Owls Prepare for In-State DH at UNF and JU

Florida Atlantic vs. UNF and JU
Game Details	at UNF \| Wednesday, April 28 (DH) – 3 p.m. UNF Softball Complex \| Jacksonville, Fla. at Jacksonville \| Thursday, April 29 (DH) – 2 p.m. Debbie and Fred Pruitt Softball Complex \| Jacksonville, Fla.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University softball (11-28, 6-10 Conference USA) will have two rare 2021 doubleheaders, with a pair on Wednesday against North Florida and a pair at Jacksonville on Thursday. The team will then have the weekend off from C-USA play.

Series History:
The Owls hold a 5-3 mark versus the Ospreys; however UNF captured the last meeting 9-7, back in 2020, as one of the non-conference games scheduled prior to shutdown due to COVID-19.

Against JU, the Owls hold the all-times series 9-3. The two teams last played in 2013 with FAU falling 3-2.

Outstanding Performances

Graduation - The Owls are in the midst of finals week and graduation ceremonies. FAU recognized four current seniors playing in their final home game last weekend, two working on master's degrees (Fayth Davis and Kara Lokeinsky), one seeking a second undergraduate (Kaitlyn Burke) and one completing her undergraduate (Gretchen Ebert). The Owls also have two who will graduate this week or during the summer and hold one more year of eligibility: Bailey Story and Maya Amm
Kara Lokeinsky has appeared in 15 games, all in relief. Among those outings she has nine appearances in which she surrender zero earned runs
Go until you can go no more - That has been the motto for Lynn Gardner in recent weeks. The lefty hurler has tossed a team and Conference USA-high 139.1 innings. In each of the last two C-USA four-game weekends she has started three games and three weeks ago she appeared in all four. She sports a team-best 7-12 record and a team-low 3.83 ERA
Building the right lineup - More than any other season FAU has looked for the right combination and has sought the best hitters for the lineup. In total, 22 Owls have made a plate appearance. One player who has made the best of each opportunity is freshman Jalynn Ford. She has 21 plate appearances and is batting .333 with seven hits, including a double, a triple and two home runs and eight RBI. More impressively, both homers have been pinch hits. The first was a two-run shot versus Pitt in the seventh. The second was a seventh inning three-run homer at Marshall to pull FAU within one at 6-5. Her double was a RBI double in the fourth

National Leaders

The Owls are ranked No. 8 nationally in doubles while Kaitlyn Cunningham is ranked No. 9 nationally in the same category

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