Softball Upended in Saturday's Games at WKU

Saturday, March 30

Bowling Green, KY.

Noon

Florida Atlantic

15-16, 3-4

WKU

24-5, 7-0

Florida Atlantic

WKU

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

3/30/2019 5:41:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Box Score Game 1
Box Score Game 2

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Florida Atlantic University softball team (15-17, 3-5 C-USA) dropped both games of Saturday's doubleheader against WKU (25-5, 8-0 C-USA). In game one, the Owls were outhit by the Hilltoppers 14 hits to four to run away with a 10-3 victory. Skylar Whitty (5-2) and Kennedy Sullivan (14-2) had a pitchers' duel in game two, but WKU had the edge for a 2-0 win.

Game 1
Key Plays:
The Hilltoppers scored two runs a piece in the first and second inning to jump in front with a 4-0 lead. FAU cut the lead in half in the top of the third inning following Jolie Duffner's RBI single to score Madisyn Palmer and Carolyn Rosa. The Hilltoppers then answered in the bottom of the inning with five runs off of five hits and one error to lengthen the lead, 9-2. In the top of the fifth inning, the Owls captured a double steal with Palmer stealing second and Rosa taking home to put the third run on the board for the Owls. WKU's Rebekah Engelhardt came up with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth inning and the Owls were unable to make up the runs they needed, dropping the first game, 10-3.

Notables:

Palmer had two stolen bases in the game. This marks her seventh multi-steal game of the season
The Owls turned their 17th double play of the season in the bottom of the first inning. This was the first time in 29 games, WKU grounded out into a double play
Rosa captured her first extra-base hit of the season after coming up with a double in the top of the fifth inning
Duffner's two RBI in the game extends her season total to nine
Mia Olson got the start and re-entered in the bottom of the sixth inning. She gave up one earned run and a walk. Abigail Morgan and Kelsey Morrison both recorded strikeouts

Game 2
Key Plays:
WKU's Kendall Smith captured an RBI single and Engelhardt came up with an RBI double, which was all the Hilltoppers needed to pull out the 2-0 win. The Owls left runners on base on five different occasions during the contest to be shutout for the fifth time this season.

Notables:

The Owls fielded their 17th double play of the season, which was turned by Whitty, Samantha Lageyre and Whitt
Although Whitty took the loss, she gave up just one earned run, two walks and added three strikeouts. Her season ERA is at 2.00, which leads the pitching staff
Kaitlyn Burke delivered two hits in the game, with one of those being a double. She leads the team with seven doubles on the season
Duffner is on a six-game hitting streak after delivering three hits between Saturday's two games

Up Next:

The Owls will cap off the series tomorrow against the Hilltoppers at 2 p.m. Live stats for tomorrow's game can be accessed here and there will not be a live stream available. The Owls will be back at FAU Softball Stadium next weekend to take on conference rival FIU for a three-game series. First pitch between these two teams is at 4 p.m. on Saturday. For ticket information, visit the Ticketmaster pageor call 1-866-FAU-OWLS.