Gobourne Earns Eight-Inning Win as Owls Split

Sunday, February 28

Tampa, Fla.

3 PM

Florida Atlantic

2-10

USF

3-3

Florida Atlantic

USF

2/28/2021 10:34:00 PM | Softball

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TAMPA, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University's softball team (3-10) split with host USF (3-4) on Sunday, finishing the weekend playing their best softball of 2021. The Owls picked up a 1-0 eight-inning win that followed a 4-2 game one loss.

Joyce's Comments

"I'm very pleased with the way the day went," said Joan Joyce, FAU's head coach. "We hit the ball pretty well in the first game and basically outplayed them [6 hits to 2], but gave up a home run that basically cost us the game. We played very well in that game. It was just another one of those games. We turned around in the second game and faced one of the country's best pitchers for the third time this weekend. But this game we made good swings. It took eight innings to win the ballgame. Both teams played really hard. It was a great game."

On playing your best ball heading into the Parents' Weekend Tournament:
"If I can watch one more game to see how we play in the next game, I might be able to say that. I think maybe we could have turned the corner. But I'm not positive if that is the case yet. We have play well but have played some really good teams."

Statistically

Game One

Myah Murray led the Owls with a 2-for-3 performance
Riley Ennis and Zoey Jones were 1-for-3 and Kaitlyn Cunningham was 1-for-2
Abigail Morgan started the game and took the loss after 5.1 innings of work
Kara Lokeinsky was called in for relief for the second time in as many days. Once again Lokenski held the Bulls hitless, tallying 3.2 innings of hitless work over the weekend

Game Two

Murray repeated her plate performance by going 2-for-3
Pitcher Donnie Gobourne, Maya Amm and Sara Bethiaume were 1-for-3, and Cunningham was 1-for-4 with the eighth inning game-winning RBI
Gobourne pitched a complete game, allowing just three hits for the win

What's Next

FAU will have a busy weekend when the Owls play host to the 2021 Parents' Weekend Tournament featuring FAU, Coastal Carolina, Illinois State, Kentucky and Pitt. The tournament begins Thursday, March 4 and will conclude Monday, March 8. For complete tournament information, visit fausports.com or on social outlets @fausoftball. All FAU games will have live scoring and will be video streamed on CUSA.TV.