Owls Rally to Take Down Marshall 4-3 in Nine

Sunday, March 25

Boca Raton, Fla.

12:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

19-16, 0

Marshall

14-16-1, 0

Marshall

Florida Atlantic

Samantha Lageyre had the game-winning RBI on Sunday.

3/25/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

March 25, 2018

Final Stats

BOCA RATON, Fla. -Samantha Lageyre had two RBI doubles, the second one a walkoff, in the Florida Atlantic University softball team's 4-3 win over Marshall on Sunday. The Owls are now 19-16 on the season and remain in sole possession of first place in C-USA at 7-2.

Key Plays

FAU took the lead in the bottom of the third when Lageyre's first RBI double drove in Lauren Whitt for the first run of the game. Lageyre came around to score later in the inning on a Madisyn Palmer infield single to make the score 2-0.

After threatening for most of the afternoon, Marshall tied the score in the sixth on a two-run double by Grayson Radcliffe. In the eighth inning, Lageyre made a running catch in right field and appeared to double off pinch runner Samantha Loose, but the umpiring crew ruled that Loose had tagged up and safely advanced to third. The next batter, Blakely Burch, singled to right to put Marshall up 3-2.

Palmer led off the bottom of the eighth with another base hit, advanced to second on a Tatum Buckley sacrifice bunt and then knotted things up at 3-3 on Mia Olson's single up the middle.

After Kelsey Morrison walked the leadoff batter in the ninth, Buckley relieved her in the circle and got the next three batters to end the frame. In the home half of the eighth, Whitt singled, then moved up to second on a Jolie Duffner sac bunt, setting the stage for Lageyre's heroics.

Lageyre's hit fell just inside the foul line in left, allowing Whitt to score and giving the Owls the win.

Notables

Madisyn Palmer had three hits, a RBI and scored a run.
Samantha Lageyre went 3-for-4 on the day with two RBI and a run scored.
Lagyere's two doubles were her first extra base hits of the season.
Lauren Whitt had a pair of hits and scored the game-winning run.
The Owls are 4-3 in extra-inning games this season, including 2-0 in C-USA play.

Quotable

FAU Head Coach Joan Joyce

"We did a nice job of not getting rattled when (Marshall) tied us up or when they took the lead, and (Samantha Lageyre) had a good game at the plate, especially her last hit."

Up Next

The Owls remain at home to host North Texas for a three-game series, beginning with a doubleheader on Friday, March 30. First pitch is set for 4 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.