Softball Sweeps Doubleheader With Southern Miss

Saturday, May 2

Hattiesburg, Miss.

4:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

34-16-1, 15-7

Southern Miss

18-33, 3-20

Florida Atlantic

Southern Miss

5/2/2015 11:54:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

Box Score May 2, 2015

Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - A huge day at the plate from Lindsey Shell helped the Florida Atlantic University softball team sweep a doubleheader from Southern Miss on Saturday.

The Owls (34-16-1, 15-7 C-USA) won the first game of the day 12-0. Shell led off the game with a bunt single before eventually scoring on a Golden Eagle (18-33, 3-20) wild pitch. In the second inning with Laura Mann on first, Delaney Rickey and Shell hit back-to-back triples to make the score 3-0. Christina Martinez drove in Shell with a base hit of her own for the final run of the inning.

Melissa Martinez led off the third inning with a single to right field, advanced to third on a Tatum Buckley double and scored on another USM wild pitch to push the lead to 5-0. The score wouldn't change again until the top of the seventh, when the Owls busted out for seven runs. The seven runs came on four hits and three Golden Eagle errors. Shell and Melissa Martinez had RBI in the inning and Laura Mann roped a two-run base hit.

Shell tied a school record with four hits in the game, while Amanda Wilson threw six innings of two-hit ball for her eighth win of the year. Buckley pitched a perfect seventh inning in relief.

FAU won game two 5-1. Shell again led off the game with a bunt single. Christina Martinez followed with one of her own before both runners moved up on a Carnesha Thompson sacrifice bunt. Emily Lochten walked to load the bases, bringing Melissa Martinez to the plate. Melissa Martinez's single scored Shell and Christina Martinez to make the score 2-0. Melissa Martinez later scored on a passed ball to give FAU a 3-0 lead.

Southern Miss' only run of the day came on a solo homerun in the bottom of the second inning. Melissa Martinezanswered with a solo homerun of her own in the top of the third, making the score 4-1 in favor of FAU. Alex Miller tripled in the top of the sixth and scored on a Rickey infield single for the final tally of the game. In the circle, Kylee Hansonstruck out 10 to pick up her team leading 15th win of the year.

For the day, Shell went 5-for-9 with four runs scored and two RBI. Paired with the results of other games around the conference, the sweep puts the Owls in second place in the Conference USA standings entering the final day of the regular season. FAU will try to complete the series sweep on Sunday at 2 p.m. eastern. Fans with the C-USA Digital Network can watch on SouthernMiss.com. Live stats also will be available at fausports.com or fans can follow the action at twitter.com/fauowlssoftball.