Top-Seeded Baseball Begins C-USA Championship Play Wednesday

No. 29 Florida Atlantic Baseball vs. UTSA - C-USA Championship
Matchup Details	Biloxi, Mississippi \| MGM Park Wednesday, May 22 \| 5 p.m. Eastern
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Fresh off an outright clinch of the regular season Conference USA championship, the No. 29 Florida Atlantic University baseball team begins play in the league's postseason tournament as the top seed on Wednesday. The Owls' opener at The First 2019 C-USA Baseball Championship presented by Air Force Reserve, at MGM Park in Biloxi, Mississippi, will be against the No. 8 seed, UTSA, at 5 p.m. Eastern, as the third game of the opening day of the event.

Owls' C-USA Regular Season in Review
Over the weekend, the Owls (37-18, 22-8 C-USA) took the first two games against Middle Tennessee to earn a share of the regular season championship and clinch the top seed. Then on Sunday, a finale win over the Blue Raiders gave the team the outright title and the fourth sweep in eight league series wins on the year. FAU actually was just as good on the road as at home in league play, with twin 11-4 marks to record the most in both categories by any of the conference's 12 teams.

Owls' C-USA Championship Opener in Preview

The Owls won all five league road series this year, with one of those coming at UTSA, taking two of three against the Roadrunners in Mid-May. FAU won the opener in extra innings, 8-5, on a three-run Pedro Pages home run in the 12th. After UTSA evened the series with a 4-1 win in the middle matchup, the Owls won on getaway day, 6-2, with freshman Jacob Josey twirling a gem, seven innings of four-hit, one-run baseball.

Probable Starting Pitching Matchup
FAU – Blake Sanderson, R-Sr. RHP (7-2, 3.68) vs. UTSA – Karan Patel, Sr. RHP (4-5, 2.82)

Opponent/C-USA Championship History
The Owls' series win in San Antonio pushes the FAU advantage in the all-time series to 11-7. The two teams have never met up in the C-USA Championship. In FAU's four years qualifying for postseason play in this league, they are 9-8 in events held in Hattiesburg (2015 and 2016) and in Biloxi (2017 and 2018). Last year, the Owls made it to the finals, finishing as runner-up while going 4-2 in the tournament.

Owls' Baseball on Social Media
Follow along with the team on Twitter @FAU_Baseball, on Instagram, and "like" FAU Baseball on Facebook.

After This
Dependent on the Owls' result against UTSA, they will play again on Thursday, against either fourth-seeded WKU or fifth-seeded Old Dominion, at 1:30 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. (both times Eastern).

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