Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Saturday, February 12
Boca Raton, Fla.
7:00 p.m.
Florida Atlantic
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Northern Illinois
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Photo by: Jim Rassol/Owlpix.com
Late Rally Gives FAU First Win of 2022
2/12/2022 10:42:00 PM | Softball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – In a seesaw battle, the Florida Atlantic University softball team topped Northern Illinois, 4-3, for the Owls' first win of the 2022 season on Saturday night.
The back-and-forth game was decided in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Owls trailed the Huskies, 3-2, when Zoey Jones sparked the rally with a bloop single to center field. A passed ball advanced Jones to second, where she was pinch ran for by Maddie Carlock. Riley Ennis then put the ball in play, and the NIU second baseman tried to throw out Carlock who was going to third. The throw hit the sliding Carlock and trickled away, then Carlock went on to score to tie the game at three apiece.
Ennis advanced to second on the play, and after a groundout, up came Olivia Peterson with two down. Peterson delivered in the clutch with an opposite-field single to right. The throw to home plate beat
Ennis, yet she avoided the tag with an acrobatic slide to put FAU on top. Gabby Sacco slammed the door with a one-two-three seventh to lift FAU to its first win of the year.
Quick Hits
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The back-and-forth game was decided in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Owls trailed the Huskies, 3-2, when Zoey Jones sparked the rally with a bloop single to center field. A passed ball advanced Jones to second, where she was pinch ran for by Maddie Carlock. Riley Ennis then put the ball in play, and the NIU second baseman tried to throw out Carlock who was going to third. The throw hit the sliding Carlock and trickled away, then Carlock went on to score to tie the game at three apiece.
Ennis advanced to second on the play, and after a groundout, up came Olivia Peterson with two down. Peterson delivered in the clutch with an opposite-field single to right. The throw to home plate beat
Ennis, yet she avoided the tag with an acrobatic slide to put FAU on top. Gabby Sacco slammed the door with a one-two-three seventh to lift FAU to its first win of the year.
Quick Hits
- Sacco earned her first career win in the circle with four strong innings in relief. The right-hander shut down the Huskies' bats and allowed only two hits with no runs.
- Lynn Gardner got the Owls on the board in the first inning with an RBI double
- Sommer Baker launched an RBI triple to right center in the second inning to give FAU a 2-1 lead
- Kaitlyn Cunningham and Caryssa Orland both went 1-3 with a run scored on the evening
- Abigail Morgan started for FAU in the circle and went three innings while striking out three
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sacco, Gabby (1-0)
L: NORRED, Claire (0-1)
Batting:
2B: KELLER, Katie 1 ; MACKEY, Maddie 1
RBI: KELLER, Katie 1 ; MACKEY, Maddie 1
SH: APATO, Kara 1
Base Running:
RUNS: JAMES, Courtney 1 ; SHUMAKER, Caitlyn 1 ; MAHY, Mackenzie 1
SB: JAMES, Courtney 1 ; SHUMAKER, Caitlyn 1 ; CARNAHAN, Avery 1
Batting:
2B: Gardner, Lynn 1
3B: Baker, Sommer 1
RBI: Gardner, Lynn 1 ; Peterson, Olivia 1 ; Baker, Sommer 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cunningham, Kaitlyn 1 ; Carlock, Maddie 1 ; Ennis, Riley 1 ; Orland, Caryssa 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
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