Softball Completes Sweep of UTEP with 8-0 Triumph

Tuesday, March 13

Boca Raton, Fla.

12:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

15-13, 0

UTEP

10-16, 0

UTEP

Florida Atlantic

3/13/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

March 13, 2018

Final Stats

BOCA RATON, Fla. - A two-run double by Emily Lochten gave the Florida Atlantic University softball team an 8-0 win over UTEP on Tuesday afternoon. The victory completed a sweep of the three-game series with the Miners and improved FAU to 15-13 overall and 3-0 in Conference USA play.

Key Plays

The Owls got on the board early when Tatum Buckley roped a double to left center that allowed Lochten and Samantha Lageyre to score, putting FAU ahead 2-0 in the bottom of the first.

FAU added another run in the fourth on a Lageyre sacrifice fly that drove in Lauren Whitt. In the fifth, with Buckley on second base and Mia Olson on first, Kelsey Morrison crushed a ball over the fence in left that doubled the Owls' advantage to 6-0.

Later in the inning, two walks and an infield single loaded the bases for Lochten, and she found a gap in left that plated Jolie Duffner and Madisyn Palmer, giving the Owls a mercy rule victory and series sweep.

Notables

Offensively, Mia Olson went 3-for-3 and scored a run. In the circle, she threw four hitless innings as part of a complete game, two hit shutout for her sixth win of the year.
Palmer, Lageyre and Lochten all had two hits and scored a run. Lochten also recorded two RBI.
Buckley's two runs batted in were her team high 17^th and 18^th on the year.
Morrison's homerun was her second this season.
It is the third year in a row that the Owls have begun conference play with a sweep.

Quotable

FAU Head Coach Joan Joyce

"Not just against UTEP, but all weekend, I felt like we hit well and pitched well. We did a good job of playing FAU softball."

Up Next

The Owls host Rutgers for a single game on Wednesday, March 14. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Live stats and video will be available at fausports.com. In-game updates can be found on the team's official Twitter page, @fauowlssoftball. For tickets, call the FAU Ticket Office at 1-866-FAU-OWLS or log on to fausports.com.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Olson, Mia (6-5)

L: Wright, Julia (2-7)

UTEP

Batting:

SH: Santos, Ilena 1

Base Running:

HBP: Clayton, Courtney 1

Florida Atlantic

Batting:

2B: Lochten, Emily 1 ; Buckley, Tatum 1

HR: Morrison, Kelsey 1

RBI: Lageyre, Samantha 1 ; Lochten, Emily 2 ; Buckley, Tatum 2 ; Morrison, Kelsey 3

SF: Lageyre, Samantha 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Palmer, Madisyn 1 ; Lageyre, Samantha 1 ; Lochten, Emily 1 ; Buckley, Tatum 1 ; Olson, Mia 1 ; Morrison, Kelsey 1 ; Whitt, Lauren 1 ; Duffner, Jolie 1