New University of Miami baseball head coach Gino DiMare wanted to start strong.
He got perfection.
The Miami Hurricanes ushered in the DiMare era with their first opening-series sweep since 2016, defeating Rutgers 9-3 on Sunday at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field.
With Baseball America’s preseason No. 4 Florida (3-0 this season and 49-21 in 2018) on tap in Gainesville next weekend and FAU (3-0 43-19-1) at Mark Light on Wednesday, the Canes’ challenge will only get greater.
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Right-handed redshirt junior Brian Van Belle, a Broward College transfer who played at Southwest Ranches Archbishop McCarthy, kept Rutgers scoreless for his first Division I victory in his Hurricanes debut.