Softball Downed by George Washington

Thursday, February 28

Chapel Hill, N.C.

4:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

8-8

George Washington

8-2

George Washington

Florida Atlantic

2/28/2019 1:20:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Florida Atlantic University softball team (8-8) saw its five-game winning streak come to an end on Thursday afternoon, following a 6-0 loss to George Washington. FAU was a manageable two runs behind the Colonials in the top of the seventh, but GW's four runs in the top of inning was difficult to come back from on the first day of the Carolina Classic.

Game Summary:
The game was scoreless until the top of the fourth inning when George Washington put two runs on the board following a fielding error and a steal at home. It was a two-run game until the top of the seventh inning after the Colonials scored on a sacrifice bunt, double and a homerun to right center by GW's Alessandra Ponce. The Owls managed six hits and left runners on base on five different occasions, which made it tough to score a run all afternoon.

Notables:

Madisyn Palmer captured two stolen bases and needs three more to tie with Emily Lochten as the program's leader. Palmer also was 2-4 at the plate
Jolie Duffner was 2-3 at the plate on the afternoon
Mia Olson (2-5) pitched five innings for the Owls, allowing two walks, five hits and no earned runs

Up Next:
Day two of the Carolina Classic will commence tomorrow with FAU playing Maryland at 1 p.m. followed by UNCG at 3:30 p.m. Live stats can be found herefor the Maryland game and here for the Owls' matchup against UNCG. For live updates during each of the games and for other FAU softball news, follow along on Twitter (@fauowlssoftball), Instagram (@Owls_softball) and Facebook.