Late Rally Salvages Doubleheader Against Middle Tennessee

Saturday, April 21

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

3:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

22-23, 0

Middle Tennessee

30-17, 0

Florida Atlantic

Middle Tennessee

Samantha Lageyre had the game-winning RBI on Sunday.

4/21/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball

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April 21, 2018

Final Stats

MURFREESBORO, TENN. - The Florida Atlantic University softball team scored three runs in their final at-bat to secure a split in Saturday's doubleheader against Middle Tennessee. The Owls lost game one 6-1, but won the second 4-3. FAU is now 23-23 overall and 10-7 in Conference USA play.

Game 1

Key Plays

The Blue Raiders broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the third with three runs. MT added another run in the bottom of the fourth to increase its lead to 4-0. Amanda Peck scored on a Samantha Lageyre sacrifice fly to get the Owls on the board in the top of the fifth. The Blue Raiders pushed two more across in the bottom of the fifth to account for the final score.

Notables

Amanda Peck had two singles and scored the only run of the game for FAU.
Emily Lochten singled and walked.
Tatum Buckley also singled.
Kara Lokeinsky pitched 1.1 scoreless innings in relief.

Game 2

Key Plays

In the bottom of the fifth, Middle Tennessee scored two runs on a base hit and double steal to take a 2-0 lead. Jolie Duffner's RBI single in the top of the sixth drove in Madisyn Palmer and cut the Owls' deficit in half. The Blue Raiders reestablished their lead in the bottom of the sixth on a solo homerun. Trailing 3-1 and down to their final two outs after a leadoff grounder, the Owls began their comeback. Kaitlyn Burke singled to left, followed by Amanda Peck beating out an infield single. Emily Lochten drew a walk to load the bases, bringing Palmer to the plate. She reached on a fielder's choice that scored Burke and an errant throw by the MT second baseman allowed Peck to score and tie the game. After Palmer stole second, Samantha Lageyre drove in her second run of day and gave the Owls their first lead of the day with a base hit to center. Tatum Buckley pitched a perfect seventh inning to complete the rally.

Notables

Amanda Peck had two more base hits and scored a run.
Madisyn Palmer singled, stole a base, had a RBI and scored two runs, including the game winner.
With her stolen base, Palmer broke her own school record for most stolen bases in a season. Palmer has 43 so far this year.
Burke singled and scored.
Samantha Lageyre, Jolie Duffner and Mia Olson also recorded hits for the Owls.
Tatum Buckley threw a complete game seven-hitter for her team best 11^th win of the season in the circle.

Upcoming

The Owls and Blue Raiders are scheduled to meet in the rubber match at 1 p.m. eastern, weather permitting. Live stats and live video will be available at fausports.com. In-game updates will also be available through the team's Twitter account, @fauowlssoftball.