No. 22 Owls Conclude Austin Peay Invite with Run-Rule Victory

Sunday, March 2

Clarksville, Tenn.

11:30 a.m. EST

Florida Atlantic

19-4

Morehead State

1-18

Florida Atlantic

Morehead State

No. 22 Owls Conclude Austin Peay Invite with Run-Rule Victory

3/2/2025 7:15:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

By: Ben Paul

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 22 Florida Atlantic softball team recorded its third run-rule victory over the last five games, defeating Morehead State 9-0 in five innings on Sunday afternoon.

With the win, the Owls (19-4) concluded the three-day Governors Invitational with 43 runs while only allowing 11. The victory over the Eagles (1-18) was an all-around strong performance from FAU on offense and in the circle, with a career-best outing from junior pitcher Jaden Martinez.

THE GAME

Redshirt sophomore outfielder Kylie Hammonds opened the game in the leadoff spot and hit a double, her 10th time this season reaching base to start a game. Batting in the three-spot for the first time, freshman Destiny Johns brought Hammonds home on a sacrifice fly for her 13th RBI of the weekend and a 1-0 lead.

The Owls reached base via a leadoff double for the second straight inning, this time from sophomore shortstop Kiley Channell hitting the wall. Later in the frame, Hammonds launched her second home run of the season, a three-run shot to right field to open a 4-0 lead. In the top of the third, sophomore Ciara Gibson added a two-run homer of her own, her second of the weekend and third this season, moving the score to 6-0.

A leadoff triple from Gibson started the top of the fifth inning that saw the Owls load the bases and score twice more. Freshman Emilie Ching stepped up to the plate and recorded her first collegiate RBI with a bases-loaded walk that brought home classmate Annika Segedi to cap the scoring.

Martinez made the start in the circle after pitching four strong innings in the previous game as a relief pitcher and continued her momentum with a complete-game, two-hit shutout. She fanned 11 over her five innings to improve to 3-2.

QUOTABLE

Coach Clark on today's win pic.twitter.com/gMujjiFupi
— Florida Atlantic Softball (@FAUSoftball) March 2, 2025

NOTES/NOTABLE

The Owls are up to an American Athletic Conference-leading 155 runs on the season.
Hammonds has gotten on base in 20 out of 23 games. During the tournament, she had 10 runs despite just nine at-bats and has walked eight times with an additional hit-by-pitch.
Johns finished the weekend with a .563 batting average to go with nine hits, 13 RBI, two doubles, two triples, one home run, and two walks.
Segedi has scored a run each time she is on base, now up to five on the season.
Martinez pitched nine scoreless innings in the tournament, yielding just three hits.

UP NEXT

The Owls remain in the state of Tennessee traveling to Murfreesboro for a matchup against Middle Tennessee (8-11) on Monday at 7 p.m. ET. FAU is back home versus Toledo on Wednesday at 6 p.m., with the conference-opening series versus Wichita State beginning at home on Friday at 6 p.m., airing on ESPN+.

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