Day Two, Two Wins

Saturday, February 18

Fort Myers, Fla.

2:30 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

4-4

Lipscomb

Florida Atlantic

Lipscomb

2/19/2023 1:23:00 AM | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Day two of the FGCU Classic was a different story for the Florida Atlantic University Owls, who picked up a 4-2 win over Lipscomb and a 6-4 victory in the tournament's nightcap versus Boston College.

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GAME ONE

The Owls, working as the visiting team in game one, broke open the bat bag in the top of the first with a one-out triple by Jesiana Mora, her second of the young season. While the Owls were making good contact with five hits, including three doubles and a triple in the first four innings, they were trailing Lipscomb 1-0 heading into the top of the fifth.

Sommer Baker was hit by a pitch to lead off to top half of the inning. Baker moved to second on a Cammeo Presutti single. The duo then advanced on Mora's second extra base hit of the night, an RBI double. Sara Berthiaume hit a single to right scoring both Presutti and Mora, but the Owls were not done. Becca Jones would single in the game's fourth and final run and it would take an unusual double play to halt the Owls' threat.

Gabby Sacco, who drew the start, saw her efforts aided with a double play in the bottom half of the fifth inning, getting the Owls out of a jam, and then closed out the game for the win.

NOTES/STATS

Mora was 3-for-4, including a double, and a triple drove in a run and scored another
Zoey Jones also was 3-for-4, while both Presutti and Becca Jones were 2-for-4 and each scored a run
Berthiume drove in two runs with a 2-for-4 game, including a double, and she scored
Sacco moved to 2-2 on the year

GAME TWO

The final game of the day began an hour and a half later than scheduled and it was not one for the faint of heart. The Owls took advantage of every opportunity scoring two runs in the bottom of the first inning on a hit to the pitcher, an error and three walks. Boston College got one back in the top half of the second inning and each team was held scoreless in the third and plated a run in the fourth for a 3-2 score in favor of FAU.

Boston College strung together three hits in the sixth to grab their first lead of the game at 4-3, but FAU answered by putting the ball in play scoring three runs on one hit in the bottom half of the inning to regain the lead at 6-4. FAU sent starter Lynn Gardner back to the circle in the seventh to close out the game.

NOTES/STATS

Presutti and Riley Olson each scored twice
Olivia Peterson drove in two runs, while Mora and Riley Ennis also had an RBI
Doubles were recorded by Peterson, Zoey Jones and Olson
Gardner moved to 2-1 on the year, and did so allowing 11 hits, four runs, three of which were earned, and she had three strikeouts, all coming at key moments

NEXT UP

The Owls will close out the FGCU Classic on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. against host FGCU, and will then play host to the first Joan Joyce Classic featuring Boston College, North Carolina, Villanova and Wisconsin scheduled for Feb. 23-26 in Boca Raton.

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