Softball Downed in Saturday’s Doubleheader

Saturday, April 13

Boca Raton, Fla.

4 PM

Florida Atlantic

Middle Tennessee

4/13/2019 9:59:00 PM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University softball team (17-23, 4-10 C-USA) fell short in both games against Middle Tennessee (25-17, 9-4 C-USA) Saturday. In game one, the Owls had a two-run going into the top of the sixth inning, but dropped the contest, 6-3. The Owls were then unable to match the Blue Raiders' power at the plate in game two to fall by a score of 9-3.

Game 1
Key Plays:
The Owls started things off in the bottom of the first inning off a bunt of beauty delivered by Samantha Lageyre to send Madisyn Palmer home from third and take the early lead, 1-0. Middle Tennessee would tie up the game in the top of third, following an RBI single by Sydney Heath. The Owls would regain the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning off sacrifice flies by Kelsey Morrison and Kaitlyn Burke to send home Jolie Duffner and Fayth Davis home, respectively. In the top of the sixth inning, Middle Tennessee scored off a wild pitch, bases-loaded walk and a 3-run double by Lani Rodriguez. The Owls were unable to recover from the tough inning and fell short by a final score of 6-3.

Notables:

Lageyre delivered two hits in the game, which is the 10th multiple-hit game for the senior this season. Davis also had herself two hits, which were both doubles to elevate her season total to seven
Runs were scored by Palmer, Duffner and Davis
Palmer had her 35th steal of the season
The pitching staff combined for three strikeouts

Game 2
Key Plays:
The Blue Raiders came out hot in the first inning, pushing across three runs off an RBI single by Jocelynn De La Cruz and a two-run single by Kirstyn Cuccia. Mia Olson would cut the Blue Raiders' lead in the bottom of the first inning, following a two-run shot to right field to make the score 3-2. The Blue Raiders would later answer with a single home run in the third, a two-run shot in the fifth and 3-run home run in the sixth inning. The Owls pushed across a run in the bottom of the fifth thanks to Duffner's RBI double to score Palmer, but the Owls could not quite match the Blue Raiders' power to drop the game, 9-3.

Notables:

With two runs scored in the second game, Palmer is now tied with Carnesha Thompson for third in program history in runs scored with 140 on her career
Thanks to another steal by Palmer in the second game, she has stolen at least once in each of the seven previous games. She needs 12 more steals to break the single-season record she broke last season at 48
Olson is now tied with Brandie Marshall for fifth in career home runs with 19
Danielle Pasquariello picked up her first career start at first base
The pitchers combined for four strikeouts

Up Next:

The Owls will hope to avoid the sweep tomorrow with a 1 p.m. matchup against the Blue Raiders. For ticket information, visit the Ticketmaster page or call 1-866-FAU-OWLS. For live updates during all of the games and for other FAU softball news, follow along on Twitter (@fauowlssoftball), Instagram (@Owls_softball) and Facebook.