Softball Drops Sunday’s Game to Purdue

Sunday, February 9

Boca Raton, Fla.

1:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

1-3

Purdue

5-0

Purdue

Florida Atlantic

2020 FAU Softball vs Palm Beach Atlantic

Photo by: ©JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

2/9/2020 4:41:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University softball team (1-3) fell to Purdue (5-0) by a score of 9-0 on Sunday afternoon. FAU was outhit 11-7 by the Boilermakers in the final game of the 2020 FAU First Pitch Classic.

How It Was Decided

The game was scoreless until the top of the third inning where Purdue capitalized with two runs to pull ahead. The Owls would then go through the order in the third and fourth with the score still at 2-0 in favor of Purdue. The Boilermakers would then tack on three runs in the top of the fifth and later four in the seventh, as the Owls dropped the game 9-0.

Notables

Jolie Duffner played designated player on Sunday afternoon, finishing the day 2-3
Fayth Davis went 2-3 at the plate along with nine putouts at first base. Davis and Duffner each finished the weekend batting .300
Maya Amm tallied her first hit of the season
Freshman Ashlee Patterson picked up her first career hit
Claire Blount pitched 4.2 innings and tallied four strikeouts

Up Next

The Owls will take on the UCF Knights Classic next weekend in Orlando. FAU will open up the weekend against Penn State on Friday at 4:30 p.m. The Owls will be back home for the FAU Strikeout Cancer Tournament from Feb. 21-22.. For tickets, visit the Ticketmaster page or call 1-866-FAU-OWLS.

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