  That in itself is not overly unusual, but add in the fact that it was the same winning score (6-5), they were both in extra innings, and the same hitter, Noah Heisler, was responsible for both of the game winning hits, and it makes for a feat that even the history rich game of baseball has rarely seen.  The 6-5 win for the Bucs over #3 Walters State marks the second straight season that FSW has knocked off a top five Senators team in Marianna. 

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• January 07, 2020

The baseball pipeline from Southwest Florida to Western Pennsylvania will continue next year as Florida SouthWestern righthander Marc Davis has signed to continue his academic and playing career at the University of Pittsburgh next season, making it the second straight year a Buc baseball player has signed with the Panthers. 

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• November 21, 2019

After sending 11 players onto the NCAA Division I level a season ago, the Florida SouthWestern State Buccaneers got their 2019-2020 class of to a good start this week with Mason Adams signing at Jacksonville University, Connor Bagnieski inking with Radford, and Warnner Rincones making it official at Eckerd College.