MIAMI, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University softball team (1-3) split the day's action at the FIU tournament on Saturday.
The Owls faced Winthrop (2-2) twice Saturday, dropping the first game 5-4 and taking the second by the score of 8-1.
Game One
For the first time in 2021, the Owls saw their opponent score first when Winthrop scored two runs in the top of the second. The Owls erased one run by scoring in the bottom of the inning but saw the Eagles put up a three spot in the fourth. FAU continued to chip away at the lead and had the winning run on second but couldn't cash in in the bottom of the seventh to stave off the loss.
Game Two
The second game of the day and the third time the Owls faced Winthrop in the tournament would not end the same, for an FAU teaam which averaged 8.3 hits versus the Eagles for the tournament. FAU, the visitor in game two, put two on the board in the second and third innings and scored one run in each of the last four innings, thus scoring in all but the first for the eight-run total. Meanwhile, junior lefty
Lynn Gardner started in the circle and pitched scoreless ball in six of seven innings, allowing just one unearned run in the sixth.
- Maya Amm was 2-for-4 in game two, with two runs scored
- Seniors Fayth Davis and Kaitlyn Burke went 2-for-4 in the second game, while shortstop Sommer Baker and Bailey Story went 2-for-3 in game one
- Riley Ennis drove in two of the Owls' four game one runs
- Dontaysha Gobourne started in the circle for FAU in Saturday's opener, but took her second loss in as many days
- Kara Lokeinsky came on in relief, allowing just one unearned run and retired two via strikeout
- Jalyn Ford was 2-for-3 in game two
- Story, Amm, Riley Ennis, Zoey Jones and Breanna Robine recorded an RBI each
- Gardner started her second game of the season, and appeared in her third, recording her first win of 2021. She pitched a complete game, struck out three and allowed just four hits through seven innings for the win
FAU will host the "Strike Out Cancer" tournament, featuring the Owls, Ole Miss and Iowa State beginning next Friday at FAU. First pitch for the Owls is 1:30 p.m. Friday versus Ole Miss. Follow the team on twitter @
FAUSoftball.