Owls Top Jacksonville in 11 Innings

Sunday, April 23

Jacksonville, Fla.

6:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

Jacksonville

4/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | Softball

April 23, 2006

Final Stats

JACKSONVILLE, FL - Seniors Jessica Sachs (Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.) and Danielle Arriaga (Miami, Fla.) had key runs and RBIs during vital portions of the game as the Florida Atlantic University softball team staged a drama-filled win 7-6 over Jacksonville on Sunday evening at JU Softball Complex.

Sachs delivered the game-winning hit in the top of the 11th inning after having scored one of two Owl runs in the seventh. Arriaga helped Florida Atlantic force extra innings by scoring the first of three FAU runs in the sixth and driving in junior Jenna Lopez (Orangeburg, N.Y.) with FAU's second run in the seventh.

Freshman Amy Bukovich (Boca Raton, Fla.) scored the decisive run in the 11th and had a suicide squeeze in the second to score classmate Kala Guy (Hollywood, Fla.) with the game's first run. A groundout by junior Shauna Corso (Seal Beach, Calif.) brought Sachs home in the seventh.

Florida Atlantic trailed 4-1 entering the sixth inning but scored five runs total in the final two innings of regulation to take a 6-4 advantage heading into the bottom of the seventh. Arriaga jumpstarted a two-out rally with a double in the sixth, when Mandie Fishback (Banks, Ore.) and Guy recorded one RBI and one run each.

Lindsey Freitag did most of the damage for Jacksonville, delivering a bases-clearing triple in a four-run third and adding the game-tying RBIs in the two-run seventh. She finished the game four-of-five with five RBIs.

Seven different Owls had RBIs in the game. Arriaga and Guy each had three hits in the game, while freshman Becky Brandies (Madison, Fla.) finished with two hits.

Guy scored twice, with five other Owls also crossing home plate. Florida Atlantic totaled 13 hits against three Dolphins pitchers, with Katie Buell (2-3) taking the loss in 3 1/3 innings of relief.

Junior Tara Grady (Prescott, Ariz.) moved to 2-0 with the win, giving up two hits in four innings. Classmate Jen Musillo (Tequesta, Fla.) got her first save of the season.

Game Two: Florida Atlantic 4, Jacksonville 0

Final Stats

Florida Atlantic scored three runs in the second and added one more in the sixth. Sachs had two hits and two RBIs.

Sophomore Melissa Moore (Miami, Fla.) had two hits, one run and one RBI. Classmate Lauren Crandall (DeLand, Fla.) scored twice for FAU.

Musillo recorded the win, moving to 8-7 while striking out a career-high 11 batters. Buell (2-4) also took the loss in the nightcap for Jacksonville (22-35, 6-12 A-Sun).

Florida Atlantic (26-22, 13-5 A-Sun) returns to Atlantic Sun play for the final time this season against North Florida on Monday, May 1 at 6:00 p.m. at FAU Softball Stadium.