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2021 Baseball Season Opens up with Weekend Split Series
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University baseball team lifts the lid on the 2021 campaign with a away/home split set against nationally-ranked UCF. The Owls and Knights will play on Friday in Orlando, then wrap up the series at FAU Baseball Stadium with Saturday night and Sunday afternoon affairs.
UPDATE: Single-game tickets for Saturday and Sunday at FAU Baseball Stadium are SOLD OUT.
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The Owls return to action on Friday for the first time in nearly a year – 346 days to be exact – since shutting out Penn at home on March 10, 2020. The following day, just hours prior to the finale against the Quakers, the Ivy League season was canceled, and five days after that, Conference USA followed suit.
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Owls' 2020 in Review
The Owls finished the shortened season with a 10-6 record. The team started out the season 7-0 before embarking on one of the toughest stretches in program history, five games in six days, all against opponents ranked in the top 10 nationally. FAU ended that week with a convincing 11-2 win over No. 6 Miami, and the season with the aforementioned shutout of Ivy League favorite Penn.
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Conference USA coaches selected FAU first in the East Division, and Bobby Morgensen (outfield) and Mitchell Hartigan (utility) to the Preseason All-C-USA team. Head coach John McCormack returns for his 13th season as head coach and 31st with the program.
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Owls' Weekend in Preview
UCF began the 2020 season with a 15-3 record and were ranked as high as No. 12 nationally at the close of the year. In this preseason, the Knights are No. 24 by Baseball America and No. 25 by Perfect Game, among four national rankings (No. 28 by NCBWA, No. 30 by Collegiate Baseball, as well as receiving votes in the USA TODAY Coaches' poll.).
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In the American Athletic Conference preseason poll, UCF was selected second behind East Carolina. Knights tabbed to the preseason All-AAC team were starting pitcher Colton Gordon and reliever Jack Sinclair.
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Weekend Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday: FAU – Jacob Josey, RHP vs. UCF – Colton Gordon, LHP
Saturday: FAU – Javi Rivera, RHP vs. UCF – Hunter Patteson, LHP
Sunday: FAU – Matt Sparling, LHP vs. UCF – TBA
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Opponent History
Friday will be the 80th all-time meeting between the squads, with UCF holding a 44-35 advantage. Under McCormack (since 2009), the Owls hold a slight 10-8 edge. In 2019, each team snagged a victory on the other team's home field: FAU won in Orlando, 5-3, on April 16, and UCF in Boca Raton, 13-10 on May 14.
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Owls' Baseball on Social Media
Follow along with the team on Twitter @FAUBaseball, on Instagram, and "like" FAU Baseball on Facebook.
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After This
The Owls' first midweek game of the year is scheduled for next Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Fort Myers against Florida Gulf Coast. A three-game home series follows, hosting Seton Hall, from Feb. 26-28. Tickets for all games at FAU Baseball Stadium can be purchased by calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS or by visiting FAU's baseball tickets website.
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| Series Details | Orlando, Fla. | John Euliano Park Friday, Feb. 19 | 6 p.m. Boca Raton, Fla. | FAU Baseball Stadium | Tickets (Saturday/Sunday single-game SOLD OUT) Saturday, Feb. 20 | 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21 | 1 p.m. |
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University baseball team lifts the lid on the 2021 campaign with a away/home split set against nationally-ranked UCF. The Owls and Knights will play on Friday in Orlando, then wrap up the series at FAU Baseball Stadium with Saturday night and Sunday afternoon affairs.
UPDATE: Single-game tickets for Saturday and Sunday at FAU Baseball Stadium are SOLD OUT.
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The Owls return to action on Friday for the first time in nearly a year – 346 days to be exact – since shutting out Penn at home on March 10, 2020. The following day, just hours prior to the finale against the Quakers, the Ivy League season was canceled, and five days after that, Conference USA followed suit.
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Owls' 2020 in Review
The Owls finished the shortened season with a 10-6 record. The team started out the season 7-0 before embarking on one of the toughest stretches in program history, five games in six days, all against opponents ranked in the top 10 nationally. FAU ended that week with a convincing 11-2 win over No. 6 Miami, and the season with the aforementioned shutout of Ivy League favorite Penn.
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Conference USA coaches selected FAU first in the East Division, and Bobby Morgensen (outfield) and Mitchell Hartigan (utility) to the Preseason All-C-USA team. Head coach John McCormack returns for his 13th season as head coach and 31st with the program.
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Owls' Weekend in Preview
UCF began the 2020 season with a 15-3 record and were ranked as high as No. 12 nationally at the close of the year. In this preseason, the Knights are No. 24 by Baseball America and No. 25 by Perfect Game, among four national rankings (No. 28 by NCBWA, No. 30 by Collegiate Baseball, as well as receiving votes in the USA TODAY Coaches' poll.).
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In the American Athletic Conference preseason poll, UCF was selected second behind East Carolina. Knights tabbed to the preseason All-AAC team were starting pitcher Colton Gordon and reliever Jack Sinclair.
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Weekend Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday: FAU – Jacob Josey, RHP vs. UCF – Colton Gordon, LHP
Saturday: FAU – Javi Rivera, RHP vs. UCF – Hunter Patteson, LHP
Sunday: FAU – Matt Sparling, LHP vs. UCF – TBA
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Opponent History
Friday will be the 80th all-time meeting between the squads, with UCF holding a 44-35 advantage. Under McCormack (since 2009), the Owls hold a slight 10-8 edge. In 2019, each team snagged a victory on the other team's home field: FAU won in Orlando, 5-3, on April 16, and UCF in Boca Raton, 13-10 on May 14.
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Owls' Baseball on Social Media
Follow along with the team on Twitter @FAUBaseball, on Instagram, and "like" FAU Baseball on Facebook.
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After This
The Owls' first midweek game of the year is scheduled for next Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Fort Myers against Florida Gulf Coast. A three-game home series follows, hosting Seton Hall, from Feb. 26-28. Tickets for all games at FAU Baseball Stadium can be purchased by calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS or by visiting FAU's baseball tickets website.
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