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‘Canes unable to slow Caglianone and the Gators, drop final game of series 8-4

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‘Canes unable to slow Caglianone and the Gators, drop final game of series 8-4

In the rubber match game between Miami and No. 4 Florida, 2024 Preseason Two-Way Player of the Year Jac Caglianone showed why he deserved the award.

While pitching six scoreless innings, the projected top-10 draft pick stunned the fans at Mark Light Field, hitting his fourth home run of the year to clinch the series victory against the Hurricanes, 8-4.

In the top of the fifth inning, Caglianone took Herick Hernandez’s hanging off-speed pitch for a ride, clobbering it off the parking garage in right field. Caglianone’s 408-foot moonshot gave himself some insurance runs, as he also took the bump for the Gators.

On the mound, he was stellar, pitching the best game of his season. Caglianone fanned a career-high 11 UM batters, allowing just three hits and two walks in six innings of work. He also tallied three hits of his own, including his second home run of the series.

“[Caglianone] was as advertised,” Miami head coach J.D. Arteaga said. “To pitch and hit, especially in the same game, that’s tough … He has a very bright future ahead of him.”

For a vast majority of the game, the Hurricanes had no answer for Caglianone and the UF pitching staff, getting shut out and mustering just three hits.

“Through seven innings we didn’t really come out and fight,” Miami captain Dorian Gonzalez Jr. said about the team’s offensive struggles. “Caglianone made great pitches all game, we didn’t stick to our approach, and we didn’t execute our game plan today.”

In the eighth, Arteaga brought on Gonzalez in place of Lorenzo Carrier in hopes of giving the team some much-needed momentum. With the bases loaded and two away, the junior infielder gave the Hurricanes life, smacking his third grand slam of the year over the fence in left-center field, cutting the deficit to three.

UM’s hope diminished quickly, as UF infielder Colby Shelton hit his second home run of the game over the center field wall off Miami’s Nick Robert, effectively putting the game to rest.

In both games of the series, the winning team scored in the opening frame. That trend continued in the rubber match game, where the Gators struck first.

After Hernandez retired the first two batters with little effort, shortstop Antonio Jimenez misplayed what should have been a routine ground out. Jimenez’s error proved costly, as the following batter, Shelton, powered Hernandez’s fastball over the left field wall, allowing UF to jump out to an early 2-0 lead.

Despite striking out nine batters, the lefty Hernandez struggled against the sheer power of the Florida offense, surrendering four home runs. The Miami-Dade transfer finished his outing by giving up five runs on six hits in five innings of work.

Hernandez’s streak of allowing zero earned runs came to an end on Sunday as well, ending at 15 consecutive innings. In the fourth, UF infielder Ty Evans sent his third home run of the season deep into left-center field. The next batter, Tyler Shelnut, followed his teammate up with a bomb over the left-field wall.

Shelnut admired his fourth home run of the season, carrying his bat to first base, flipping it and then entering his home-run trot. To the umpires, that was too much, and Shelnut was tossed upon crossing home plate.

With the loss to the Gators, Miami has now dropped 20 of their last 28 games against their in-state rival, dating back to 2015. The Hurricanes, however, continue to lead the all-time series 131-129-1.

Miami looks to return to the win column on Wednesday, March 6, when it takes on the Stonehill Skyhawks under the lights at Mark Light Field. UM midweek starter Ben Chestnutt will toe the slab in Coral Gables. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Cuvet’s three-run homer propels Miami to a series-tying win against No. 4 Florida

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Cuvet’s three-run homer propels Miami to a series-tying win against No. 4 Florida

With runners on first and second and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Miami Hurricanes desperately needed to strengthen their lead and put the game to bed against their in-state rival, the No. 4 Florida Gators.

UM freshman sensation Daniel Cuvet did just that, smashing his sixth home run of the season directly into the batter’s eye in center field, sending the crowd at Mark Light Field into a frenzy. Cuvet’s home run was enough for the Hurricanes to tie the series against the Gators, winning 10-6.

Jason Torres wasted no time getting the scoring started for the Hurricanes. In the first inning, following a walk and single, Torres took UF pitcher Liam Peterson’s fastball 415 feet, crushing it over the fence in left-center field. The sophomore’s second home run in many games got UM to an early 3-0 lead.

Torres has had a fantastic start to his 2024 campaign. The first baseman is among the Hurricane team leaders in hits and RBIs, with 22 and 19, respectively, and is one of the ACC leaders in home runs, with seven.

In the second frame, outfielder Edgardo Villegas extended the lead to five for the ‘Canes, smashing his first home run of the season over the center field wall.

Following a slow start to the season, Villegas has found his stride in his last few games. Since the series’ final game against LIU, the lefty has been batting .500, tallying nine hits and five RBIs.

Peterson struggled to keep the ball in the park against the UM offense. Despite allowing three hits and striking out seven, the freshman gave up two long balls to Torres and Villegas, costing his team five runs in just two innings.

Junior pitcher Rafe Schlesinger gave UM another quality outing, this time against Jac Caglinone and the explosive Florida offense. The lefty struck out nine batters through 6 ⅔ innings of work and surrendered three runs on seven hits. The Long Island native was dominant through four, allowing one hit and striking out five. It wasn’t until the fifth inning that the Gators started fighting back.

In the fifth inning, Schlesinger was in a bit of trouble, with runners on first and second with two outs. Due up was UF’s Dale Thomas, who powered the junior’s fastball over the center field wall, allowing the Gators to get right back into the game at 5-3.

After Cuvet’s home run extended the Miami lead to six, the Gators kept fighting. In the eighth inning, UF’s Tyler Shelnut laced a double down the left-field wall, bringing in two runners and forcing UM to make some pitching changes.

Head coach J.D. Arteaga gave the ball to freshman reliever Nick Robert in the eighth to work around the threat from the Florida offense. After allowing a sacrifice fly, Robert worked out the jam and got the nod to finish the game.

Miami looks to win the series in the rubber match game tomorrow against the No. 4 ranked Florida Gators. UM will have Miami-Dade transfer Herrick Hernandez toeing the slab in Coral Gables, facing the 2024 Preseason Two-Way Player of the Year Jac Caglinone. First pitch will be at 1 p.m.

‘Canes unable to slow down Gators’ power, drops series opener 7-3

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‘Canes unable to slow down Gators’ power, drops series opener 7-3

The rivalry between the Gators and Hurricanes was renewed Friday night, with UF’s Jac Caglianone and UM’s Daniel Cuvet going head-to-head in Coral Gables. In a sold-out crowd at Mark Light Field, No. 4 Florida out-muscled its in-state rival Miami, hitting three home runs to power the Gators to a 7-3 victory.

Caglianone and the Gators got the better of the ‘Canes tonight, with the UF top of the order leading the way.

In the top of the seventh, UF’s Cade Kurland smoked a solo shot over the left field wall off Miami’s Myles Caba to push the score to 5-3. Then, the 2023 Golden Spikes finalist flexed his power. Facing the lefty Caba, Caglianone took his fastball the other way, blasting a moonshot over the scoreboard in left-center field.

Miami starter Gage Ziehl had to battle all night long against the light tower power of the Florida offense. UF worked the junior from the jump, forcing the right-hander to 80 pitches through four frames. Still, Ziehl worked his way through his outing, throwing nine strikeouts and allowing six hits and four runs in six innings of work.

Tacked with the loss for allowing four of out their seven runs, junior pitcher Gage Ziehl calls out the hitter to the first base umpire during the Friday night game against UF..
Tacked with the loss for allowing four of out their seven runs, junior pitcher Gage Ziehl calls out the hitter to the first base umpire during the Friday night game against UF.. Photo credit: Charisma Jones

The Gators opened up the scoring in the opening frame as UF’s Luke Heyman smoked a ground ball directly at shortstop Antonio Jimenez. Jimenez bobbled the ball, causing it to trickle into the outfield and allowing the Florida runner at second to score easily.

After missing out on several major scoring opportunities, Miami’s Jason Torres broke through for the ‘Canes in the third. With a runner on third, Torres swung on a 3-0 count and sent his team-high sixth home run over the right field wall to take Miami’s first lead of the night.

Florida, however, wasted no time to retake the lead. In the top of the fourth, Heyman smoked his second home run of the season well over the center field wall to take the lead once again at 4-3.

UF starter Cade Fisher and the rest of the Gator pitching did a great job neutralizing the Hurricanes’ bats. While only allowing three runs and seven hits, the pitching staff struck out 10 ‘Canes and found a way to slow down the explosive offense of Daniel Cuvet.

After getting a hit, assistant coach Jonathan Anderson speaks with junior Dorian Gonzalez, Jr. during the 3-7 loss against UF on Friday night.
After getting a hit, assistant coach Jonathan Anderson speaks with junior Dorian Gonzalez, Jr. during the 3-7 loss against UF on Friday night. Photo credit: Charisma Jones

Cuvet finished the night hitless, although he got plunked twice by UF’s Fisher. Cuvet wasn’t alone, as five starters, including Cuvet, went hitless against the tough pitching from the Gators.

While leaving eight runners on base, Miami missed out on some key opportunities on offense. In the bottom of the fifth, down two, UM had the bases loaded with two outs for Dorian Gonzalez Jr. The captain walked on four pitches, cutting the deficit in half with Lucas Costello due up. On a 2-2 count, the Wake Forest transfer looked at a strike-three call, allowing UF to hold on to a one-run lead.

From that point on, the Gators never looked back, retiring 10 consecutive ‘Canes and adding on some needed insurance runs to put the game to rest.

Miami looks to bounce back tomorrow afternoon against the Gators. Junior lefty Rafe Schlesinger will take the bump for the ‘Canes, facing UF freshman Liam Peterson. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

‘Canes baseball faces toughest series test this season against No. 4 Florida

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‘Canes baseball faces toughest series test this season against No. 4 Florida

After a grueling midweek loss to Florida Gulf Coast, Miami (5-3) gets no easy bounce back as they host the No. 4 ranked Florida Gators (6-2) in its annual marquee out-of-conference series with the SEC rival.

While UM has not had its perfect start to the season, do not let the No. 4 ranking fool you because neither has UF. Florida, like Miami, also lost a midweek game this week as the Gators fell to Stetson on Tuesday by a final of 4-7. UF also lost its season opener to St. John’s in a season far from ideal for a team that lost its best hitter in Wyatt Langford and pitchers (Hurston Waldrep and Brandon Sproat) to the draft.

Last year in this series, the Gators took two out of three from the Hurricanes in Gainesville behind a dominant offensive performance, scoring 30 runs. Its offense is led by star players Langford and Jac Caglianone, who combined to put up ten hits, 11 RBI, and five home runs in just three games.

Luckily for UM, Langford is gone to the pros after being selected fourth to the Texas Rangers in the 2023 MLB draft. However, the preseason 2024 Two-Way Player of the Year and 2023 Golden Spikes Award finalist, Caglianone, is back.

Keeping Caglianone quiet will be essential for Hurricanes pitchers as he is by far the Gator’s best hitter and, as mentioned earlier, has had plenty of success against Miami pitching.

The Hurricanes should have an advantage in this series from the starting pitching. The void left by Waldrep and Sproat’s departure in the first and second rounds of the MLB has left a considerable gap to fill in the weekend rotation.

Up to this point, Miami starter Gage Ziehl has yet to look his best on the mound, getting struck in both stars his second and third times through the order. UM will need him to succeed deep into game one to set the tone for the whole series, especially since the new Friday night starter for the Gators, Cade Fisher, has struggled up to this point with a nine ERA in two starts.

Where starting pitching has looked great for Miami has been on Saturday and Sunday, even with a new guy in each role. RafeSchelssinger and Herick Hernandez have been nothing short of dominant up to this point in the season, as they have only given up one run through a combined 23 innings pitched.

If Schlessinger and Hernandez stay dominant in their most challenging tests as starters, the ‘Canes will have considerable advantages in those games. Schlessinger will likely battle freshman Liam Peterson, who is off to a hot start with no runs allowed through his first seven collegiate innings pitched. Hernandez will likely dual flamethrower Jac Caglianone, who, despite his heat, struggled in his only start this year, giving up three runs in three innings.

On the offensive side, the ‘Canes must step it up to the next level at the plate. Too often, the offense has gone through lengthy scoring droughts, and the pitching it will see this weekend will easily be the best it has seen all year.

Miami infielders Daniel Cuvet and Jason Torres will look to continue to lead the offense. At the same time, guys who have had previous success but are off to slow starts, like Blake Cyr and Lucas Costello, must produce to be successful against the Gators.

The game times for this weekend are 7 p.m., 3 p.m., and 1 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, respectively. Gage Ziehl will have the rock on Friday night in a green-out game at Mark Light Field as the Hurricanes look to take the pivotal match one of this three-game set.

“Jewish Matchmaking” star Aleeza Ben Shalom is coming to Miami

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“Jewish Matchmaking” star Aleeza Ben Shalom is coming to Miami
Photo credit: Courtesy of Aleeza Ben Shalom & Netflix

Aleeza Ben Shalom, known as the Jewish Matchmaker, is coming to Miami to host an interactive event at The Hub at Temple Beth Am on March 6. Here, she will share expert dating advice during a Q&A and conduct a live matchmaking session.

Ben Shalom is known for the Netflix show “Jewish Matchmaking,” which follows singles in the U.S. and Israel as they put their dating lives in her hands. The participants take a chance at what is known in the Jewish world as shidduchim, a matchmaking system where Jewish singles are introduced to one another.

The show’s popularity has sparked an interest in viewers who want to learn more about Ben Shalom and the anomaly of the traditional Jewish dating practice.

Tickets for her Miami show range from $44 – $185, but interested UM students can use coupon code UMHillel at checkout to get a discounted $25 ticket. Parking at the venue is free of charge.

The Miami Hurricane spoke with Ben Shalom about her career as a matchmaker, her experience on Netflix and her upcoming Miami show.

How did you get started in matchmaking?

“Nobody that I know of dreams of one day [becoming] a matchmaker. It’s not a career path or choice that most people actually choose. I think that having a healthy, wonderful family life and seeing parents who built a healthy relationship together was something that just seemed very normal to me.

And then when I realized, it’s not always so normal — we’re not always able to get that or have that. I was always a go-between between people. I was the peacemaker. I was the connector.”

Why matchmaking?

“A professional matchmaker is similar to hiring a fitness coach if you want to get in shape, or hiring a chef if you want to have consistent regular excellent meals in your home.

We might not be an expert in every single area of our life, especially in the area of our love lives. So hiring a matchmaker is to me a really good decision if you’re struggling with the process and if you want professional and outside guidance and support.”

How do you balance the entertainment aspect of TV with the seriousness that’s required for matchmaking?

“It’s not my specialty. I’m really good at being me. That is the thing that I can be the most. And I think that my goal was just to show up authentically. I wasn’t trying to do anything other than to show up how I normally show up when I’m with clients.”

What are you looking forward to at your Miami show?

“I am so excited. I love Florida. I love Miami. And I especially love when we have students when we have both a younger and an older crowd married and singles. The audience is always the best, we always had the most energy and the most fun and the most laughs.”

What are your anticipated outcomes or objectives for the event?

“I would say inspiration, humor, play and fun — and also making matches. So the way that the program works is it’s usually three parts. I do kind of like a monologue. Imagine stand-up comedy mixed with matchmaking and Netflix and Aleeza — that’s, that’s the first part of the show.

Then I do Q&A. So somebody interviews me and the audience asks questions, and they learn all about whatever you want to know.

And then the third part is actually live matchmaking. So we bring two guys and two girls up to the stage. We grill them and interview them. I train the audience how to be a matchmaker.

And before we leave, I tell the audience like you’re my new matchmaker recruiters, you’re gonna find the match, not me. It’s not my job, it’s yours.”

What can people planning to attend look forward to?

“I would say they should look forward to this being interactive. This is not like a program and a show that you come and you sit and you watch. This is something that engages you.”

What relationship advice do you have for single and dating college students?

“Do not leave school until you find your person. It is a million times easier to find them now than to try to find them later in the workforce at a random bar at random events.

You are in a little bubble that is beautiful. It is a gorgeous time in your life to find somebody who is motivated, has similar aspirations and is in a tremendous growth stage. Once you leave, you’re in the real world, outside of the beauty of what exists on a college campus.”

Any final words to leave our readers with?

“I usually give a blessing at the end of all of my interviews. May those of you who are searching for your person, may you find them this year. May those of you who are married and have your person, may you stay married.

And may those of you who have children have more children, and those of you who are done having children, may you have grandchildren.”

UM News Brief: Arab Students Union fundraiser, student loans and lunar landing

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UM News Brief: Arab Students Union fundraiser, student loans and lunar landing

By Valentina Ochoa

THIS WEEK AT THE U

Arab Students Union hosts fundraiser for children in Gaza

Throughout the week of Feb. 18, the Arab Student Union hosted a fundraiser on campus, with 100% of the proceeds going towards the Palestine Children Relief Fund.

PCRF is a non-political humanitarian organization dedicated to helping injured and sick children in Palestine and the Middle East, giving them access to adequate healthcare.

One example of the medical attention provided is the Pediatric Cardiac Program where volunteer doctors and nurses operate on children born with heart defects.

Throughout the week, they sold watermelon-themed items such as watermelon candy, snacks, stickers and cupcakes. At their first tabling event, they raised over $500 in two hours.

Watermelons are being used as a symbol for the Palestinian people because the colors mirror the ones on their flag.

ASU will be tabling on Wednesday, Feb. 28, where they will be selling handmade items donated by their members and will be holding a vigil on Tuesday, Feb. 27.

For more information, follow ASU on Instagram @umiamiabsu

IN CASE U MISSED IT

Biden administration continues to crack down on student loans

This Wednesday, Feb. 28, participating students will receive an email announcing the cancellation of their remaining student loan debt– In total, this will cost $1.2 billion.

There are 153,000 student loan borrowers that are enrolled in the new repayment plan created by the Biden administration.

The qualifications for entering the program were if you borrowed less than $12,000 and have made payments for 10 years.

Since the start of his term as president, the Biden administration has canceled $138 billion of federal student loan debt for almost 3.9 million borrowers.

The SAVE debt relief program was supposed to begin at the end of July but the Biden administration stated that it would start ahead of schedule this February.

Space company Intuitive Machine achieves moon landing with IM-1 lander

On Friday, Feb. 23, the company Intuitive Machine was able to land its IM-1 lander, Odysseus, on the lunar surface.

Odysseus is the first commercial spacecraft to soft-land on the moon and the first vehicle made in the United States to land on the lunar surface since the Apollo spacecrafts 51 years ago.

According to the space agency, Odysseus will focus on demonstrating communication, navigation and precision landing technologies and space weather and lunar surface interaction affecting radio astronomy.

Additionally, the students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, created a camera that is now being used on Odysseus. The university confirmed that the camera arrived in one piece.

FGCU tallies 18 hits, takes 12-inning thriller from Miami, 12-10

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FGCU tallies 18 hits, takes 12-inning thriller from Miami, 12-10

After a back-and-forth game with both offenses firing on all cylinders, a four-run 12th inning by Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) fittingly capped off a rough night for Miami on the mound. The four-hour and fifteen-minute thriller saw the Eagles come out on top by a score of 12-10 over the Hurricanes on Wednesday night at Mark Light Field.

Despite the loss, UM did provide FGCU with a scare in the bottom half of the 12th. The ’Canes logged two walks, two hits and two runs and even threatened to steal the game as it had multiple at-bats with the winning run at the plate. In a pinch-hit at-bat, freshman Jake Kulikowski flew out to right field to end the game, leaving the bases loaded down two runs.

“We fought to the end,” sophomore first baseman Jason Torres said. “That was maybe the only good part about it.”

While the hitting for the ’Canes was up to par, the pitching had an abysmal performance on the mound. As a pitching staff, UM gave up 11 earned runs, 18 hits, four walks and six hit batters.

Freshman infielder Antonio Jimenez looks to the bench after Redshirt Junior Jacob Lojewski steals a base for FGCU at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Freshman infielder Antonio Jimenez looks to the bench after Redshirt Junior Jacob Lojewski steals a base for FGCU at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo credit: Jason Hill

The problems began with starter Ben Chestnutt. Out of the gates, it was apparent Chestnutt did not have his best stuff, and by the third batter of the game, the score was already 2-0. Former Hurricane Ian Farrow laced a single into left field, followed immediately by a Robert Moya homer to kickstart the Eagles’ offense.

Chestnutt appeared to be back on track with scoreless second and third innings, but that was not the case. After giving up a hit-by-pitch and a single to begin the fourth, Eagles designated hitter Jacob Lojewski singled between short and third, driving in two more.

The next big disaster inning did not occur until later in the eighth. In this inning, Brandon Olivera gave up three earned runs, two hits and a hit batter without recording an out, quickly erasing the two-run lead UM had at the time.

“We had some opportunities to win the game earlier,” head coach J.D. Arteaga said. “One of the cardinal sins in baseball, especially pitching, is two-out walks and it came back to bite us and we just can’t do those things.

To cap off the poor night on the mound was the brutal 12th inning. It was an inning that was not that bad pitching-wise but was mainly a problem due to poor defense.

Senior catcher Carlos Perez recieves a pitch against FGCU at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024.
Senior catcher Carlos Perez recieves a pitch against FGCU at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Photo credit: Jason Hill

One run would have come across to score regardless, but with two outs, FGCU hit a ball down the third base line that was fielded cleanly by freshman Daniel Cuvet. Cuvet airmailed the throw that likely would have beat the runner to the bag and ended the inning with only one run across. Instead, another run scored on that throwing error and was immediately followed by a two-RBI single.

Even with all the struggles on defense, the Hurricanes’ offense remained calm and stayed aggressive, putting runs on the board when it needed to. Right after Olivera’s disastrous eighth inning, Torres continued his hot start to the season and deposited a solo shot just over the 330-foot sign in the right-field corner to tie the game down the stretch at 8-8.

Torres and Cuvet had outstanding nights at the plate, each getting three hits, keeping both of their averages above .500 on the young season. Junior Dorian Gonzalez Jr. also had a strong night offensively, as he logged two hits of his own.

Miami will look to get back on track with its first big test of the season coming against No. 4 Florida this weekend. The first game is a green-out, with the first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday night at Mark Light Field.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon faces hazing allegations after video surfaces

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon faces hazing allegations after video surfaces

By: Ashley Sewall, Jenny Jacoby and Lauren Ferrer

This is a developing story.

A newly-leaked video appears to show Sigma Alpha Epsilon members engaged in an act of hazing in their fraternity house backyard in the middle of the day.

In the video, one member of the fraternity steps into a trash can and crouches down while three others stand around him downing large amounts of milk. They then spit or vomit the milk onto the student in the trash can, leaving milk and what appears to be vomit running down his back.

The four students, likely pledges, are surrounded by several onlookers, believed to also be members of the fraternity. They watch, take pictures and laugh at the hazing activity.

The video was taken from the neighboring Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, determined based on the angle of the video and reports from students.

“Oh no not him going in the f—ing thing. That’s nasty. Are they going to f—ing yak on him?” the person taking the video said. This person has not been identified.

The video has been widely disseminated among students. The Hurricane has chosen to not publish the full video at this time, but a clip of the beginning can be seen on social media. The video has also reached the University of Miami administration.

“The Dean of Students Office is aware of the incident. We take these situations seriously and are looking into the matter,” the University said in a statement to The Hurricane.

The actions in this video could be categorized as a felony or misdemeanor violation under the Florida anti-hazing law, known as the Chad Meredith Act. This law considers hazing as “any action or situation that recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student.”

The act was signed into law in 2005, following the death of Chad Meredith, a University of Miami student, who drowned in Lake Osceola after several hours of drinking with two Kappa Sigma officers. He had a blood alcohol level of 0.13 at the time.

The alleged SAE hazing incident follows the closure of the UM Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter in 2022. The closure occurred after a video was leaked showing members of the fraternity chanting about raping and murdering women and alleged drugging.

The president and vice president of SAE were contacted for comment and have not yet responded.

This is a developing story. If you have any information please contact editor@themiamihurricane.com or fill out the news-tip form at this link.

A sonic journey through present and past: Legendary Montreux Jazz Festival expands to Miami

Andrew McCleskey
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A sonic journey through present and past: Legendary Montreux Jazz Festival expands to Miami
Jon Batiste sings with Lia de Itamaracá in Brazil, 2023.
Jon Batiste sings with Lia de Itamaracá in Brazil, 2023. Photo credit: GympROut, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

From March 1-3, the legendary Montreux Jazz Festival will come to Miami for the first time in the festival’s nearly 60-year history.

This new addition to Miami’s vast and growing music festival scene will be hosted at the waterfront Hangar at Regatta Harbour in the picturesque Coconut Grove, located at 3385 Pan American Dr.

See performances from Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Jon Batiste and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Daryl Hall, best known for his chart-topping 1982 single “Maneater,” alongside other appearances from Israel Houghton and Daniela Mercury.

The inaugural Montreux Jazz Festival Miami experience will take ‘Canes on a sonic journey across various genres of the present and past — including but not limited to jazz, samba, soul and rock.

Friday and Saturday performances begin at 6 p.m., while Sunday performances will start at 5 p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. on Friday/Saturday and 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Each night, the festival will also feature an intimate jam session after the last performances where musicians come together to perform free-flowing, improvised arrangements for festival-goers. The jam session will begin at 11 p.m. on Friday and at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets for the festival range from $199 for one-day general admission to $719 for one-day VIP access. The VIP packages include expedited entry, access to an exclusive lounge and specialty bars and other surprises to be revealed throughout the three-day gathering.

Availability for tickets is limited and dwindling. The festival has already sold-out the three-day access pass option, and the intimate venue holds a maximum capacity of 1,500 guests. With the recent announcement of a second performance from Batiste on Saturday in addition to his Friday appearance, tickets continue to be in high demand.

This year’s Miami expansion does not mark the first time the Montreux Jazz Festival has ventured beyond its humble beginnings in the Swiss countryside. The festival has previously expanded to other countries such as Monaco, Brazil, Singapore and Japan.

In an interview with the Miami New Times, co-chair of the inaugural Montreux Jazz Festival Miami and Miami native Jeremy Arditi said bringing the festival to the city was a “natural fit.”

“The other important part of what makes Montreux so magical is the setting. It takes place on the lakefront,” Arditi told the Miami New Times. “So being close to the water was kind of non-negotiable for us. We wanted to find a place that was close to water in a city that was synonymous with its waterfront.”

The inaugural Miami version of the festival pales in comparison to the scale of the original Montreux Jazz Festival, the second-largest annual jazz festival in the world after the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Welcoming around 250,000 visitors over a two-week period, the original festival has welcomed a plethora of legends to its stage, including Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Prince and Santana.

Arditi told the Miami New Times event organizers wanted to hold the Miami version on a smaller scale to recreate the intimacy of the original and ensure that the festival could grow in future years in light of the inaugural year’s success.

For all the ‘Canes out there who are looking for a musical festival experience this March away from the EDM-heavy Ultra Music Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival Miami may be a perfect fit.

Tickets for the Montreux Jazz Festival Miami can be purchased via the festival’s website, https://www.montreuxjazzfestivalmiami.com/en/.

Miami swim and dive finishes in 11th in ACC championships

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Miami swim and dive finishes in 11th in ACC championships

The UM swim and dive team came away with three medals and a program record at its last event of the season last week.

Both the women’s swimming and the men’s diving placed 11th overall, holding their own against the ACC competitors without their women’s diving counterparts. After the final day of competition, the Virginia women and the North Carolina State men came away as the champions.

For UM, there were some A and B final competitors in the swimming, and the divers were able to continue to show their dominance with three medals overall after Max Flory swept the three diving events in 2023.

Standout performances from diving included redshirt senior Brodie Scapens and junior Mohamed Farouk collectively receiving all the medals for UM at this championship. Scapens, with a score of 395.00 in the 1-meter springboard, collected his first ever ACC medal at the last competition of his college career.

Scapens also competed in the 3-meter springboard event, after which he described his gold medal dive as a “confidence boost” but could not follow it up in the following event. His teammate Farouk took the bronze in the 3-meter springboard as well as the silver in the men’s platform. Farouk is a standout and one to watch going forward, as he represents his country, Egypt, in the upcoming Paris Olympics later this year.

Notable performances from the swim team include strong relays with school records broken and personal triumphs breaking records as well. An exciting school best time of 3:15.45 was set by Talia Bates, Giulia Carvalho, Jane Fitzgerald and Savannah Barr in their 400-yard freestyle relay.

Alongside the 800-yard freestyle relay composed of Bates, Barr, Fitzgerald and Adrianna Cera, another school standard was set with a time of 7:04.79.

Bates also broke her own record time in the 200-yard freestyle. Carvalho made it to the A final in the 100-yard butterfly and came in seventh place. Bates and Cera both delivered strong performances in the B final of the 200-yard freestyle. It should be noted that the swimmers competed without the points of the women’s diving team contributing to their overall points.

Miami sets records in the ACC indoor track and field championships

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Miami sets records in the ACC indoor track and field championships

In the second biggest meet of the season, and with the lights of the ACC focused on them, the University of Miami indoor track and field team’s stars shone brightly. Through ACC championship weekend, many Hurricanes reached new heights, set new records, and took home individual glory.

Starting with the record breakers, quite a few broke into Miami’s top five, but two sophomores found themselves taking gold and making history. Kennedy Sauder took first in the high jump and reached 2.21 meters, jumping from second to first in the record books. Edgar Campre, in the heptathlon, broke his record by 125 points with a score of 5903, 159 more than anyone else in the competition. Campre, on his way to gold, dominated the competition, placing first in five of the seven events.

A team of women Hurricanes also took home gold over the weekend. The 400-meter relay team of grad student Makenzy Webster-Pierre, seniors Kennedy Brace and Moriah Oliveira, and sophomore Gabriella Grissom captured first in the event with a time of 3:32.83.

Over the weekend, several others etched their names into various Miami top fives. In the 200-meter race, two upperclassmen – senior Jalen Gordon (21:57) and the aforementioned Webster-Pierre (23:41) – set new personal bests and shot into the top five. Webster-Pierre did it in the finals of the 200m, where she came in fourth place.

Her teammate in the 400-meter relay, Gabriella Grissom, made her own history, setting a new personal best at 2:04.74 and improving on her already second-place time in the 800-meter.

In the 400-meter race, freshman Ace Malone set a new personal best in the finals of 47.35 and improved on his fifth-place time. He was accompanied by senior Solomon Strader, who took fourth in the finals with a time of 47.06. Malone wasn’t the only freshman to accomplish this, as Ashton Torns found his way into the top five with a time of 6.75 in the 60-meter.

Though maybe not making the top five, several others claimed new personal bests. Grad student Taylor Wright accomplished this as she took home bronze in the women’s high jump, her height 1.8 meters, tying her best that ranks third all-time for Miami. Grad student Christina Warren did it twice in the 60-meter hurdles, getting 8:40 to qualify for the finals and then in the finals clocking in at 8:37, good for fourth place. In prelims for the 400 meter, Kennedy Brace set a new personal best at 54.11. Lastly, senior Oskars Bambals in the 800-meter finals set a new season best at 1:47.89, just a tenth of a second behind the personal best he set last year.

The busy weekend’s final results might have been lukewarm, just sixth place for both the men and the women, but the championships brought out the best in so many of the ‘Canes. It is encouraging as the season transitions into the outdoors.

​The indoor season is ongoing, with the national championships in Boston just two weeks away.

Miami baseball wins second series of young season against LIU

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Miami baseball wins second series of young season against LIU

Miami baseball completed a weekend series win against the Long Island University Sharks. Miami won the series 2-1, with a lone loss coming on Saturday afternoon. The series win positively kicks off the Miami season as the team moves to 5-2 overall. However, their performances taught us a lot about Hurricanes baseball. Here’s what I took away from this weekend’s Miami baseball series.

‘Canes have a clutch gene

This Miami team is fun and habitually delivers in the clutch. Even from their opening game, it was evident. Miami started the season with a walk-off, and in their game against the Sharks on Friday night at the Light, the ‘Canes bats came alive once again. With seven runs in the eighth inning, Miami was able to blow past LIU en route to an opening series win.

“It was very similar to last Friday night,” said Miami head coach J.D. Arteaga after that Friday night game. “There was no panic in the dugout. We had some chances to score in the seventh, but we were able to break it open in the eighth.”

Freshman Daniel Cuvet continues his stellar start to the season

To say freshman third baseman Daniel Cuvet has impressed for the Hurricanes is an understatement. If the handful of games he played earlier did not alert the masses, this past weekend’s slate did just that.

Cuvet homered in all three games and tallied seven RBIs. That brings his season total to five home runs and 14 RBIs, leading the team in both statistics. Cuvet also leads the team with a ridiculous .630 average, a 2.067 OPS, a 1.370 slugging percentage, and a .697 on-base percentage.

The up-and-coming Cuvet fills the void left by Yohandy Morales at third base.


Starting pitchers can carry this team far

The team has gone with the starting rotation of Gage Ziehl, Rafe Schlesinger, and Herick Hernandez for the past two weekends with excellent results. While Ziehl had a rocky first start, he rebounded in a big way on Friday night.

Ziehl threw seven innings while only letting up five hits and three runs. He was an excellent response to his troubles at first. Then, moving on to Saturday, Schlesinger navigated through six hits and six innings while only allowing a single unearned run. It was an impressive performance for a guy making his second career start.

Finally, in Sunday’s game, Miami-Dade College transfer Hernandez got the nod to take the rubber match. He lived up to his nickname of Mr. Hialeah Fire after throwing for six innings, only allowing a single unearned run on five hits. The junior got his second win of the season and looks to be Miami’s most reliable starting arm.

This Miami team lost almost all of its bullpen from last year. If the starters can keep up this great work during the weekend series, this team could go farther than many predicted.

All stats and data provided by ESPN and Miami Baseball unless otherwise noted.

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