FAU Softball Ends Season at NCAA Regional

Saturday, May 21

Gainesville, Fla.

2:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

51-8

Alabama State

28-27

Florida Atlantic

Alabama State

5/21/2016 2:09:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Box Score May 21, 2016

Final Stats

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic University softball team saw its season come to a heartbreaking end at the NCAA Regional in Gainesville, losing to UCF 2-1 in eight innings in its second game of the day. The Owls defeated Alabama State 8-0 in their first game of the day.

Game 1 Notables
• Amanda Wilson threw three shutout innings to pick up her 16th win of the season. Wilson allowed just one hit and struck out four batters. Tatum Buckley threw four shutout innings in relief.
• Carnesha Thompson had two hits, an RBI and scored twice.
• Emily Lochten hit her 14th homerun of the season.
• Melissa Martinez singled and had three RBI.

Key Plays
In the top of the first with Delaney Rickey on second, Thompson doubled to center, scoring Rickey and putting FAU up 1-0. Later in the inning, Thompson scored on a Melissa Martinez sacrifice fly. Tatum Buckley drove in Emily Lochten with a single to left center to give the Owls a 3-0 lead. With the bases loaded in the top of the third, Melissa Martinez's single drove in her sister Christina and Thompson to push the lead to 5-0. Mickey Bell's single and Lauren Whitt's grounder each drove in a run to make the score 7-0. Lochten led off the eighth inning with a home run to account for the final score.

Game 2 Notables
• Kylee Hanson took the tough luck loss, giving up just one run in 4.1 innings of relief work.
• Emily Lochten singled and scored.
• Melissa Martinez, Mickey Bell and Alex Miller also had hits for the Owls.

Key Plays
Lochten led off the second inning with a bunt single, then stole second before advancing to third on Melissa Martinez's bunt single and scoring on a UCF error for the first run of the game. The Knights tied the game and had runners on the corners with just one out in the top of the fourth when Hanson came on to retire the next two batters and end the threat. The score remained tied until the bottom of the eighth when UCF's Jessica Ujvari hit a ball over the left field fence to end the game.

Quotable
Head Coach Joan Joyce
On the UCF game: "We knew going in that it would be a battle regardless of who was pitching (for either team). I feel like we had some opportunities, but didn't execute."

On her team: "I couldn't be prouder of this team. There are only two teams in the country were able to reach 50 wins (in the regular season) and we're one of them.

To Close
The Owls end the season with a 51-9 record and are expected to return five everyday starters for the 2017 season.