Softball Salvages Second Game Victory Following Olson’s Walk off Single

Saturday, April 27

Boca Raton, Fla.

4 PM

Florida Atlantic

18-27, 5-14

Charlotte

15-30, 6-12

Charlotte

Florida Atlantic

Softball Salvages Second Game Victory Following Olson’s Walk off Single

4/27/2019 10:06:00 PM | Softball

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Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University softball team (19-27, 6-14 C-USA) celebrated a walk-off victory in game two of their doubleheader against Charlotte (15-31, 6-13 C-USA) on Senior Day Saturday. FAU fell to the 49ers in the first game, 5-2, but bounced back in the second contest following an RBI single by senior Mia Olson in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Owls would walk away with a 5-4 victory in the game.

Quotables:

Head coach Joan Joyce on tonight's performance
"It was a pretty good night," said Joyce. "The seniors did pretty well, and we had some pretty nice hits. We did a lot of things that were good in the first game, but we probably could have been a little better, as we had opportunities where we could have gotten that game tied. I think if we got that game tied, we would have won it, but as it turned on, we couldn't get the runs early in the game. In the second game, we came out and played well, but just had that one mistake."

Joyce on the Owls' performance at the plate
"Mia [Olson] came up big in the second game and Fayth [Davis] has been an animal hitting that ball."

Game 1
Key Plays:
The 49ers scored each of their five runs in the top of the first inning off an RBI single by Bailey Vannoy and a grand slam courtesy of Meredith Harris. FAU would later push a run across in the bottom of the third inning, as Samantha Lageyre hammered an RBI double to send home Madisyn Palmer. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Olson captured an RBI single to score Carolyn Rosa and inch the Owls closer to the 49ers, 5-2. The Owls left a runner stranded at third on three different occasions during the game, which showed to be the difference, as Charlotte came up with the victory in the first game of the doubleheader.

Notables:

Fayth Davis went 2-3 at the plate and crushed two doubles in the first game. This is the third time this season Davis has hit multiple doubles in a single game
Palmer stole three bases in the game. This is the fourth time this season the senior has stolen three bases in a game, which is a season-high
With Palmer's run in the bottom of the third inning, she is now tied with Nikki Myers for second in FAU history in career runs scored
Skylar Whitty came in the circle in relief to pitch three scoreless innings with two strikeouts

Game 2
Key Plays:
Charlotte started things off in the top of the first inning off an RBI single by Vannoy. The lead would not last for long, as the Owls knotted up the score in the bottom of the frame following a solo homerun by Davis. Ashleigh Jennings came in clutch in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI single to score Myah Murray and help the Owls take the lead, 2-1. In the bottom of the third inning, Davis crushed her third double of the day to get on base for Olson, who would then deliver a two-run blast to right center field. The 49ers would then cut the lead in half in the top of the fourth following an RBI single by Jude McGough. In the top of the fifth inning, Charlotte's Emma Ocker came up with a single to center field and would make her way from the plate to home following a three-base error. Spenser Gray also scored on the play from first base to tie up the game, 4-4. With a tie ball game going into the bottom of the seventh inning, Lageyre led off the frame with a single and would later find her way in scoring position after advancing on a grounder and a stolen base. On the first pitch, Olson plated the game-winning run in Lageyre with a single up the middle to help the Owls clinch a much-needed conference win, 5-4.

Notables:

Davis knocked her second home run on the year in the first inning. The junior hit .571 and slugged for 1.429 on the night
Olson is now in sole possession of third place in FAU history in career home runs with 22. The senior also had a game-leading three RBI
This was the first time all season the Owls have hit multiple home runs in a game
Lageyre went 2-4 and blasted her third triple of the season. The senior was also credited for the game-winning run and stole her 46th career base
Seven different Owls came up with base hits on the night
Olson picked up the win in the circle after pitcher her seventh complete game of the season. The Orlando, Florida native racked up four strikeouts as well

Up Next:

The Owls will be back at FAU Softball Stadium tomorrow for the final home game of the 2019 season. FAU will close look to win the series against Charlotte at 1 p.m. To tickets, visit the Ticketmaster page or call 1-866-FAU-OWLS. For live coverage during all games and other FAU softball news, follow along on Twitter (@fauowlssoftball), Instagram (@owls_softball) and Facebook.