Softball Clinches Series Against Charlotte, Closes Out 2019 Season at Home

Sunday, April 28

Boca Raton, Fla.

1 PM

Florida Atlantic

20-27, 7-14

Charlotte

15-32, 6-14

Charlotte

Florida Atlantic

Photo by: Eric Espada/FAU Athletics

Softball Clinches Series Against Charlotte, Closes Out 2019 Season at Home

4/28/2019 4:16:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Game 3 Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University softball team (20-27, 7-14 C-USA) pulled out an important rubber match victory against Charlotte (15-32, 6-14 C-USA) on Sunday. The final score of 7-1 was more than enough for the Owls to clinch the series against the 49ers and close out their final home game of the 2019 season.

Quotables:

Head coach Joan Joyce on this weekend's performance against Charlotte:
"That was a really good win," said Joyce. "We hit the ball pretty well and we made them play. Skylar [Whitty] did a nice job keeping people off the bases. We did very well this weekend, but just had that one little blemish in the first inning of the first game yesterday. Otherwise, we might have been able to go 3-0 this weekend."

Looking ahead to next weekend's series:
"I hope this win could be momentum going into next weekend," said Joyce. "I think it should be because we could be dangerous if we are able to sneak into the conference tournament."

Key Plays:
Fayth Davis picked up where she left off yesterday, as she captured an RBI single to score Madisyn Palmer in the bottom of the first inning. Charlotte would quickly knot up the game with Imani Rochelle picking up a sacrifice fly to score Katie Manring in the top of the second inning. With the bases loaded in the bottom of the frame, Davis hammered a base-clearing double to help the Owls reclaim the lead, 4-1. Davis' double was her fourth of the series, which scored Ashleigh Jennings, Palmer and Samantha Lageyre. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Palmer scored from second base on a bunt single by Lageyre, which is the second time she has done that in the last two weekends. The Owls would score two more runs in the bottom of the sixth, as Davis drew a walk with the bases loaded to score Jennings and Mia Olson grounded out to third base, which sent Palmer home. With two outs in the top of the seventh inning and one runner on base for Charlotte, Spenser Gray lined out to Jolie Duffner, who had a fantastic weekend defensively, which would lift the Owls to a 7-1 victory and the series win.

Notables:

Palmer did not officially record an at bat, but clinched a season-high four runs, which also ties her career-high that she achieved two previous times before Sunday. The senior drew four walks and stole two bases
Davis continues to crush it at the plate, as she was a perfect 2-2 at the plate, recorded a career-high five RBI and hit her fourth double of the series
Coming into this weekend's series, Davis had five RBI and she matched that total by today's performance alone. The junior more than doubled her season RBI total this weekend with six in the series
Lageyre was 2-3 at the plate, while also picking up an RBI and scoring a run
Jennings had a productive day, as she recorded two hits, scored two runs and stole her 11th base of her rookie season
Skylar Whitty had a fantastic performance in the circle, as she picked up her eighth win and eighth complete game of the season. The freshman racked up six strikeouts, while allowing just one earned run and two walks
FAU finished the 2019 season with another winning-record at home, as the Owls went 14-12 at FAU Softball Stadium in its 25th season of the program

Up Next:

The Owls will head to Huntington, West Virginia to face Marshall for the final Conference USA series of the season. For live coverage during all FAU games and for other FAU softball news, follow along on Twitter (@fauowlssoftball), Instagram (@owls_softball) and Facebook.