Owls to Battle ODU in Four-Game Weekend Home Set

Florida Atlantic Baseball vs. ODU
Matchup Details	Boca Raton, Fla. \| FAU Baseball Stadium Friday, April 9 \| 5 p.m. \| No general tickets available Saturday, April 10 \| 2 p.m. doubleheader \| Tickets Sunday, April 11 \| Noon \| Tickets
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University baseball looks to recover from its first Conference USA road trip, but faces another tough test in Old Dominion, 7-1 to start the C-USA slate.

NOTE: As of now (Friday at 4:30 p.m.), only the opening game of the series has reached capacity for general ticket sales. For Friday, just a limited amount of student seats are available, at the gate, first come, first serve. Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday do still have tickets remaining.

Owls' Weekend in Review
The Owls (15-13, 4-4 C-USA) swept their C-USA opening weekend, over Marshall, but saw Charlotte do that very same thing to them. Though, the last three games of four against the 49ers were just one-run defeats. In the series, B.J. Murray homered in every game, is batting .500 (10-for-20) over his last five games, and .516 (16-for-31) over his last nine. In that full timeframe, he has four home runs and 15 RBI, just outdistancing Nolan Schanuel's three and 14, respectively. Schanuel is hitting .407 in that span (11-for-27).

Owls' Weekend in Preview
Like the Owls, ODU (21-5, 7-1 C-USA) dispatched of Marshall in four straight, last weekend in Huntington, marking seven wins in a row – and 14 out of the last 16 – for the Monarchs. For their performances against the Thundering Herd, Carter Trice and Hunter Gregory were named C-USA Hitter and Pitcher of the Week. Trice is batting .400 now, with nine home runs and 32 RBI (all team-leading except for RBI, as Andy Garriola has 40), while Gregory is 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 29 2/3 innings.

Weekend Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday: FAU – Hunter Cooley, LHP (4-2, 4.18) vs. ODU – Tommy Gertner, LHP (1-0, 3.72)

Saturday DH
Game 1: FAU – Matt Sparling, LHP (2-1, 4.94) vs. ODU – Nick Pantos, RHP (2-0, 2.27)
Game 2: FAU – Dante Visconti, RHP (0-1, 6.50) vs. ODU – Hunter Gregory, RHP (3-0, 1.82)

Sunday: FAU – Javi Rivera, RHP (2-0, 7.22) vs. ODU – Ryne Moore, RHP (3-0, 3.06)

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Opponent History
FAU has a 14-6 all-time advantage over the Monarchs, though ODU took the last series between the two teams, two of three in Boca Raton in 2019. It was nearly a three-game sweep, but the Owls came back from a 7-1 deficit in the bottom of the ninth with a seven-inning rally and 8-7 walkoff win.

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After This
Following this home set is two straight series on the road, next weekend (April 16-18) at UAB in Birmingham, and the weekend after in Miami at FIU (April 23-25).

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